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10 Trapped in Lift in Hospital in Xuzhou

The people became trapped with the failure of a lift in the Xuzhou No.2 Hospital on 2 July. Maintenance personnel were soon on the scene and were able to open the lift, for all of those trapped to be...

SF Express uses Cessna Aircraft to Deliver Nectarines Cross Province in 2 Hours

Thanks to the 4 July debut flight made by a Cessna 208 Caravan from Dalu General Airport in Zhenjiang to Qiandao Lake Airport in Jiande of Zhejiang, 1.5 tonnes of nectarines made it from tree to the mouths of...

Showers, Beds & Hydrogen! 1st of its Kind Service Area Opens in Suzhou

The Gu Nan Service Area on National Highway 312 is an important freight link. There drivers can now rest and do laundry, recharge their vehicles or fill up with petrol, diesel or hydrogen. Trucks drivers feel it will lead...

1st Ever Case of Staggeringly Rare Blood Type Found in Zhenjiang

Found in about 0.0004 percent of people worldwide, HH type blood is easily confused with O type. Only about 100 individuals in China are known to have it, one of whom is the 59-year old patient in Zhenjiang with...

“Problematic Atlas” Seized at Lukou Airport for Omitting South China Sea Islands

The atlas, containing a map of China suspected of misdrawing the national border and suspected of endangering national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, was detained according to law. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced...

70 Year Old Zhenjiang Woman’s Husband Uses Chopsticks to Relieve her Constipation

Repeated and increasingly bloody stools were the result of the man in Jurong helping his wife using a traditional Chinese method for constipation relief, resulting in mucosal damage and active bleeding on the inner side of the anal margin....

Left Behind Seniors in Xuzhou Think Mobile Phones are Roast Chicken!

In Xuzhou dialect, “mobile phone” and “roast chicken” are almost identical. Li Lin, owner of the store in Tongshan District of Xuzhou, helps seniors with their mobile phone difficulties for free, if they appear in his videos talking about...

Happy 70th Birthday to 1st Flight of Aircraft Built in New China in Nanjing!

The tandem two-seat primary trainer aircraft, originally called Hongzhuan 501 and later named Nanchang CJ-5, stationed in the Yufeng Garden of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, made its first flight on 3 July, 1954. Full story (in Chinese)...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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