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Traffic Chaos Predicted in Nanjing as Uni Entrance Exams and Dragon Boat Fall Together

Beginning at 14:40 on 8 June, Nanjing traffic police will take temporary traffic control measures on sections of road around test sites. In particular, Zhongshan Nan Lu (from Jianye Lu to Shengzhou Lu) is to be avoided. Full story...

Entire Yangtze River Delta Now Covered by 144 Hour Transit Visa Free Policy

The 6 day transit visa-free policy for foreigners was among 10 new initiatives revealed at the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development High-level Forum held on 6 June, applicable to all of Shanghai, as well as Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang...

Wuxi Launches Flood Control As Water Levels Expected to Exceed Red Warning Levels

Wuxi expects precipitation during the main flood season this year to be 20-50 percent higher than usual. Drills conducted simulated extensive delays to Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed trains and the evacuation of people trapped by floods. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Taiwanese in Suqian Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival a Week Early

Love Theme Park in Yanghe New District was venue for nearly 130 Taiwanese compatriots to join the first Jiangsu-Taiwan Neighbourhood Festival’s opening ceremony on 1 June. Cue singing and dancing from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Full story...

Taizhou Mayor Uses Environment Day as Basis for Pollution Investigations

Among her investigations, Wan Wenhua looked in to the Sino-Danish soil and groundwater pollution control/restoration demonstration project that is the first such project in Jiangsu signed and implemented by China and Denmark in 2014. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Yancheng Girl Picks up Bird S***; Published in Top Environmental Science Journal

Jiang Huimin, an undergraduate girl from the School of Marine and Bioengineering of Yancheng Institute of Technology, founded the research paper in her concerns as to the problem of birds’ plastic ingestion, the bulk of which is polyethylene. Full...

Nanjing ¥10 Coffee Auntie Sensation actually uses Nescafé Instant for her Internet Craze

The exposé came about amid claims that Han Suzhen was also infringing copyright in her use of packaging for her so called “hand-brewed coffee”. Lawyers have said Han doing so does not constitute trademark infringement. Full story via this...

Suzhou Metro Line 6 Accepted as Ready; Tests around the Corner

14 industry experts from other cities inspected all aspects of Line 6 between 2 and 4 June to unanimously accept its completion, readying the Line for tests involving 10,000 trial passengers. The 36.12 kilometre Line takes in landmarks such...

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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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