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Driverless Road Sweepers Spend Holiday Cleaning Jinji Lakeside in Suzhou

Having won Suzhou’s 1st Unmanned Sweeping Robot Demonstration Competition on 30 April, Higer put them to work around Jinji Lake. Two sweepers spent the 5-day holiday cleaning 65,000 square metres of road surface, journeying 50 kilometres. Full story (in...

Nantong Player Leads China to Regained Status as World’s Top Badminton Nation

4 May saw the China national men’s team, led by Nantong badminton player Shi Yuqi, defeat the Indonesian team 3:1 in the final. Shi’s record in winning 6 games was a most significant contribution to the Chinese victory. Full...

Record High for Single Ship in History as 4,099 Vehicles Sail out of Yancheng

Utilising a green channel which enabled a rapid customs clearance, the fully loaded Panamanian-registered “Africa Express” ship departed its berth at the ro-ro terminal in Dafeng Port Area of ​​Yancheng Port on 5 May. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Xuzhou’s Airport Reopens Flights to Thailand & Vietnam for May Day Holiday

Flights to Bangkok and Nha Trang mean that Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport now serves 35 domestic, regional and international destinations, a significant increase on 2023. Daily passenger throughput for the holiday period was 10,500. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Yangzhou Featured in US Chinese Language Daily Newspaper

The China Press published on 5 May included a special edition on Yangzhou, pointing to its building of a renowned industrial and scientific innovation city, together with its tourism, cultural and ecological resources. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Suzhou is 6th Most Visited Destination in China this May Day Holiday

The boom in the continuously popular Humble Administrator’s Garden and Suzhou Museum combined with the concurrent staging of the 9th China Kun Opera Art Festival meant that Suzhou this year enjoyed 10.2 million incoming visitors. Full story (in Chinese)...

Wuxi bound Flight makes Emergency Landing for Passenger Medical Treatment

With a passenger found pale, having difficulty breathing and slight hand twitching, so a call went out for any doctors aboard Lucky Air flight 8L9599 from Kunming to Wuxi on 1 May, while Captain He Chuan rerouted to Yichang...

4 Million take Nanjing Metro on 2 May while Student Volunteers Assist Tourists

The volunteers have spend their holiday working Nanjing Railway Station and elsewhere, wearing red vests and enthusiastically holding their "Culture and Tourism Consultation" sign to introduce attractions and routes to arriving tourists. Full story (in Chinese) via this link;...

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China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

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...

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