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China Post Doubles Number of Cargo Flights between Nanjing and Luxembourg

Expanding its flights from one to two per week significantly enhances China Post Aviation’s competitiveness in the European market. Preliminary estimates suggest that the increased frequency could provide 1,000 hours of effective flight time per year. Full story (in Chinese)...

Nanjing University Creates Super Strong Wood; Strong Enough for Apartment Blocks

The technique developed by a team of scientists at Nanda removes the “lumen”, tubes that limit the strength of wood, from within its cellulose structure. The technique is said to involved boiling the wood in a mixture of caustic soda...

Underwater Treadmill Launched by Hospital in Suzhou; Weight Loss no Longer Boring

The multidisciplinary weight management center at Suzhou Rehabilitation Hospital says its treadmill provides patients with a low-impact, high-effect exercise weight loss method by using the buoyancy, resistance and temperature characteristics of water. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

Mass Burial for 129 Deceased Carried out in Yangtze River in Taizhou

23 March saw the 21st river funeral held in Taizhou; the bereaved families came to Gaogang Automobile Ferry by car, board the ship and scatter their loved ones ashes, tighter with flower petals, as the ferry slowly sailed towards...

Wuxi Kicks off New Park as Ancillary to Science and Technology Innovation Valley

25 March saw the South Wharf Park, located to the southeast of the Shanshui Dong Lu/ Yuanxi Lu intersection officially enter its preparatory stage ahead of construction. The Park will join a green cluster that includes Wuxi Taihu Botanical...

Nanjing Mayor Attempts to Inspire Confidence in Economy Using 5 Posters

Chen Zhichang introduced the posters on 26 March at the 2025 Industrial Science & Technology Innovation & Investment Promotion Conference, namely the Coordinate Poster, Panorama Poster, Matrix Poster, Road Poster and Heat Map Poster. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Another Chinese Scientist Flees USA as AI Expert Joins Nanjing University

Fu Tianfan (32), who worked at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy of New York, is now with the School of Computer Science at Nanjing University in December. AI-driven material development and drug discovery are his specialties. Full story via this...

Marathon in Trouble for Fish in Runner’s Race Bag and Use of Expensive Imported Water

A runner ready to participate in the Qidong Marathon reported receiving a race bag from the organising committee containing a hair tail, while others are questioning the Marathon’s use of Yici glacial water from Canada, priced at ¥10.93 for...

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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...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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