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AED Deployed in 1st Farmers’ Market in Suzhou; 1 Every 250 Metres the Goal

After the AED was installed in the Youxin Comprehensive Market in Gusu District, market merchants and property owners took the initiative to learn how to operate it. Suzhou intends to deploy 2,000 AED units during 2024. Full story (in...

First Aid Cover for Nanjing Half Marathon by Drones as “Air Medical Guardians”

20,000 runners gathered 17 March in the drizzle on the Singapore - Nanjing Ecological Technology Island (Jiangxin Islet), named the “most beautiful running route in Jiangsu Province”, for Nanjing’s first official half marathon. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Logo for Nanjing’s 2nd Sam’s Club & 1st in Jiangbei is Mounted

The new outlet of the popular membership supermarket is located at the intersection of Xinglong Lu and Wangjiang Lu. With the logo mounted on 18 March, exterior and interior decoration in ongoing with an opening predicted for summer. Full...

Finless Porpoises in Zhenjiang get a Hospital as Rescue Efforts Drilled 

A emergency rescue drill was carried out on 7 March using a dummy finless porpoise to simulate the process, while the 24/7 hospital is equipped with temporary cages, water-quality testing equipment and B-scan ultrasound. Full story (in Chinese) via...

BBQ Restaurant in Huai’an Explodes; By Miracle only 2 Injured

The explosion occurred at 16:23 on 16 March in the Laobiao BBQ restaurant in the Xiangyu Residential Community in the City’s Huai’an District. Disposal is ongoing, while of the two people injured, one had only superficial injuries. Full story...

Xuzhou Policeman Jumps into River TWICE before 09:00 to Save People

20-something officer Zhu Bin first jumped into the river in Suining County of Xuzhou at around 05:00 to rescue a woman who had fallen into the water, to then repeat a rescue of a man just 3 hours later;...

World Cubing Record for 7 Year Old Girl from Nantong; 5.65 Seconds

The 2024 World Cube Association Open held in Luoyang saw 200 domestic and foreign players competing on the same stage. Cao Qixian, broke the women’s world record for the third-level Cube on 10 March. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Nanjing & Wuxi Airports to Cooperate to Build Global Cargo Cluster

With Nanjing and Wuxi moving a total cargo volume of 383,500 and 126,000 tonnes last year, and part of the Eastern Airport Group and Wuxi Sunan International Airport Group, respectively, collaboration between the two is a necessary ingredient for...

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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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