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Voluntary Tree Planting brings Nanjing’s Green Space to 16.2 SQM per Capita

300,000 volunteer participants have planted in excess of 900,000 trees in Nanjing over the past 10 years. The City’s forest coverage rate now stands at 31.96 percent, ranking first in Jiangsu province for 6 consecutive years. Full story (in...

Vulture Returns to Huai’an; GPS Implant Tracks Mysterious Migration Path

Normally only found at high altitude, the bird was named “Vulture No.1” after its first appearance in Xuyi County of Huai’an in January, 2023. Now it’s back, appearing to enjoy Baima Lake Wetland, recognised as an internationally important wetland....

48 Year Old Student Expelled by Nanjing University for Not Graduating in 8 Years

As per the provisions in Articles 27, 29 and 36 of the “Implementation Rules for the Management of Postgraduate Student Status of Nanjing University”, Liu Xiaobo of the University’s Law School has not been admitted to the 2023 degree...

Man Saves Woman at Suzhou Museum; Security Guards Fail, Onlookers Take Photos

Afterthe lady had fallen into a pond at the Suzhou Museum on 8 March, security guards attempted to reach her with a long fishing net, but failed. With hundreds of cellphones filming the scene, the visiting man took the...

1st Time Ever Brown Eared Bulbul Spotted & Photographed in Yancheng

Dr. Liu Bin, Vice Chairman of the Municipal Bird Watching Association, photographed the brown-eared bulbul on 2 March while conducting a bird survey in the seawall forest near the Jiangsu Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Xuzhou Girl Creates Brand New Art Form by Turning Trash into Treasure 

Eva cleverly integrates miniature models into her notebooks, making the originally flat works three-dimensional and turning ordinary notebooks into miniature art worlds. She found the decompression process instantly cured her inner anxiety. Full story (in Chinese) via this link;...

Passing Motorist Saves 10 Year Old Drowning Boy in Nanjing in just 40 Seconds

After the boy in Nanjing accidentally fell into water, at the critical moment, a blue car passed by from which the driver leaped into action. Quickly taking off his coat and jumping into the pond to save the boy,...

Oriental White Storks Nest in 220kV Transmission Tower in Suqian; What to Do?

Given this is the 3rd consecutive year that the birds have taken to the tower, Sihong Power Supply Co. has installed insulated-protection barriers, providing a safer and more comfortable living environment for the Oriental White Stork. Full story (in...

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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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