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27 Exits! Largest Metro Station in China a Model for Underground Growth in Wuxi

Wuxi is looking to the example set by Sanyang Plaza station in plans for the sustainable development of the City’s underground spaces, taking the area per capita from 5.8 sqm at present to 8-9 sqm by 2035. Full story...

Flower Economy Ignited in Zhenjiang as 200,000 Tulips Bloom

A dozen varieties ofcarefully cultivated flowers from the Fure Flower Sea in Baitu Town of Jurong are being sold, freshly cut, by the local government all across the country by means of live broadcasts. Full story (in Chinese) via...

No Trains at Sanshan Jie & Confucius Temple on Nanjing Metro on 24 February

The Line 1 and 3 stations shall not operate trains between 17:30 and 21:00, while services may also be suspended at Zhangfu Yuan on Line 1, and Changfu Jie and Wuding Men on Line 3, depending on congestion. Full...

100 Vehicle Pile up in Suzhou as Ice and Snow Conditions Hit Hard

Multiple vehicles collided end to end on the elevated section of expressway in Suzhou Industrial Park at around 07:00 on 23 February. The accident volume was so intense that some cars were pushed onto the roofs of other vehicles....

Traffic Alert for Lantern Festival; Key Parts of Nanjing Closed or Diverted

From midday on 23 February and for 2 days, it is advised to actively avoid Jiankang Lu, Zhonghua Lu, Changle Lu, Madao Jie, Zhongshan Nan Lu and other roads around Confucius Temple, Laomendong and Bailuzhou Park. Full story via...

200 KG of Flatbread Taken back to Work by Xuzhou Boy; Can Eat for Months!

The man, surnamed Liu, returned to Hangzhou after Chinese New Year, with his car stuffed with 100 “Zhuang Mo”, a speciality of Xuzhou. Weighing two kilograms each, he placed one on the desk of each of his coworkers. Full...

Nanjing Hit by 3,000 Lightning Strikes in 15 Hours on Night of 20 February

The strikes were mainly caused by the recent abnormally active warm and humid air flow in the south and the collision of cold air in the north, leading to “elevated thunderstorms”. Freezing rain was last detected in Nanjing in...

Zhenjiang Judge Appears at School to Lecture on Bullying Prevention

Judge Cui Xiao of the Juvenile Case Tribunal of the Zhenjiang Intermediate People’s Court had been invited by Zhenjiang Experimental School for his appearance on 20 February, inspired by hit movie, “Article 20”. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

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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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