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Plum Blossoms’ Flowering in Nanjing brings Crowds to Gulin Park

The sudden flowering is the result of the recent rise in temperature. Located in the main urban area, Gulin Park is one of the earliest plum blossom viewing spots in Nanjing to enter the blooming period every year. Full...

Xuzhou Water Quality Improvement Top in Jiangsu for 2 Consecutive Years

Quality of the water ecological environment in Xuzhou has exceeded the 14th Five-Year Plan’s goals ahead of schedule, with the proportion of waters tested meeting “Excellent Grade III” standards rising to 97.7 percent, and increase of 4.5 percent. Full...

Injured Finless Porpoise Rescued in Nanjing; 1st in China!

With an injury to its tail entangled with branches and rubbish resulting in sluggish movement, the 1.31-metre female finless porpoise received treatment at Nanjing Underwater World on 16 February. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing...

Suzhou Dine in Numbers are Top in China over Spring Festival 2024

The cities of Changshu and Kunshan ranked first and second, respectively, according to Meituan’s 2024 Spring Festival “Eat, Drink & Have Fun” consumption insights. Zhangjiagang, also in Suzhou, came fifth. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the...

Heat Map Released by Wuxi Shows New Bund Station to be #1 in China

Setting this year apart is Jiangyin Bund Station on Wuxi Metro’s Line S1 which has become the top destination in the City this Spring Festival. It also topped Weibo’s national list of busiest metro stations. Full story (in Chinese)...

“Green Energy Port” gets Official Approval for LNG Terminal Berth 2 in Yancheng

CNOOC Yancheng’s “Green Energy Port” project is positioned as one of the main gas sources in Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan Provinces, meeting the future needs of natural gas consumption. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute...

Xuzhou Girl Appears on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala to Sing Peking Opera

Showing extraordinary talent for Peking Opera since she was a child, Guo Xiao is a graduate student from the China Peking Opera Company. Her parents both participated in the Xuzhou Peking Opera Troupe in their early years. Full story...

Nanjing Xinjiekou in Top 5 for Financial Performance during Chinese New Year

According to data released by Meituan, the top 5 were Chongqing’s Jiefangbei, Guangzhou’s Chimelong/Nancun, Shanghai’s People’s Square/Nanjing Lu, Chongqing’s Guanyin Bridge and Nanjing’s Xinjiekou. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as never before 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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