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Xuzhou Awards 25 at “Courage for Justice & Love for Mortals” Conference

Among the awardees on 18 January, a volunteer river patrolman who rescued people trapped in Weishan Lake and a pregnant woman who made a brave emergency rescue of injured people. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the...

Wuxi Reports Orders for Chinese New Year Travel up 720% on 2023

Ice and snow tours in the north, and hot-spring escape tours in the south are the majors trend in tourism this Spring Festival, while there has been a 10 fold increase in bookings for overseas travel. Full story (in...

2 Friends in Taizhou Drive Home after Drinking; One Reports Other to Police

The men, surnamed Chen and Fan, from Xinghua City, argued during the journey in their drunken state so much so that Chen called the Police on Fan, the driver. Licence revoked for 5 years, ¥1,000 fine. Full story (in...

Hybrid Surgery by Hospital in Changzhou Helps Girl Defeat Rare Brain Tumor

Determined as suffering from parenchymal hemangioblastoma by the Neurosurgery Department of Changzhou Second Hospital, operating on the student was described as “swimming around a sleeping tiger”. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Changzhou via...

3, 2, 1, Lift off! Nanjing Vocational School 1st in China with Hand in Satellite Launch

Tianzhou-7 successfully lifted off at 22:27 on 17 January; aboard is a popular science satellite developed by Nanjing Electro-mechanical Vocational & Technical College, the “Nanjing” 8108. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as never...

Renovated Suzhou Granary Built in 1971 is Straight Out of a Movie

Over 9,378 square metres and full of the atmosphere of the times, silos originally used for grain purchase and storage at the Yangcheng Lake 1971 Granary Mill are now a top visitor attraction. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Nanjing Moves to Help Delivery Riders Find Buildings in Residential Communities

With even experienced riders easily becoming dizzy, the City is pushing nearly 500 communities to add building location maps at entrances and indicator maps by forks in the roads. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing...

Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake Hits Dongtai in Yancheng of Jiangsu Province

China’s Seismological Network reported the earthquake occurred at 16:45 on 17 January in Dongtai City of Yancheng, at 32.75 degrees north, 120.19 degrees east and at a focal depth of 9 kilometres. Full story (in Chinese) via this link;...

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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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