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Flamingo Population in Yancheng this Year is Largest in History!

Experts speculate that several of the 14 flamingos to have made the Yancheng wetlands their temporary home are returnees, happy with the local environment. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Yancheng via this link. 专家推测,在以盐城湿地为临时家园的14条火烈鸟中,有几只是返回者,对当地环境感到满意。...

Suqian Ramps up Care System as Seniors make up 20.3% of Population

Senior care institutions from first tier cities are being lured to Suqian through financial incentives and policy support to also provide integrated medical services. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suqian via this link.

Wuxi’s Iron Fisted Pollution Control; Algae in Lake Tai Lowest in 16 Years

Since 2007, Wuxi has salvaged a total of 540,000 tonnes of blue algae in Lake Tai, with the cumulative area of ​​cyanobacteria down 71.5 percent in 2023, year on year. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the...

New Link out of Nanjing South Railway Station Speeds Traffic Southward

Opened on 30 November, Ludu Da Dao completes the “four vertical” network in the area south of the Station; now go Nanjing South to Shengtai Xi Lu in 5 minutes. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about...

Firefighters Rescue 5 Injured over 2 Days on Mountain in Suzhou

“Despair Slope” on Dayang Mountain in Suzhou High-tech Zone is appropriately named; the separate incidents included a 14-year old boy and a 52-year old man. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suzhou via this...

Xuzhou Medics Take Blood Sample with another’s Blood Still on their Gloves

The 27 November incident occurred at the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University. Penalties are expected but reporters’ inquiries are going unanswered. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Xuzhou via this link.

Henry Kissinger Mourned; Gave Exclusive to Local Reporter 16 Years Ago

The 100-year old had visited China over 100 times, including on 23 June, 2007, to the Hopkins-Nanjing Centre, granting the Yangtze Evening News an interview. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as never before via...

Pigmentation all over Body is Result of Ancestral Secret Potion for Epilepsy

The patient, a Mr. Zhang, visited Suzhou Xiangcheng District Dermatology Hospital with extreme hyperkeratosis that was the result of taking the folk recipe for 5 years. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suzhou via...

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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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