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20-Something Millionaire King of China Lingerie Production

Think attractive ladies’ underwear and perhaps that which first comes to mind is Victoria’s Secret. Yet, the real secret in China is that fully 60 percent of the country’s lingerie production is to be found in a once-impoverished county...

Online Dating Scam Cheats Suzhou Woman out of ¥600,000

A Suzhou woman who lost ¥600,000 up to a year ago in an online dating racket has finally received some closure, with the arrest of many of those responsible. May 2018, Xinxiang City in northern Henan Province, two large cylinders...

Local Gang Arrested for Online Gambling; ¥700m Profit in 2 Years

On 18 July, 2018, it was reported that 23 people in nearby Zhenjiang city involved in online gambling are linked to a gang which reportedly profited upwards of ¥700 million, since its beginnings in 2016. According to Xinhua News, the...

Psychological Support for China’s Left-Behind Children

During Nanjing’s hottest month, on 15 July, 2018, counsellors made their way out to the Huai’an countryside, in order to provide psychological support and training for the county’s left-behind children. Such is a phrase used to describe children who have...

Monkey Traffickers Caught in Northern Jiangsu

Suspected illegal merchant activity involving the precious Macaque monkey has been brought to light when the Haizhou police, of northern Jiangsu’s Lianyungang city, caught monkey traffickers trading online. According to Weibo’s Sina News, police launched a nationwide hunt for those...

Chemical Waste Found Buried in Banks of Yangtze River

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has confirmed that 30,000 cubic metres of chemical waste and other hazardous matter has been found hidden in the banks of the Yangtze River. After repeated efforts by the public, which included written reports...

Is Jiangsu Environmental Plan on Track? Recent Bust Confirms It

Perhaps spurred on by the central government’s 3-year environmental plan, residents living nearby a factory in Xinyi town, Xuzhou city in the north of Jiangsu province, have alerted local authorities to a strong odour, which they suspected was the...

How to Lose 20 Thousand or 20 Million RMB Using Alipay

A woman from Jurong in Jiangsu province, a little to the east of Nanjing, notified police in March 2018 when she found ¥50,000 missing from her back account. Swift action from the Jurong police traced the crime back to...
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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue”...

Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties...
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