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Is it a Bike? Is it a Plane? Or is it a High Speed Train?

What’s blue and white and goes 299 kilometres per hour at Nanjing Lukou International Airport? China Southern Airlines, right? Wrong. The correct answer is in fact a motorcyclist racing along at two and half times the speed limit. As reported by...

Wuxi Becomes Newest Member of Trillion Club

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Wuxi for 2017 hit ¥1.05 trillion in 2017, bolstering the Jiangsu city as it joins the ranks of the “Trillions Club” of China. Wuxi’s initiation into the Club was not a lonesome one;...

¥760 Million Mobile Phone Export Tax Rebate Scam Cracked!

27 February 2018, Zhenjiang police have announced they have cracked China’s largest case of export tax rebate fraud, amounting to ¥760m. An official letter released by the Zhenjiang police, only half an hour's drive from Nanjing,  states that after a...

Spring Festival Fatality Highlights Binge Drinking

The recent death of a 25-year old male in nearby Changzhou city, Jiangsu, highlights the dangers of Spring Festival binge excess. 24 February, as reported by Sina, a man was rushed to hospital after he collapsed. It has been reported...

Adopted Boy from Nanjing Attends Embassy CNY Bash in Washington

A New Year celebration at the Chinese Embassy in Washington Monday evening included the touching attendance of 70 American families who have one thing in common; they have all adopted a child from China, with one from our very...

Authorities Aim to “Eliminate Evil” in Gang Crackdown

To the north of Nanjing, a court in Xuzhou city has convicted 22 people of gang crime and sentenced them to jail and detention, while denouncing them as evil. During the open trial, the court heard this “mafia style”...

Man Inherits Taobao Shop; Virtual Notorisation Becoming a Must

A Mr. Wang of Donghai County in Lianyungang, this month became the first person in his city to inherit an online shop. The shop, which had been fully authenticated and was run in his mother’s name, continued to be a...

Live Australian Cattle Arrive for Slaughter North of Nanjing

Among other Western delicacies such as red wine, cigars, cheese and chocolate, beef is fast becoming a staple for China’s middle-upper class. Demand has always been present in China for beef, however, prices have always been just too high. So...
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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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