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60,000 Migrating Birds Move through Nanjing Sky like an Ink Painting

The mist of birds appeared on 17 February as the flock moved approached the Xinji Zhou National Wetland Park in Nanjing’s section of the Yangtze River. The flower-faced ducks are expected to linger in the vicinity until around 10...

Jiangsu Railways See 1 Million Passengers in 1 Day after Lantern Festival

16 February saw 1.1 million people transported by railways in Jiangsu. As of that date, the network had seen 28.36 million passengers during this Spring Festival, with a daily average of 834,000 passengers, for a increase of 8.8 percent...

1st Spectator Row just 2-3 Metres from Running Track at IAAF Indoor Championships!

The spectator stands in the venue are nearing completion as the date for the Championships in Nanjing draws near. Volunteers, recruited from universities and society at large, including 700 foreigners, shall attend a training camp from 8-14 March. Full...

World’s Largest Floating Pile Driver Sets Sail from Nantong

Setting sail on 17 February with a 150-metre high frame and capable of driving 700 tonne piles, the ship is to be first used in the construction of the Hangzhou Bay cross-sea railway bridge, to be later deployed for...

What’s with All the Scientific Formulae on Shops along Nanjing Alleyway?

The idea for that now dubbed “Formulae Alley” derived from it being close to Gate 1 of Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Xiaolingwei. Among the shops, a barbers featuring the equation Y² = 2px refers to the...

Bridge in Zhenjiang Suspected as Tombstone of Qing Dynasty Sichuan Governor

The stone slab that forms a bridge over a stream outside Jiangqiao Dongshan Village is clearly inscribed with “Governor of Sichuan”. Villagers said that a local cemetery was destroyed years ago, and the stones used as building materials. Full...

School in Lianyungang Bans E-bikes; Chains Students’ Vehicles Together 

It was a surprising first day of the new year for students who had their e-bikes chained together by the school citing safety hazards, despite there being no e-bike sharing facilities available nearby and neither public bus services nor...

2 Nanjing Massacre Survivors Pass Away on the Same Day

Born 4 May, 1926, Yi Lanying narrowly escaped death when his home near Wutiao Alley near Wutai Shan was bombed by the Japanese; while Tao Chengyi, born 24 May, 1936, struggled to make ends meet with her mother after...

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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...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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