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Wind Turbine Collapses in China’s Suqian; Damage Put at ¥3 Million

The incident is said to have occurred on the night of 6 February when gale force 7-8 winds were forecast. Installed at a cost of ¥5 million, some of the main tower remains intact after the turbine’s collapse near...

Brunei Sultan Extends Sister City Agreement with Nanjing during State Visit

The announcement came during the Brunei Sultan’s visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. As a result, the only pair of sister cities between China and Brunei, that between Nanjing and Bandar Seri Begawan, shall be extended....

Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake Hits Xinghua City of Taizhou in Jiangsu 

The China Earthquake Network has officially determined that at 07:00 on 9 February the earthquake occurred in Xinghua at a longitude of 120.17 degrees east and a latitude of 32.72 degrees north, with an epicentre depth of 8 kilometres. Full...

China-Europe Freight Train Services out of Lianyungang Report Enormous Growth

Aa freight throughput of 6,114 TEU has been reported to be transported by the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) Logistics Cooperation Base in January, marking that 43.5 percent increase year-on-year. The Base is a key part of the Belt & Road Initiative....

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Cases Abound in Jiangsu; Public Reminded to Ventilate

Beware of cooking hotpot at home and ride hailing drivers who have been sitting idle for some time with the engine running. If cooking with gas, it is best to install carbon monoxide detectors and check and maintain them...

Purple Mountain Astronomers Update Picture of Milky Way taken from Above

The new image covers the spiral arm structure of molecular gas at about 2/3 azimuth, at a galactic core distance of about 8-26 thousand parsec, 1.5 times larger than in previous observations. The findings were published in Astrophysical Journal...

Xinghua City’s Population Declines by 12,300; Falling Birth Rate in Part to Blame

With a permanent population 1.1103 million at the end of 2024, the decrease can be attributed to a birth rate of just 2.96 percent, down on the figure for 2023 of 3.56 percent, with only 4,000 babies born during...

Kunshan’s GDP outperforms Suzhou as “China’s Strongest County Level City”

GDP for Kunshan last year was ¥538 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent, higher than that of Suzhou, at 6.0 percent, and Jiangsu as a whole, at 5.8 percent. A few decades ago, Kunshan was the weakest agricultural county...

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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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