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Nothing Escapes their Attention; Check out Nanjing Police’s Drones in Operation

Spring Festival travellers have been hearing the drones in their pursuit; “We are Nanjing Traffic Police. Move the vehicle to the emergency lane; if it cannot move, place a red triangle 150 meters from its rear and transfer personnel...

Movie Theatres in Nanjing Sold out Despite High CNY Ticket Prices

With six new domestic films released on the first day of the Lunar New Year and prices reaching ¥71.9 for preferred seating, movie goers have not missed the point that this would normally buy two tickets. Nevertheless, it’s hard...

Chinese New Year Retail Business in Nanjing up 33.1% on 2023 in Key Malls

Monitoring of 90 commercial enterprises on 28 January revealed a turnover of ¥240 million, a year-on-year increase of 28.2 percent, while half was accounted for by 25 key shopping malls and complexes, driving in part by heavy discounts and...

Suzhou Taihu Women’s Open Golf Tournament Announced to take place in March

108 players will be present for the Open from 20-22 March at the Suzhou Taihu International Golf Club, built in strict accordance with international championship standards and designed by Australian tour player turned golf architect, Graham Marsh. Full story...

Thief in Zhenjiang Hides Jewellery in Raw Egg, Buries it in Vegetable Patch

Lacking the tools for his work one day, Mr Cai started looking around his client’s home for alternates, whereupon he noticed the tempting jewellery worth over 100,000. He then rented a house and buried it to allude discovery, to...

Nantong GDP up 6.2% for a 2024 Total of ¥1.24219 Trillion

Among the data’s highlights was the City's total import and export volume which stood at ¥394.99 billion, up 12.9 percent over the previous year. Therein, imports were up 10.8 percent to ¥134.17 billion, and exports 13.9 percent to ¥260.82...

Crew of the Nanjing Destroyer Send Chinese New Year Greetings to their City

Featuring chants with military precision, the message from the crew of the NANJING, the location of which cannot be disclosed, was, “We hold the lunar new year for the motherland and stand guard for the people”. Full story (in Chinese)...

Wuxi GDP up 5.8% in 2024; City Ranks 3rd in Jiangsu after Suzhou & Nanjing

With a total GDP for 2024 of ¥1.626329 trillion, the average urbanite in Wuxi made ¥80,003 in 2024, an increase of 4.4 percent; whereas rural dwellers fared better, with their incomes rising 5.5 percent over the previous year, for...

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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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