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Construction of Infamous Golden Hotel in Nanjing to Restart after 19 Years of Delays

15 floors high with about 400 rooms and located next to Shuanglong Avenue in Jiangning District, the beleaguered Nanjing Shenwang Hotel project is to receive a ¥500 million injection of capital, with an official opening now planned for 2027....

Nanjing Releases 2024’s Environmental Report; Air Quality Now the Best Ever!

Nanjing’s number of days with excellent air quality reached 112, exceeding 100 days for the first time, while the atmospheric composite index, PM10, NO2, CO and other indicators were the best since new standards were implemented in 2013. Full...

Jiangsu’s Plans to Alleviate Chinese New Year Road Congestion Kick in

Following successful trials for Mid Autumn Festival and National Day last year, on 14 January, Spring Festival’s first day, the province's multi pronged effort includes establishing a total of 344 emergency rescue stations and  28 roadside rescue stations. Full...

NUAA Establishes Low Altitude Engineering Undergraduate Degree Program

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is among the six top-rank universities setting up the new qualification. The name of the major is Low Altitude Technology and Engineering, and the degree awarding category is engineering. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Changzhou Company behind China’s New 400KM/H High Speed Train

CRRC Qishuyan located in Changzhou Economic Development Zone has provided the high-performance gear transmission system for the CR450 prototype by optimising its high-precision machining technology to ensure stability and reliability. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read lots...

What’s with the Massive Traffic Light Countdown Displays in Nanjing?

Nanjing’s famed plane trees with their low-hanging branches are the reason authorise have begun introducing the extra-large countdown displays, such as those near Confucius Temple which have quickly become an online phenomenon. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

73 year Old Man Saves 2 by Boat after Car Careers into Lake in Suzhou

Driving too fast and unable to turn a corner, the two who ended up in the lake climbed on the roof of the car to call for help. Bao Bingyun immediately punted his boat to the scene to helped...

Tests Complete on China’s Largest LNG Storage Facility in Yancheng

6 January saw the pre-cooling tests completed on the No.10 LNG storage tank at the CNOOC Yancheng Green Energy Port, with a single tank capacity of 270,000 cubic metres. Each tank is over 100 metres wide with a hight...

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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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