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Elderly Care Dispute Highlights Growing Social Change in Nanjing

Protesting residents of a community in Xuanwu district have led to the dismissal of development plans for a new nursing home/hospice, that was to be located on Hongshan Jie in northern Nanjing. The ongoing issue over the development of...

Pain of Childbirth Experienced First-Hand by Nanjing Men

Men have little, if any, comprehension of the pain of childbirth. That all changed in Nanjing, China, on 28 March, as three brave representatives of the male gender underwent, somewhat unsubtly, a kind of electroconvulsive therapy to learn of...

Disaster Preparedness Program to be Offered in Nanjing

The Saifu City Museum, located in the Jiangbei New Area of Nanjing, is introducing its first disaster preparedness program that offers participants real-life emergency rescue experience. Whether a person is stuck in an elevator, on a subway that has...

Cambridge University and Nanjing Launch Strategic Collaboration

A new joint centre between the University of Cambridge and Nanjing Centre of Technology and Innovation will support innovative research into smart cities and fully integrated urban environments. The creation of such shall see the establishment of a joint research...

Shoe Maker Brings New Mall to Nanjing Yangtze River Banks

One of the UK’s premier design firms has been appointed to regenerate a historic industrial site in Nanjing, adjacent to the iconic Yangtze River Bridge, in a move that has some wondering whether an item of clothing may feature...

Nanjing Official Jailed for Selling Private Information

Would you pay Facebook not to sell your data? The very essence of this question, asked by Sean Burch, writing for The Register Citizen, shows the stark reality we all now face when sharing our personal information online. Facebook’s recent...

Baidu Forgiven; Nanjing Withdraws Consumer Data Theft Lawsuit

With the recent passing of World Consumer Rights Day on 15 March, the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court has withdrawn its lawsuit against Baidu, Inc., the operator of China's largest online search engine and mobile app. A litigation was filed against Baidu...

Nanjing-Beijing in 3 hours 16 minutes from April

The China Railway Shanghai Group has announced that its new timetable shall come into force at midnight on 10th April, one which shall cut transportation time between Nanjing and Beijing to a fastest possible time of 3 hours and...

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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...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

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