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Pukou SWAT Police Strangle Wild Boar in Hospital

This Wednesday, 30 August, Pukou hospital cleaner Ms. Ye spotted a wild boar reportedly snorting around the pharmacy in the Accident and Emergency department. Ye attempted to fend off the beast and pull it away. Talking...

Government and Foreigners Discuss Nanjing Urban Planning

On 31 August the Nanjing Bureau of City Planning held a joint panel discussion with selected foreign representatives at the bureau’s offices in Gulou. The aim of the discussion was to ask for input from the foreign community with...

Lawson Opens Five Stores in Nanjing; Many More to Come

Monday saw Japanese convenience store Lawson’s opened its doors in Nanjing for the first time, and not in one, but five separate locations. Lawson’s plan to open another 300 stores around the city in the next...

Cats Bound for Guangzhou Saved in Nanjing

Deep into the evening of 24 August, a truck over loaded with cats crammed aboard trundled out of Nanjing city on the G4211 Ningma (Nanjing-Ma’anshan) Highway. Suspicious police pulled the truck over and detained the driver and cats. A...

Nanjing 3D Prints Its Way Into Futuristic Construction

An unassuming and sparsely populated industrial estate on the far flung outskirts of Nanjing received an ultra-modern facelift this month. Some scrappy bridge railings were considered old and dangerous and in need of a good remake. Instead of using...

Banks and Government Team up for Latest Green Travel Plan

From 16 thru 31 August, cooperation between the Traffic Management Office of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau, the Bank of Nanjing and Mobike, is bringing about an exciting and innovative new initiative in order to promote further green travel....

Having Your Cake & Eating it; British School Celebrates 10 Years

At this time of year, international schools all over the world are beginning the new academic year. For most, it is back to grind, and straight into another year of classes that are even more taxing than the last....

Bells of Nanjing Bike Share Ding Ding Fall Silent

The fluorescent green flare of Nanjing based bike-sharing startup Ding Ding has sizzled out with the company quitting the race to the top of the bike-sharing bonanza. However, locals are fuming, alleging the company has slipped...

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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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