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Asia Outdoor Celebrates 10 Successful Years

Asia Outdoor celebrated her 10th anniversary in Nanjing from 23rd to 26th July. Once again, the crème de la crème of the outdoor sector came together at the Nanjing Exhibition Centre to display the latest in outdoor technology, accessories...

Constructing the Future; Jiangsu Grand Theatre

Over the last few months, many Nanjing pedestrians walking along Mengdu Street in Hexi District have discovered a magnificent and mysterious piece of architecture taking shape. Right next to the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, the space-ship like circles resemble...

Nanjing Children’s Hospital Spilling Over With Patients

With summer vacation comes illness. Every year the number of patients at Nanjing Children’s Hospital reaches its peak during the summer months; this year amounting to around 7800 patients a day. There is an endless flow of people moving...

First Inter-Provincial Metro to Connect Nanjing and Hexian

Construction on the first interprovincial metro, the Ning-He Metro saw the completion of its Jiangnan (south of the Yangtze River) section over the past week. It is the latest exciting infrastructure project that seeks to erect...

Police Busts Nanjing Pyramid Scheme, Arrests 236

On the evening of 30th June, police stormed a residential compound in Yuhuatai district, capturing 236 suspects. 20 police vans were needed to transport off the alleged participants in a large-scale scam. In total, the scam...

NJ to LA; New Flight Connection Opens Today

Despite the raging storms and floods, Nanjing’s Lukou airport today celebrates the opening of a new route with the first direct flight between the Southern capital and Los Angeles, expanding Nanjing’s aerial connections by one exciting destination. ...

Importing British Culture, Nanjing’s First Car Boot Sale

While to locals, true British culture mostly consists of the Queen, Sherlock Holmes and Big Ben, the epitome of upper-class, it is now time to introduce another side of Britishness to Nanjingers; the carboot sale. The second hand-markets are...

Locals Sceptical of Gov’s Housing Dream

July will see the introduction of a new house-ownership scheme under which the government shoulders up to 50 percent of the cost. Yet locals fear it is just a PR stunt.  The regulation addresses the long-overdue...

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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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