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More International Flights are Back! Nanjing Rejoins the World

Events of the last few days have been enough to make us wonder if we are ever going to escape. Yet, more light is at the end of the tunnel. For now is the time for a host of...

Sanitary Pad Sales Controversy Eased by Train out of Nanjing

Feminine-hygiene products and their sale on high-speed trains are under the severe scrutiny of China’s unforgiving online community, after one lady was recently unable to get what she needed on a train. Fortunately, another train out of Nanjing has...

Nanjing Metro Line S8 Phase II Opens in Time for National Day

The Nanjinger predicted an opening on 1 October. We were wrong. But not by much. For the extension to Nanjing Metro Line S8 north of the Yangtze River in fact began carrying fare-paying passengers just a few hours earlier. Many...

COVID Test Result Required for Nanjing Metro from 8 October

From tomorrow, 8 October, all those wishing to take the Nanjing Metro shall be required to present the negative result of a nucleic-acid test (NAT) taken within the previous 48 hours. 明天10月8日起,所有乘坐南京地铁的乘客须出示48小时内核酸检测阴性结果。 For seniors, children and others without a smartphone to...

Meet the Hydrogen Powered Bike Now on Sale in Nanjing!

What’s the biggest pain about an electric bike? The battery. Then there’s its weight, which necessitates the bike itself be big and bulky, and therefore a nuisance to other road users. Well, all that’s about to change, as hydrogen...

UFO Sighting in Nanjing! The “Soaring Scarlet Flame in the Sky”

Today marks a big anniversary for fans of extra-terrestrial activity in Nanjing. It’s 130 years since that regarded as one of the biggest UFO sightings in Qing-Dynasty China. And it was captured too, in an exhilarating illustration by one...

Dog Owners! No Leash = Full Responsibility = Expensive

Vehicles which run over pets, or the drivers thereof, may not actually be responsible in the eyes of the law, it turns out. That’s the result of a case study involving a lady exercising her dog which unfolded in...

Student Murder; Death Penalty Upheld, Father Denies Profiteering

Those in favour of the death penalty in China will be feeling satisfied these days that an appeal in one of the county’s most-followed murder cases has been rejected, while there are also others claiming the victim’s father has...

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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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