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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue” with foreigners. After a 5-year hiatus, the number of visitors to the Southern Capital has returned, almost, to pre-Pandemic levels. 当然,现在的南京街头也能感受到这一点。我们的城市再次受到外国人的“追捧”。经过五年的中断后,南都的游客数量几乎恢复到了大流行前的水平。 Back...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties between Jiangsu and the state of Victoria in Australia. But not when the first flight to Melbourne from Nanjing in...

Metro Safety; Do We Walk on the Left & Stand on the Right?

There was a time when our Nanjing Metro system, as well as others in China, was in its infancy and a state of confusion. With the debate over metro-escalator etiquette recently reignited, clarity as to the official position has...

Costco Nanjing Low Down; Grand Opening on 28 May

That we had heard the rumour was enough; discounted pumps are already flowing at the petrol station of soon-to-be-opened Costco in Nanjing. There, we were met with more good news; Costco Nanjing is confirmed to open on 28 May...

Hi 5! Nanjing’s Newest Metro Line Opens; 8 Years in the Making

They chose to do it on a Sunday. For it has been 8 long years since a spade was first stuck in the ground for Line 5. Hence choose a time when the maximum number of people possible would...

Nanjinger’s Illustrated Book Picked up by Top 5 Intl. Publisher

There cannot be many books, English books, illustrated by a Nanjinger and a young one at that, which have been published by a renowned international name such as HarperCollins. It's a teeny weeny number which swelled enormously as 2024’s...

After the Fire; Nanjing & Elsewhere Clamp Down on E-bike Charging that Can Kill

Tragedies are not normally inevitable. They come out of nowhere. But when it comes to that of the deadly fire in Nanjing of late, a growing body of evidence is pointing to it being a case of something like...

Nanjing North Railway Station is Finally a Go; 2027 Here We Come!

There’s been a lot of speculation. And stuff which wasn’t true. But now we know for sure. Nanjing North Railway Station, our City’s biggest transportation-infrastructure construction project since its southerly sister 15 years ago, should be welcoming its first...

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Nanjing Could Put Canberra on a New Flight Path to China

Travellers between China and Australia may soon have another part way across the Pacific. Nanjing has emerged as the...

China’s Fertility Insurance Turns Costly IVF Bills into Real Babies

Since 1 January 2025, couples pursuing fertility treatment across China have walked into a rather different kind of appointment....

Shanghai’s 21 Year Metro Fare Freeze Finally Faces a Hearing

Commuters across Shanghai are to see a fare structure tested for the first time in over two decades. On...

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