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Three New Metro Lines to Open in Nanjing by End of this Year!

Nanjing’s metro system has been conspicuous in recent years for, well, not very much. As other cities all over China have opened new metro lines one after the other, Nanjing has stagnated. Thoroughly leapfrogged. Thankfully and finally, that’s about...

Warning: Nanjing to Conduct Drills of Air Raid Siren System

Normally, it’s a sound we hear just once a year, on 13 December that is the anniversary of the start of the Nanjing Massacre. Not 2022, as this weekend will witness the cry of the city’s air-raid sirens as...

New Photographic Horrors of Nanjing Massacre Emerge in USA

Very, very few photographs exist of the Nanjing Massacre, which makes a new find documenting the atrocities of 1937 all the more remarkable. But it’s today’s social media and an unusual content creator which have propelled our city’s history...

How Do they Make it Rain in Nanjing? New Evidence Uncovered!

Urban myth. We’ve all heard the tales of “them making it rain”. Rockets or planes doing so-called “cloud seeding”. But we really weren’t 100-percent sure how. Now though, we have photographic evidence of them doing so, accompanied by a...

Xbox & PC Gaming Scenery Released for Nanjing’s Airport!

Flight simulator gaming enthusiasts in Nanjing who miss flying are now able to take a step back nearer to that reality, thanks to a new software release which offers a photo-realistic representation of our city’s airport to budding aviators. 南京的飞行模拟器游戏爱好者们怀念飞行的时光,现在可以退一步更接近现实,这要归功于新软件的发布,该软件为崭露头角的飞行员提供了我们城市机场的逼真再现。 It...

88 to Traffic Cop TV Host Legend after 17 Years’ Relentless Work

Starting every broadcast with the words, “Hello viewers, welcome to ‘Hongqi Talks Traffic’”, a plain-old traffic cop who became a broadcasting legend has made his retirement. Today, The Nanjinger salutes him for the countless ways he has made...

2 Dead as Tower Crane Topples in Nanjing; Safety Ignored

Two people are dead and two more injured after a tower crane overturned on a construction site in Nanjing. The accident was the result of standard safety procedures being compromised; those responsible are facing the stiffest possible penalties. Yesterday, 23...

04:00 Queues in Nanjing for Bubble Tea; Scalpers Demand ¥200!

Milk tea, bubble tea, pearl tea, etc., has in recent years become something of a national obsession in China, especially among the young. But the craze hit new heights in Nanjing last week, as citizens became demented over a...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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