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Beer Festival Celebrates the “Craft” from Nanjing and Beyond

Many thousands recently gathered to celebrate the burgeoning craft-beer scene in China at the 8th Nanjing Beer Festival, bringing producers and vendors together in a party for the great and the good from the best beer bars and breweries. The...

World War II@85; Nanjing Remembers Marco Polo Bridge Incident

Many believe it to have been the true beginning of the Second World War, while the 85th anniversary of that day has been marked in Nanjing in another solemn ceremony that reminds of our city’s unique place in 20th...

Stuck for Stuff to Do this Summer? Don’t be Lazy; Be a Sloth!

Sloths are our planet’s slowest-moving mammals. And now, they’ve eventually made it to Nanjing. If you’ve never seen one of these (kind of) lovable beasts, now is your chance. Just don’t hang around; they might be off in the...

“Alien” Recreated as Nanjing Senior Coughs up 1 Litre of Blood 

Some eating out in Nanjing have found themselves suddenly close to acting in perhaps the most-memorable scene from sci-fi horror classic movie, “Alien”, when a dining companion began to uncontrollably cough up blood at their table. 一些在南京外出就餐的人突然发现自己差点就演了科幻恐怖经典电影《异形》中最令人难忘的一幕:一名就餐同伴开始在餐桌上不受控制地咳血。 It was just recently...

Competition to Design a New Xinjiekou Icon; ¥800,000 to be Won!

This is your chance to become a part of Nanjing! A recently-launched design competition is seeking proposals from all over the world for that which is hoped will be a new iconic landmark for the very heart of Nanjing...

Open Sesame; 100% of Nanjing’s Qinhuai River Now Navigable

Nanjing’s Qinhuai River has been an integral part of life in the Southern Capital for many centuries, but it has taken until now for the waterway to become 100 percent navigable. And that’s good news from both a financial...

Thrill Seekers Left Hanging in Air at Nanjing Amusement Park

Visitors taking a ride in a Nanjing amusement park got more thrill than their tickets suggested this past weekend, when their rollercoaster stopped dead on a vertical descent, leaving the ride's occupants suspended in mid air. Turns out it...

Nanjing COVID Situation Roundup; Tuesday 28 June, 2022

Summer travel plans for many have been thrown into chaos today, as an ominous star appeared on Nanjing residents’ travel codes. It’s got people wondering whether they should risk travel, and if they do, will they be able to...

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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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