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I Grew Opium because “It Gives Meat Roasts more Flavour”

This was the claim of a man in Nanjing who recently came afoul of the law for growing opium poppies on his rooftop and balcony. He'd been dobbed in by his neighbours, fearful that something more sinister was in...

A4 Paper License Plate used by Nanjing Man to Avoid Parking Fee

Some people will do anything to avoid paying one trifling fee or another. Take parking for example. One Nanjing man has been handed the maximum penalty possible for covering his car’s license plate with a homemade equivalent to simply...

Why Did Nanjing Man Marry Four Women And One Commit Bigamy?

A Nanjing man and one of his four former spouses are in hot water after it has emerged they were involved in a fake marriage scam the man was operating that helped out of town women to buy real...

US$310 Million in Nanjing Foreign Investment, but Beware Numbers

Since COVID, we have all despaired as one business after another was shuttered, permanently. But there are bright spots, as illustrated by the enormous injection of foreign investment into Nanjing just announced. It’s the vote of confidence in Nanjing...

Mother’s Day Drama; “Save My Mom” 1st Words from Trapped Boy

There was once a frog that lived in a well. One day, a soft-shelled turtle came by and told him about the sea. “The sea?”, said the frog. “Hah! It's nothing but paradise in here. I assure you, there...

Homemade Zapper used in Emotionally Charged Nanjing Murder

Witnesses flooded the scene, wondering what had just happened in their community. Whatever it was, it was serious. There had obviously been a fire but rumours were quickly spreading among them that a murder had also just been committed...

Earthquake Drills as Nation Prepares to Remember 2008 Sichuan

Tomorrow is National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day in China, in the name of preparation for such possibilities and in remembrance for the thousands who perished and the millions who lost their homes in the biggest earthquake in China...

Family Demands Answers after Death in Xinjiekou Apartment Fire

A family in Nanjing has been making the most unusual move of speaking out in public to voice their concerns, as the cause of the fire that took the life of a relative in a downtown Nanjing apartment continues...

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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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