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Slingshot Crime to Light as Nanjing Man takes out Car Windscreen

A man in Nanjing has found himself detained at the authorities’ pleasure after choosing to vent his anger by shooting out the rear windscreen of a car parked by the roadside with that favourite toy of boys around the...

Nanjing COVID Situation Roundup; Tuesday 19 April, 2022

There’s a renewed focus on vaccination, particularly of the elderly, as even many centenarians have been getting jabbed. Plus, more financial support is pledged for businesses in trouble but for one Nanjing firm, the temptation for a quick buck...

YOUR Chance to Tell the Government what to do about COVID!

Concerns spreading among the general public over the increasing impact of anti-COVID measures upon our freedoms may be in part the reason authorities have rolled out the soliciting of suggestions. It’s, in short, in case they have missed something...

Jackpot! 50 Grand for Nanjing Farmer in Landmark Payout

Nanjing is the size of the US state of Delaware and the large majority of the the city’s land is countryside. Yet, it has taken until now for there to be realised what is the first-ever insurance claim for...

Fixing the Nanjing Metro Line 3 Problem; Bring on the Crane!

Many of Nanjing’s commuters who make their daily journeys to and from the office by way of the Metro have been given a boost in the form of additional services that potentially shave quite a chunk of time in...

Murder by Wine Bottle; Late Night Dinner Turns to Tragedy

You would think you would be safe enough going out for dinner with someone you know. Or rather, knew. For one man in Nanjing is now dead on account of the actions of his drunk dining companion, struck by...

Nanjing COVID Situation Roundup; Tuesday 12 April, 2022

Wuhan did it, and now Nanjing is doing it too, as well as every super-size city in the country. We’re talking emergency hospital shelters, largely for the use of COVID-positive patients. And the majority of them is going to...

Nanjing COVID Situation Roundup; Monday 11 April, 2022

Shanghai is obviously China’s COVID focus at present, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening in Nanjing, much of it related to our big sister to the East. And today’s roundup comprises a baby from Shandong, life-saving medicine and...

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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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