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Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Monday 28 March, 2022

More and more tests to come. That’s the reality sinking in today. And those tests are set to continue for quite some time after we get to “COVID zero”. Again, it all depends on where you live. Just be...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Friday 25 March, 2022

Following yesterday’s return to school for older local students, more good news comes today in the form of lockdown release, while 24-hour NAT sites have also been set up, just as Nanjing Metro has rolled out a new anti-epidemic...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Thursday 24 March, 2022

Judging by the online reaction to today’s news, it was the moment many thousands of people in Nanjing had been waiting for. Back to school! Now it is only a matter of time for everyone else. One young man...

Man Gives His Own Life Saving Wife in Nanjing House Fire

A heroic, 10-day battle for life in Nanjing has ended tragically, with the news that the man who had saved his wife from the flames of a fire in their apartment has died of his burns in a local...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Tuesday 22 March, 2022

Serious. That’s the only word we have for the approach being hammered out by local authorities in their drive to nip Nanjing’s current COVID outbreak in the bud. For those living in Jiangning District especially, it’s like turning the...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Monday 21 March, 2022

While it’s undoubtedly a relief to many a shop and restaurant owner that they haven’t been closed down, the question on the lips of others is understandably, why? As it turns out, that’s related to both national policy and...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Friday 18 March, 2022

It’s a thing; “quarantine trash”. No, that’s not unsavory people locked in hotel rooms; it’s the rubbish emerging from the homes of those undergoing home isolation. As to the good news, today’s numbers reveal hope, while the nightmare of...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Thursday 17 March, 2022

Still no sign of a let up. More positive cases (and lots of them) of COVID in Nanjing translates to more tests in more places, more closures and more medium-risk areas, as Nanjing continues to face its biggest epidemic...

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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

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Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

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