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Pigs on the Prowl! Wild Boar Runs Rampage in Nanjing University

They’re back. And they’re getting more and more daring with each of their forays into our urban environment. We’re talking wild boars. And this week has seen one both delighting and terrifying students in a Nanjing university. The latest incursion...

Boy Crushed and Killed in Nanjing under Road Sweeper

Tragedy again struck on Nanjing’s roads earlier this week, when a young primary school boy was knocked from the back of the e-bike on which he was riding with his mother, to then be crushed to death by a...

¥27 Million Tax Evasion Fine for Nanjing Internet Celebrity

Earlier this week saw massive fines, totalling almost ¥100 million, levied against two live streaming broadcast hosts for the non payment of personal income tax. And one of the ladies in question also happens to be a Nanjinger. Lin Shanshan...

Lightning Strikes Twice! China’s Smallest Police Dog Wins Again

A Nanjinger in the form of the smallest police dog in China has for the second consecutive time taken its title as national champion in an annual search for combat-ready canine talent. Best of all though; our champ is...

Personal Transporter Battery Sets Nanjing Media College Ablaze

Fires from the batteries of two-wheeled transportation devices are back in the headlines today. But this time, not the pesky e-bikes, but those bewildering personal transporters, after one set ablaze a Nanjing college dormitory. The fire broke out yesterday evening,...

Failed BBQ Joint Owner Calls Police Threatening Suicide

Nanjing’s first responders have once again been called in to deal with a case of bizarre behaviour. Both officers on the ground and the emergency operator were involved in the counselling of a man wishing to take his own...

Decorators Demolish ¥7.5 Million Nanjing Apartment “by Mistake”

How would you feel working hard for countless years so that you may spend millions on a beautiful home, to find it one day destroyed, because someone had simply gone to the wrong door? That’s precisely what happened last...

8 Dead; 8 More Injured after Dump Truck Smashes into Mini Bus

Tragedy unfolded yesterday evening close to Nanjing as a dump track crashed into a mini bus, killing eight people and injuring eight more. It is believed most of the victims to be women working as express courier handlers in...

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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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