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Blows Dealt to Maniacal Delivery Guys and Dirty Kitchens

Steps are being taken in Nanjing to make food delivery cleaner and safer. For all involved, from diner to deliverer, it is hoped measures going in place will help shore up the reputation of an industry that is increasingly...

World’s Largest 3D Printed “Thing” Lands in Nanjing

They call it a pavilion. We call it a thing. But not a thing as in fashionable, happenin’ or “in”. No, it’s a structure recently completed in Nanjing. And it’s also an architectural and mathematical marvel that is the...

Pilot Lashes out at Maintenance Crew; Says Nanjingers are Stupid

A regional Chinese airline is in hot water after one of its pilots poured verbal abuse on ground staff before flying out of Lukou, while in its subsequent statement of apology, the airline used language considered by many to...

Ride Your Bike to Baguazhou! Pedestrian Lane Comes to New Bridge

A biking opportunity with a difference has come to be in the form of access to the islet of Baguazhou in the Yangtze River, via a wide new pedestrian lane which has just been added to one of the...

10 Years of Nanjing South; the Station that Almost Never was

This has been a big week for birthdays. In addition to the CCP centenary yesterday, the high-speed railway line between Beijing and Shanghai turned 10 on Wednesday, while the week got of to a start with the 10th birthday...

CCP Centenary Marked in Unusual Ways and Unlikely Places

The glory of today has been inescapable. But aside from the national pomp and ceremony, it has been the activities on a more local level that have played just as important a role in delivering the story of the...

Thou Shalt Have Standards; it’s 鸭血粉丝汤 Duck Blood Soup after all!

Market supervision authorities in Nanjing recently held an expert seminar with a difference. They sought to nail down standards that would protect the product quality, flavour and reputation of arguably the city’s greatest contribution to Chinese cuisine. Nanjingers are nuts...

Fight Against Illegal Drugs Taken to Middle School in Nanjing

Teenagers are susceptible to influence, especially anything illegal, and drugs always hold a special interest. With new psychoactive substances popping up in China at a dizzying rate, Nanjing Police recently took its anti-drug effort into a local middle school. On...

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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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