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After Daughter’s Death, NJ’s “Fat Brother” Hero Gives Back; Food

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. For one young Nanjing man, that’s meant turning sacrifice, suffering and ultimately, tragedy, in the space of 2 short years, in to an instrument for the betterment of others who may have...

Nanjing Protection Plan to List Roads that will Never be Widened

Every so often in Nanjing, one ventures down a road not visited in some time, generating the reaction, “Wow, look, they widened the street”. The scene is more orderly with more space and less muddle. But a new plan...

Why Nanjing’s Zoo has COVID to Thank for Total 180 in Fortunes

When COVID descended upon us, it quickly looked like it was going to be curtains for our local Zoo. All income had been cut off overnight but the expenses of caring for their animals remained. Now, it’s basking in...

Robots Replace Old Ladies in Suguo Trying to Sell You Stuff

They used to prowl the fabric-conditioner aisle. And they were, frankly, terrifying. But now, they are kind of out of a job, or a hobby, or something. For technology has stepped in to attempt instead to vend us of,...

Your Next Bike is Hydrogen Powered; All You Need to Know

National regulations are about to enter effect in China with the aim of promoting the standardised and high-quality development of the hydrogen-bicycle industry. One way or the other, it’s the future of personal urban transport. Time to get up...

It’s Harvest Time for 85,000 Hectares of Fragrant Rice in Nanjing

Some 65 percent of the remaining hybrid rice planted in Nanjing shall be harvested this week. The variety, Ruoyu 7276, in Jiangning, is of particularly high quality. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as...

Nanjing Metro to Operate Late Night over Double Festival Holiday

With the Mid Autumn Festival falling this year directly before National Day, expect pandemonium on the transport network, as everyone takes a well-earned break. But Nanjing Metro knows this well and has made plans accordingly. 今年中秋节正好在国庆节之前,预计交通网络将出现混乱,因为每个人都在享受应有的休息。但南京地铁深知这一点,并做出了相应的规划。 It is expected that the...

Time Lapse Video Shows How to Build a Bridge Across the Yangtze

With the deck now complete on another record-breaking bridge in China, and the world for that matter, so we are being given an insight astto just how that is done, thanks to a new time-lapse video which makes the...

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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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