Just as millions have sat the University Entrance Examination, so too others have recently graduated. For some Nanjing students wearing camouflage, this has entailed real-life, live-fire exercises with some of the country’s most sophisticated weaponry.
They’re called the Red Arrows....
Many people flock to Sanya for not just the beaches, but also the duty free shop. Well, Nanjing now has its own too. But is the 1960s Rolls Royce on display just inside the front door the most interesting...
Well, maybe not Jiangsu, but perhaps Nanjing. Forgive us; the rhyme was too irresistible. Nevertheless, recent local efforts at sprucing up those most essential of public facilities are worthy of mention. And a paper published 2 years ago today...
Summer has officially begun in Nanjing and now, so has the rainy season. That can only mean one thing. Mosquitos! And anyone who’s spent a summer in Nanjing before (last year, perhaps?!) knows mozzies are a serious business.
“Physical mosquito...
Not every day do you awake to find two random strangers sitting on your sofa, chatting away, smashed off their heads. In what is this year’s oddest police investigation, it was found that the two had not noticed they...
Exam season is upon us. With the dreaded University Entrance Examination just around the corner, there’s a lot of revision going on in China these days. And in Nanjing, efforts are underway to remove some rather noisy distractions.
It’s not...
The "2021 Top 100 Cities in China” list has been revealed and Nanjing comes in at a fairly impressive Number 6. And mainly, it’s down to the city’s recent performance in the fields of health, culture, education, environment and...
While an appeal court in France has decided in favour of compensation for thousands of women worldwide with breast implants, in a similar nightmare unfolding here in Nanjing, a lady has had four litres of liquid removed from her...
