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Ice & Snow Festival to Cheer Nanjingers through the Winter

Christmas might be long gone by then, but that won’t stop the sleigh being rolled out at the first Nanjing Winter Olympics Ice and Snow Festival, providing the local international community with an interesting leisure option in lieu of...

5 Million Watch 800 Runners Commemorate Opening of New Bridge

Close on five million viewers tuned in on their smartphones, tablets or desktop computers yesterday to watch 800 Nanjingers participate in a commemorative run to mark the opening of the fifth bridge to traverse the Yangtze River in Nanjing. Before...

Thief in Nanjing Steals Roommate’s Car; Drives Home to Show Off

How much do you trust your roommate? Do you suspect they secretly eat stuff from your shelf of the fridge? Might they steal your car and drive it almost 1,000 kilometres to their home town just to show off?...

World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing Delayed Again

This last week has seen a shock announcement come to the world of sports, as the World Athletics Indoor Championships that were due to be held in Nanjing earlier this year have now been pushed back a second time,...

Gold & Silver 4 Nanjingers in National Vocational Skills Contest

China has held her very first national-level vocational skills contest, and Nanjing has come out triumphant, with young college students winning both gold and silver medals, by way of an excellent illustration as to the skill sets available to...

Miss Universe Contest in Nanjing Selects National Winner

Hate it or love it, the relic from almost ancient times that is the Miss Universe contest remains a force to be reckoned with, as could be seen in Nanjing last week as the competition selected a representative for...

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Makes Epidemic Prevention Top Priority

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the Nanjing Massacre. As every year, the anniversary was commemorated in a solemn ceremony of remembrance. For 2020 however, proceedings gave full acknowledgment to the still-omnipresent threat from COVID. Nanjing’s top...

Latin America Consuls Solidify Trade and Friendship in Nanjing

Today marked a rare occurrence indeed; the descending upon Nanjing by no less than nine Consul Generals from Latin America and the Caribbean, as part of a mini tour of Jiangsu Province to promote trade and economic ties with...

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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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