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Clash de Cartier Experience Centre Comes to Southern Capital

Nanjingers looking for something different to do this summer staycation have a creative, if only temporary, outlet for their all their WeChat Moments’ desires, in the form of a Clash de Cartier Experience Centre described as "a break in...

Schistosomiasis Alert; Nanjing Warns Citizens be on Flood Guard

With water levels in the Yangtze River around Nanjing now at dangerously high levels during the annual flood season, so local authorities are warning of the dangers lurking therein, specifically, the threat from schistosomiasis posed to citizens. Nanjing has not...

Lufthansa Touches Down in Nanjing; International Flights Resume

The important air link between Nanjing and Germany was this morning restored in the wake of Covid, as the first renewed Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt arrived today at Lukou, marking another important milestone in Nanjing’s return to normality. Flight LH780...

Free Entry Days Announced for 18 Nanjing Scenic Spots

With these past few days marking the transition into the second half of 2020, so plans have been revealed detailing days on which there shall be free entry to 18 of Nanjing’s scenic spots between now and the end...

Homemade Electric Car Debuts in Nanjing as Byton Shuts Down

Electric cars are back in the news again in Nanjing, but for decidedly all the wrong reasons. A homemade vehicular contraption has been pulled over by police downtown just as mammoth startup Byton suspends operations for 6 months citing...

Nanjing Social Credit System Enters Force; Exam Cheats Targeted

Cheating in exams is among the additions to China’s Social Credit System that Nanjing has chosen to implement in the localised version of the now infamous nationwide initiative that rewards citizens’ integrity and punishes dishonesty in the form of...

“Closing the Gap”; Nanjing Number 5 Bridge Now Spans Yangtze

China's reputation for delivering massive construction projects on time has been further solidified with the closure of the final span of the Nanjing Number 5 Yangtze River Bridge, as promised, by the end of this month. The closure, that came...

Launch Pad Blasts off in Nanjing; Shot in the Arm for Jiangbei

A new initiative that aims to put an international face on the coming-of-age national level Jiangbei New Area in Nanjing has been launched, igniting the zone's acceleration on to the world stage as a hot spot for foreign investment. 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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