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Nanjing Government Steps Up Game with Five Industrial Landmarks

With every city in China looking to attract investment, so each must try to stand out from the crowd. For Nanjing, the latest initiative at such is the release of creative posters promoting five new industrial landmarks upon which...

10,000+ iPhones Destroyed in Fire on Nanjing-Shanghai Highway

The recent heavy rains have resulted in scores of traffic accidents around Nanjing. In one of the more dramatic, over 10,000 iPhones have been lost when a large truck overturned and caught fire on the Nanjing-Shanghai highway between Tangshan...

Future of Technology Reveals Smart Retail & 5G Street Lights

Scanning goods one by one at the supermarket checkout may well soon be a thing of the past, as a new centre for innovation in Nanjing has officially opened, working on systems capable of simultaneously scanning all purchases, among...

1 Million Watch Basketball Get Back in Business; We Have a Loser

While basketball fans in China have delighted in seeing their favourite sport back in action after the Covid close down, followers of Nanjing suffered an embarrassing tinge of disappointment in seeing their beloved team lose to Zhejiang. Saturday, 20 June,...

20 Days’ Out Ideas for Families Spending the Holidays in Nanjing

Much herein cannot be found in the guidebooks; some suggestions are plain-pretty material for WeChat Moments, while many others take advantage of Nanjing being steeped in history to offer educational opportunity for both the young and history buffs. Tunnel of...

Tiny Lishui Italy’s First Stop on China’s Belt & Road Initiative

A Sino-Italian highland of scientific and technological innovation is a step closer to reality after plans were signed in Shanghai that will assist in driving Nanjing’s Lishui District toward being in the top 20 leading such regions in China. It...

Imported Seafood Banned in Nanjing; City Tracks Rogue Beijingers

With Beijing under a partial lockdown, Nanjing is trying to keep its Covid-19 fatality record blemish free by taking imported seafood off the market and tracking down travellers who arrived from Beijing since 31 May. Huge numbers of people travel...

No You Can’t, Yes You Can; Nanjing Night Markets’ Good Example

They used to be a frowned-upon blot on the urban landscape. Now, China has done a complete 180 on her attitude to night markets. With its talent for organisation, Nanjing is heading a post-Covid-19 economic revival that has night...

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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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