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Coronavirus is NOT in Nanjing's Water Supply

The gossipmongers are having a ball. With most of China’s urban residents following the advice to stay at home, some have little to do but spread false rumours. Among them, that Nanjing’s drinking water may be contaminated with 19-nCoV. Their...

A Letter from the Nanjing Foreign Affairs Office

The  Foreign Affairs Office of Nanjing Municipal People’s Government has requested The Nanjinger to publish "A Letter to All Foreign Friends in Nanjing", with regard to the outbreak of 19-nCoV. The original release, with its Chinese counterpart, can be found...

Wuhan Flights Arrive in Nanjing; Infected Patients to Tangshan

Flights from abroad originally slated to return to Wuhan have begun arriving in Nanjing. Any passenger found to be carrying 19-nCoV is to be treated in a dedicated facility set up in the Nanjing Public Health Medical Centre in...

Fever Clinics set up in Hospitals across Nanjing

Following the outbreak of 19-nCoV in Wuhan, Nanjing is joining national efforts at combating the Coronavirus. As the number of cases continues to rise, fever clinics have been established at multiple hospitals in every district of Nanjing. A total of...

Expat Entrepreneur! Work Visas & Starting a Business in Nanjing

The dream of starting your own business is a common one. And many an expat has observed that China is a land of opportunity. Yet, becoming an entrepreneur is Nanjing is a complicated process that all starts with the...

HIV Carrier Bites Eviction Officer; Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail

The HIV-positive illegal occupant who bit an eviction officer in Nanjing last summer has received a 1-year sentence for obstructing official duties. The case may have this week come to end, but it is not without the threat of...

Elected! Nanjing’s 1st Female Mayor is 2nd in all of China

Nanjing made history earlier this week, electing a woman as city mayor for the first time. In a sign that is indicative of how progressive local government has become, the new mayor is also only the second provincial capital...

Is Deji Plaza Seriously China’s Number 2 Shopping Mall?

Taking a little stroll along Zhongshan Lu in Nanjing is all it takes to realise that Deji Plaza is pretty fancy. So fancy that the plush mall is in fact China’s number two shopping centre. Turns out it's down...

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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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