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Nanjing Sport to Play Key Role in 2020 Tokyo Olympics Warm Up

With the Olympics now but months away, athletes the world over shall be warming up and, they hope, qualifying for Tokyo 2020, via a number of global sporting meets. Nanjing is to feature prominently on many of their calendars. So...

Street Lighting Goes Smart as 5G Comes Alive in Nanjing

As 5G base stations pop up everywhere in Nanjing, they so too come in unusual forms. Smart street lighting is an innovative way of providing a 5G network with universal coverage. Nanjing's Confucius Temple area was recently one of...

4000 Join “Cedar” and China’s Fastest Man for New Year's Day Run

Nanjing’s annual New Year’s Day Run was held yesterday, 1 January, providing a perfect backdrop to introduce Cedar, the mascot for the upcoming world indoor athletic championships, to be held in the city in just over 2 months time. Over...

Sport and Culture Dominate Nanjing’s Top Stories of 2019

Looking back over The Nanjinger’s headlines for 2019, it is quickly apparent that above all, sport and culture have been the top stories in which Nanjing has hit the headlines. Worth remembering that the last 12 months has brought...

Non-Stop from Nanjing Lukou Now to 19 Countries & 31 Cities

As the year closes, so it is nice to look forward to 2020 and the places we may soon visit, Nanjing being in the dead-centre of Asia. In Nanjing Lukou International Airport, we are blessed with an ever-increasing selection...

Drug Use by Foreign Students Targeted in New “Law Abiding” Video

Fighting, theft and illicit drug use are among the topics covered in a lively promotional video recently released by local authorities that aims to familiarise foreign students with the laws of China and the impact thereof on daily student...

“No Homework Policy” by Education Bureau Enrages Nanjing Parents

Parents outraged at the Education Bureau’s recent implementation of a policy that significantly reduces the workload for primary, middle, and high school students, have given rise to the latest hot topic on the Chinese internet; "It’s hard to be...

Couple Takes 26 Years to Photograph Nanjing Massacre Mourning

An Octogenarian and nonagenarian couple who have documented the Nanjing Massacre Memorial through photographs for 26 years has found that the two of them, in the process, have also told the tale of their own lives. Liu Jianzhi (刘健芝), 92,...

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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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