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Old Nanjing Hands United in Preserving Nanjing Massacre Memory

As more countries host events to honour those who perished in the Nanjing Massacre that marks its 82nd anniversary today, so too do hitherto unheard tales of heroism emerge that unite humanity across time and space. This time last year,...

4 Minutes to Save Lives! AEDs Now in 35 Nanjing Metro Stations

The Nanjing Metro system has joined the growing list of cities in China to have installed Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) therein for public use in cases of sudden cardiac arrest, in a move that highlights growing awareness for the...

WANTED! Mascot for Nanjing World IAAF Indoor Championships

At the start of the recent 100-day countdown until the 2020 Nanjing World IAAF Indoor Championships, both the event’s logo and slogan were revealed, confirming that Nanjing is on track to deliver another  exceptional international sporting tournament. From 13 March to...

Fluffy Festivities! Annual Pyjama Festival Hits Nanjing

As alert readers of The Nanjinger may have noticed, the coming of December in Nanjing is marked by the traditional observance of the annual Pyjama Festival, from now until some time in April next year. While many a foreign man...

Nanjing Massacre Mourning Ritual; the Need to Know for 13 Dec

The 82nd anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre shall be held this Friday, 13 December, entailing, as usual, a number of symbolic rituals by way of respect to the hundreds of thousands who perished in that which was the bleakest...

Ordos Signs Contracts Worth ¥55 Billion in Nanjing

Once dubbed "Ghost Town", the Inner-Mongolian city of Ordos this week held its 2019 Ordos Targeted Investment Promotion event for processing industries in Nanjing, signing cooperation projects worth a total of ¥55.48 billion, 34 percent of which shall directly...

World Famous for Naked Run, Nanjing Boy Graduates College Age 11

A Nanjing boy who sprang to international fame in 2012, after his father forced him to run almost naked in the snows of New York, has graduated with a college degree, now aged just 11-years old. On 2 December, He...

Nanjing Home to World’s Fastest Train (and Second Fastest, btw!)

It will come as no surprise that China is home to the world’s fastest trains. The “fastest of the fast” is another story, however, as a recently-released report has revealed that title goes to a train with its principal...

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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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