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Children in Need; Nanjing Mission to Crowdfund End-of-Life Care

A Nanjing charity providing end-of-life care for babies and young children has taken the unusual step of choosing to crowdfund its latest initiative aimed at improving quality of care for society’s most under privileged. The Nanjinger supports a number of local...

Nanjing Metro Big Expansion Starts Next Year; Line 5 Need Wait

The extent of Nanjing’s state-of-the-art metro network has remained at a stagnant 10 lines for some time now. That is all set to change beginning next year, as a slew of new lines and extensions to existing lines begin...

Fire at 24,000 Feet on Flight from Nanjing

The issue of battery-charging packs on board aircraft is back in the headlines after a flight from Nanjing was forced to return following an open fire in the cabin yesterday, 4 September. China Eastern Airlines flight MU2809 departed Nanjing Lukou...

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Underway in Nanjing

A downtown exhibition match got the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Nanjing Leg, off to a flying start this last Saturday, 31 August, as 32 teams from all over the world limbered up to do battle in eight Chinese cities. In...

Nanjing’s Yangtze River Crossings to be Renamed; You Have a Say!

Nanjingers are preparing to say goodbye to some of their most widely-used vernacular, after yesterday afternoon’s announcement that five of Nanjing’s six Yangtze River crossings are to be renamed, following a study into unifying the naming strategy for river crossings...

Not all that Glitters is Gold; Suning Dumps 5,000 Loss Makers

A familiar sight on the Chinese physical retail urban landscape is changing hands as Nanjing’s Suning lets go of its loss-making chain of convenience stores; Suning Xiaodian. The 5,000 branch chain has been acquired by Yunzhixiang (云之香). Suning is much lauded...

Nanjingers Killed in Laos Crash Highlight SEAsia Travel Concerns

As the last of those injured in the bus crash in Laos 1 week ago that claimed the lives of 13 Chinese nationals return to Nanjing, safety concerns when traveling in less-developed countries across Southeast Asia are back in...

Cruise-Ship Terminal to be Built in Nanjing, Perhaps

The cruise industry is excited at the recent announcement that Nanjing shall be home to a cruise-ship port in the perhaps no-too-distant future, yet there are already signs that the project may take a lot longer than authorities might...

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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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