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Smoke on the Metro! Line 2 User Says Stinks Like Burning Rubber

Nanjing Metro Line 2 takes a lot of people to go about their business every day. Approximately 600,000 citizens rode its trains yesterday, 5 June. For some though, the journey between Zhongling Jie and Maqun stations turned out to...

New COVID Vaccines Rolled out Today in Clinics Across Nanjing

The past month has a seen a new expression enter our local lexicon; “二阳” meaning “second positive” in reference to being infected with COVID for a second time. And that time is now. Hence, time for new vaccines, available...

Radiotherapy after Ear Piercing? Back to Hygiene School for Some

scarring on the earlobe of a girl in Nanjing, which has become severely inflamed, growing to be the size of an adult man’s thumb, is reminding of care that need be taken when having ear piercings, care which many...

Kids Forced to Make Tourists Buy Overpriced Flowers in Fuzimiao 

Confucius Temple in Nanjing pulls in a lot of visitors. And inevitably, its fair share of con artists. Tragically, the latest trend among them involves gang-like behaviour, whereby children are made to target tourists under the guise of free...

15 Y.O. Girl Wins Nanjing Chainsaw Horror Escape Room Case

She suffered a palm fracture during a visit to an escape room in Nanjing, leading her to file a lawsuit against the venue and demand compensation. That teenager has now won her case, netting her almost two grand in...

Steamy Dance Features in 520 Flower Giveaway on Nanjing Metro

This is the romance of Nanjing Metro, they are trying to tell us. With the theme of, “Feel the Love, Share the Love, Pass on the Love”, passengers at one station in Nanjing were greeted on the weekend with...

Nanjing Tour Guide Celebrates 400th Birthday; World’s Oldest?

Celebrating its 400th birthday this year is a travel guide which turned out to be the Lonely Planet of its day, serving as an introduction to a couple of score of Nanjing’s scenic spots. As for it being the...

Nanjing’s on Fire! Why is Our City so “Hot” these Days?

For the Chinese, Nanjing has always been a popular tourist destination, but never more so than in 2023. Turns out we did not spend the last 3 years hiding from COVID after all; instead, we got busy creating fun,...

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China Grows 4.5 Percent in Q3 but Exports are Doing Outsized Work

China's economy grew 4.5 percent in the third quarter, up from 4.3 percent in the second, yet investment in...

German Chemical Giant BASF to Make Chip Materials in Nanjing by 2028

German chemical giant BASF will build a semiconductor materials plant in Nanjing, with start-up expected by the end of...

China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

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