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Over 100 Dogs Rescued from Illegal Dog-Meat Truck

Last Monday evening, more than a hundred dogs were rescued when a dog-meat truck was intercepted by Nanjing city police in the Hou Village area. Originating from Henan province in central China, the truck was headed towards Hangzhou approximately...

The American Priest who Fought for Nanjing

History does not remember that of the Earth in 1937 favourably. A bloody civil war was raging in Spain; in the USA, during his second inaugural address, President Franklin Roosevelt said, “I see one third of a nation ill...

Nanjing’s Cleanest Air for BSN Students from January

Nanjing has been blessed this year with improved standards of air quality, particularly a glorious summer, but with another winter well and truly upon us, as air pollution levels soar, many have been reaching for their face masks. No...

3rd Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Summit Aids Innovation

Today, 10 December, 2018, marked the close of the 3rd Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing Industrialisation Cooperation Summit, which was held in Nanjing in the city’s Future Science and Technology City and other locations from Saturday. The summit, which focused solely on...

Bird and Beast Beware; Snows a’ Comin’ to Nanjing

As an Arctic blast swings southwest over Seoul, Shanghai and onto Nanjing, we need brace ourselves for icy weather. Sleet is predicted to be incoming, most likely showing its chilly face this Sunday. This year, snow fell on Nanjing for...

“Double Double Toil & Trouble”; Macbeth Among Top Year-End Shows

We’re fast approaching December, so herein The Nanjinger guide to some of the best-performing groups from around the world to be appearing at Nanjing’s Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts as we close out 2018. Look forward to Tap...

Travel Mayhem Leaves 10,000 Stranded Due to Fog or Pollution

Monday 26 November, 2018; Nanjing Lukou International Airport closes, cancelling all flights due to extremely foggy weather, leaving thousands of people stranded. “We regret to announce that **** flight has been cancelled due to weather infection”, went the announcements at...

Climate Change Latest; New Local & National Initiatives

November has carried the focus of a “green” and sustainable China, with significant mile stones being reached in the environmental sector as regards climate change, by both the Jiangsu Green Building Development Conference and the National Forestry and Grassland...

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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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