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Didi English Service in Trial Run

Halleluiah, traveling about town just got so much easier! Owners of Uber China and Didi Chuxing have this month set about testing the taxi hailing APP’s English interface. Somewhat suspicious when I used the app the other day; it...

Hospital Waste Recycled as Toys

Police hindering perpetrators from unlawfully recycling hospital waste have arrested three during a crackdown in which various waste from hospitals around Nanjing was sold to an unlicensed group operating out of Qixia district. The waste, which...

China Takes Chernobyl to Greener Pastures

It is now 30 years since the worst nuclear power plant accident in history; the Chernobyl disaster that comprised a destructive steam explosion within a nuclear reactor and the subsequent release of radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere around Pripyat,...

Five Hour Foodie Frenzy to Xi’an

New railway line Xuzheng (dubbed the food line) is set to connect Xuzhou with Zhengzhou, thus opening up Xi’an, Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang for a high speed train service from Nanjng this September that will cut travel between the two...

Rent a Foreigner!

Having enjoyed your summer gallivanting abroad and squandering your savings, then there is a high chance upon your return those pockets will be empty and in need of a proper boost… Ubee is your answer. If...

Nanjing Duck Blood Soup for Breakfast, Guangzhou Dim-Sum for Afternoon Tea

A new high-speed train route from Nanjing to Guangzhou opened yesterday, slashing travel time to 7 hours, along with another intercity line that can put Nanjingers in Nantong in less than 3 hours. As part of...

Big Chicken to Big Data; Sizing Up the Tastes of Chinese New Year

The ability to know what a Nanjinger is having for breakfast is “the greatest source of power of the 21 century”, the CEO of review site Dianping has claimed. Zhang Tao was in part referring to his site’s “Taste of...

Reading Culture Next Big Thing; Power to Women!

Not so long ago, the word “harmony” was inescapable in China. More recently however, the simultaneous musical notes intended to unify a nation have been oddly quiet. Now that the orchestra has left the building, who...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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