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The Tesla-Nanjing Effect; New US$0.5 Billion Battery Investment

Korean giant, LG Chem, has announced its putting another US$500 million into its New Energy Vehicle battery production plant in Nanjing, to meet the needs of Tesla as the US car maker prepares to export vehicles made in Shanghai...

Chasing Cheap; Nanjing Products Hottest in Post-COVID Double 11

Upon us once again is China’s annual Double 11 Shopping Festival, and while post-COVID retail recovery is strong across the country, here in Nanjing it’s our own home-grown businesses that are picking up the most interest among this year’s...

Nanjing Public Buses EcoEducate Students; Return Cash to Elderly

Nanjing’s public buses are making the headlines today, for their benevolent efforts at teaching children in kindergarten the importance of sustainability in urban transport and for helping to reunite a pensioner with a large amount of misplaced cash. On Tuesday...

Garfield Invades! Cuddly Cute Cat & Friends Hug Trees in Nanjing

In one of its famed cartoons, Garfield the cat stares at a sapling, saying, “Someday, tree, when you grow big enough, I might climb you”. Odd as it may sound, that’s pretty much what has recently taken place in...

Nanjing Gives 10 Years in Jail for Taking ¥7 Million in Bribes

China’s crackdown on corruption is only intensifying, as can be seen from a Nanjing court this week handing out a lengthy period behind bars for an official who accepted bribes totaling the value of only that of a generous...

Nanjing First City on Earth to Realise Metro-Wide 5G Coverage?

A global first; Nanjing’s ambition in the field of 5G interconnectivity for all has recently taken another step toward being a reality, with the city becoming the first in the world to have 5G service availability across its entire...

He Would Have Been 18 Today, Had His Hopeful Heart Held Out

Today marks an important anniversary for Nanjing-based charity, Hopeful Hearts. For 31 October would have been the 18th birthday of the boy in whose memory the charity was formed. His passing, however, has enabled life-saving surgery for hundreds of...

Free Helmets for Riders in New Going-Green, Bike-Share Fleet

Nanjing may have done a decent job in getting her e-bike riding citizens to wear helmets, but that’s not stopping efforts to keep those on two wheels safe in other cities, in a proactive manner that puts Nanjing to...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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