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Holiday Transport Update; Nanjing Metro Lines to Run until 24:00

With the upcoming National Day and Mid Autumn Festival combined, operational hours of the Nanjing Metro are to be be extended, while some bus routes will be adjusted, chief among which are those around the Nanjing Massacre Memorial. As has...

Limb Lengthening Back in Spotlight as Local Man Faces Paralysis

A local man now facing paralysis is bringing back to light the dangers of “limb lengthening” surgery. With the practice driven underground in China, those dreaming of being taller headed abroad for the complicated procedure that left many with...

2.38 Million Nanjing Train Travellers Expected this National Day

With National Day and this year’s Mid Autumn Festival aligned, so Nanjing’s railway stations are bracing themselves for a rush not seen in a year, as passenger flow for the upcoming double holiday is forecast to largely return to...

Diamonds Worth ¥50 Million Seized in Nanjing Smuggling Case

Nanjing customs have dealt another blow to the world of international smuggling, with the arrest of those involved in trafficking diamonds to Nanjing via Hong Kong, utilising express couriers and boats as their delivery methods of choice. It was...

Xianlin Student Falls to Her Death from 18F of Campus Building

Students in the Xianlin campus of Nanjing University are still reeling in shock from the news that a classmate fell to her death from the 18th floor of a university building. In a grim coincidence, the incident is Xianlin’s...

100-Km Run + 4,275-Metre Climb; 12 Hours 45 Minutes 49 Seconds!

The fittest of the fit from across China were out in force in Nanjing this past weekend, aiming to complete one of the toughest physical challenges of all, amid the stunning environment that is Laoshan National Forest Park. At...

Nanjing Space Base! Trade Fair Launches Moon Exploration Project

The headlines today are full of positive economic news in the form of hundreds of projects being signed off during this autumn economic trade fair. Among them, plans for a China Lunar Exploration base in Nanjing’s far-flung and relatively...

100 Million-Year Old Animal Sperm Found by Nanjing Scientists

Scientists at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology have made yet another breakthrough in their discovery of the world’s oldest animal sperm, found inside a crustacean trapped in a piece of Myanma amber, in collaboration with Queen Mary...

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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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