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Lukou Terminal 1 Reopens 29/7 with Stunning Design & Automation

The name of the game is automation at Lukou Airport Terminal 1, due to reopen in the coming days after 6 years of reconstruction. The unquestionably beautiful facelift has also brought with it numerous innovations in the form of...

China’s Ban on Plastic Straws & Bags Kicks in 1 September

With the clock ticking on a complete ban on non-reusable plastic straws in China by year end, drinks providers all over China are scrambling to put in place alternatives, discovering along the way additional expense and an apathetic public. 随着年底前中国全面禁止不可重复使用的塑料吸管的时间紧迫,中国各地的饮料供应商都在争先恐后地推出替代品,但在此过程中发现了额外的费用和公众的冷漠。 Back...

Student Expelled for Nanjing Massacre Remarks on Social Media

The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences has expelled a student for making improper remarks regarding the Nanjing Massacre on overseas social media. The case highlights the degree to which China holds sway over her citizens, even whilst they...

Flying Saucer Lands in Nanjing! (Ok, it’s a Water Coaster)

With Nanjing drawing to the end of its rainy season, so the next opportunity to get soaked presents itself. This July, an iconic water ride named “FlyingSAUCER" has been opened for use in the newly-completed Nanjing Maya Beach Water...

Clash de Cartier Experience Centre Comes to Southern Capital

Nanjingers looking for something different to do this summer staycation have a creative, if only temporary, outlet for their all their WeChat Moments’ desires, in the form of a Clash de Cartier Experience Centre described as "a break in...

New Driverless Metro Train Debuts; Nanjing Line 7 in the Queue

With Nanjing Metro Line 7 to be fully automated, so many local citizens wonder as to the eventual reality. China's latest driverless metro train, just one aspect of such a line, has given us a glimpse at the recently-held...

2020 Floods “Bigger” than Catastrophic 2-Month Season of 1998

Water levels in rivers and lakes across south China have now risen higher than the near-unprecedented levels seen in the historic floods of 1998. The development has many worried for similar loss of life and damage to property; should...

Schistosomiasis Alert; Nanjing Warns Citizens be on Flood Guard

With water levels in the Yangtze River around Nanjing now at dangerously high levels during the annual flood season, so local authorities are warning of the dangers lurking therein, specifically, the threat from schistosomiasis posed to citizens. Nanjing has not...

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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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