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US$50,000 is 1st Prize in Nanjing Silicon Alley Design Contest

Nanjing is set to swap cigarettes for silicon and valleys for alleys, as a new design competition gets under way to transform a once-iconic site in the city from being a cigarette factory into one of many so-called high-tech...

Nanjing Minions Sort Millions of Double-11 Packages

There is just no escaping those lovely Minions, is there? This year, our little yellow friends are lending a helping hand in the sorting and delivery of the millions, if not billions, of packages that are the result of...

Nanjing Wins “City Of Literature”; A China-First Award by UNESCO

On 30 October, 2019, came the announcement from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) that Nanjing’s bid to become China’s first City of Literature had been successful. Nanjing, together with 10 other cities, take the City...

Once-Virtually-Extinct Porpoise to Receive Underwater Protection

On 28 October, Nanjing authorities announced that an intelligent monitoring system, including underwater acoustics, will be established in the Nanjing Yangtze Finless Porpoise Provincial Nature Reserve. The-one-of-a kind porpoise, known as "baiji" in Chinese, was brought to the verge of...

Pet Owners and Drunks May be Hit Hard by New Ride-Hailing Rules

Strict new regulations in the works for online ride hailing in Nanjing could see all pets banned from vehicles and require those who cannot take care of themselves to be accompanied. The measures, if promulgated, might well then be...

“The Hulk” Debuts in Nanjing; Salaries Cut Over Train Failures

The slowest member in the “Fuxing” series of China’s now-infamous high-speed trains has begun operations from Nanjing to the cities of Qidong and Haimen in the far east of Jiangsu Province. While the populace as a whole has given...

Travel Visa Free to 23 Chinese Cities from 1 Dec

China’s visa-free policy for designated cities is being given a shot in the arm with the announcement that from 1 December, the number of cities will be significantly increased to 23 destinations across 18 provinces. 中国对指定城市的免签证政策正在受到推动,宣布从12月1日起,城市数量将大幅增加到18个省的23个目的地。 Since its introduction in 2013,...

Nanjing Ring 1.5 Mystery; What Kind of Name is that for a Road?

Nanjing city authorities have announced plans for a new ring road that shall relieve rush-hour congestion at key points on the city’s existing main circular artery. All very well, but the main question on everyone’s lips is rather, “Why...

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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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