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Sino-US Trade War; American Firms in China Upbeat but Wary

As the trade war between China and the USA rages on, a survey of American firms operating in China just published says that business confidence in the future has weakened considerably, but that China remains that most tantalising of...

New Home for 10 Pandas in Nanjing Close to Opening

Nanjing is now home to the largest population of pandas in Jiangsu Province, as a local safari park gets set to open to the public its new enclosure for China’s national treasure. “No one can say no to you, Panda!”,...

Incapable Chinese Youth Drive Demand for Garbage “Kuaidi”

In a community in Qixia District, Nanjing, “kuaidi” (courier), Jiao Yuwei, called a customer; “Ms. Zhou, you have made an appointment for online garbage collection. I have already arrived. If you are at home right now, I will come...

Children in Need; Nanjing Mission to Crowdfund End-of-Life Care

A Nanjing charity providing end-of-life care for babies and young children has taken the unusual step of choosing to crowdfund its latest initiative aimed at improving quality of care for society’s most under privileged. The Nanjinger supports a number of local...

Nanjing Metro Big Expansion Starts Next Year; Line 5 Need Wait

The extent of Nanjing’s state-of-the-art metro network has remained at a stagnant 10 lines for some time now. That is all set to change beginning next year, as a slew of new lines and extensions to existing lines begin...

Fire at 24,000 Feet on Flight from Nanjing

The issue of battery-charging packs on board aircraft is back in the headlines after a flight from Nanjing was forced to return following an open fire in the cabin yesterday, 4 September. China Eastern Airlines flight MU2809 departed Nanjing Lukou...

Little Black & White Square Worth Trillions; the Future of QR

An industry conference held recently in China’s southern Guangdong Province is helping to shed light on a little black and white square pattern that has become an ubiquitous and indispensable part of modern, daily life, as well as outlining plans for...

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Underway in Nanjing

A downtown exhibition match got the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Nanjing Leg, off to a flying start this last Saturday, 31 August, as 32 teams from all over the world limbered up to do battle in eight Chinese cities. In...

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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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