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Breakdance is Back! Nanjing Hosts Yet Another World Championship

Remember breakdancing? Maybe not. Nevertheless, Nanjing now knows all about the athletic street dance, thanks to the World DanceSport Federation World Breaking Championship held yesterday, 23 June, also known as Olympic Day. Taking place at the Lishui Sports Park Gymnasium, over...

Peppa Pig’s Guide to Recycling a Forewarning to Nanjing

Everyone’s favourite pig, Peppa, is at the heart of a recycling debate that presently has our friends in Shanghai gripped and talking of little else. Yesterday, 1 July, the Shanghai Municipal Domestic Waste Management Regulations came into force, stating that rubbish need...

Fertility App in Berlin Booth is Star of Nanjing Tech Week

The 5-day long 2019 Nanjing Tech Week that drew to a close yesterday, 30 June, found in it an unlikely highlight in the form of a collection of small exhibition booths that all hailed from Berlin, Germany. Nanjing Tech Week...

Fertility App in Berlin Booth is Star of Nanjing Tech Week

The 5-day long 2019 Nanjing Tech Week that drew to a close yesterday, 30 June, found in it an unlikely highlight in the form of a collection of small exhibition booths that all hailed from Berlin, Germany. Nanjing Tech Week...

University Canteen Scandal; Outside Diners Stop Students Eating

In major universities in Nanjing, a large number of people from off campus are availing themselves of lunches in the institutions’ canteens to the extent that students and faculty alike are finding it sometimes impossible to have their midday...

Escape to Paradise! Nanjing-Langkawi Direct for 1 Month Only

For the month of July, 2019, only, the Malaysian island paradise of Langkawi shall be linked by direct charter flight with Nanjing, three times per week. Catering to the summer school holiday demand of 2019, the new charter service is...

Earthquake Early Warning System Saves Hundreds in Sichuan

11 years after the tragedy of Wenchuan, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province again last night. This time however, tragedy has found a hero, in the form of one man who, after Wenchuan, dedicated himself to developing China’s...

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China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

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