News

Pigs with African Swine Fever in Anhui Culled

30 August 2018, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Office released a statement confirming an African swine fever epidemic has broken out at farms in Anhui. The Nanling County farm in Wuhu City was originally home to 459...

Live Poultry Venders Active Even After 3 Year Ban

Six districts in Nanjing banned people from engaging in live poultry transactions 3 years ago, yet a steady flow of live poultry venders continue to appear around the city, enraging local residents. Citizens and law makers demanded it be...

Booming Restaurant Business was Adding Poppy Shells to Food

A 19-year-old student from Ankang City in Shaanxi Province has tested positive for morphine, after a urine test for a recent physical examination revealed he had consumed minute traces of poppy shells. The college student, surnamed Zhou, together with family...

Environment Improvement Turns Wasteland into Ecological Parking Lot

29 August 2018, a press conference was held at the Nanjing Qinhuai Urban Management Bureau to promote the recent work that has been done to improve the area’s traffic congestion and environment. It was revealed at the conference that more...

Six Caught Taking “K-Powder” in Toilets of Train in Nanjing

A report released on 28 August 2018, revealed the recent capture of six young men and women who confessed to taking the drug "K-Powder" in the lavatories of high-speed train G1726, traveling from Hankou to Shanghai Hongqiao. The report, released...

Earn Money Back With Smart Recycling Machines

27 August 2018, Nanjing’s first recycling “intelligent garbage sorting machines” were put to use in Liuhe District. The Urban Management Bureau told reporters from the Yangtze Evening News that the public can sort, weigh and receive money back via mobile...

Woman Sues Noodle Shop ¥1,000 for Finding Hair

A woman from Ningbo in Zhejiang Province recently won a month-long legal battle with a noodle shop, after finding a hair in her meal. 2 July 2018, the woman claimed that, after finding a hair in her noodles, she called...

Former Huai’an Deputy Mayor Convicted of Bribery Gets 10 Years

On 28 August 2018, the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court publicly declared that the former deputy mayor of Huai’an City and the former director of the Public Security Bureau, Ni Xingyu, accepted bribery. The report, by Shanghai publication The Paper, states...

Latest News

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...

Best of The Nanjinger