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Rainbow Trout IS Salmon, Says Chinese Aquatics Alliance

Despite backlash the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA) has declared the two species Rainbow Trout and Salmon are the same. The story has been circulating online for some time and in its wake causing quite the stir....

Sweatshop Kitchens; Dirty Food Delivery Underbelly

21 August 2018; reports of a building in the city centre that churns out 10,000 meals a day has caused many to question the safety and quality of food delivery in Nanjing. The second and third floors of the building...

Comatose Anorexic Wakes up; Forgets Disorder

21-year-old girl, Xiao Qian, a previous sufferer of extreme Anorexia Nervosa  on the brink of death, suddenly awoke from a coma and has reportedly forgotten ever suffering from the disease.  At 1.67 metres tall and weighing only 50 pounds, Xiao...

China’s Child Trafficking Problem its Unwanted Children

A young couple from eastern China’s Hubei province, who sold their baby girl online for ¥65,000, has brought the country’s child trafficking battle to the forefront again. The case further highlights a rejection to the country’s latest push for...

Was Romeo and Juliet Inspired by Chinese Valentines Day?

Today, you would have probably heard, is Chinese Valentines Day, a day much like its Western counterpart, whereby restaurants have an excuse to overcharge their male customers. True romantics, however, together with the less cynical, shall delight in knowing that the...

No Fan Bingbing for Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson

Chinese acting royalty and illustrious Fan Bingbing has seen her name tainted of late as her company continues to be embroiled in a tax evasion investigation.    As reported by Global Times, Fan’s name has recently been removed from a...

20-Something Millionaire King of China Lingerie Production

Think attractive ladies’ underwear and perhaps that which first comes to mind is Victoria’s Secret. Yet, the real secret in China is that fully 60 percent of the country’s lingerie production is to be found in a once-impoverished county...

Is Jaywalking “Shame TV” Working for Nanjing?

At 21:30 on 10 August 2018, correspondents from The Nanjinger spotted another CCTV street screen displaying people jaywalking at an intersection along Lushan Lu in the Olympia area of Nanjing. A similar street screen was spotted at the Hongwu...

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Baby on Board in High Speed Train Emergency Delivered by Urologist into Nanjing

Mid-journey between Shanghai and Nanjing, a routine high-speed train service turned into an improvised delivery room, when a lady...

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:...

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