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Ireland in the Sights of Nanjing Travel Agents

Expect to be seeing a lot more shamrocks and leprechauns around Nanjing in the coming months, as a group of 40 professionals from the Chinese travel industry recently gathered at a forum in the city intended on promoting tourism...

Nanjing to Invest ¥10 Billion into Blockchain

Our fair city of Nanjing has announced it is to invest ¥10 billion into blockchain funds, committing itself to fully investing in blockchain projects. Nanjing revealed its plans to make the large investment at the first Industrial Public Chain Summit...

Girl with Learning Difficulties Murdered by Father & Grandfather

An unfortunately sad turn of events has provided police with the identity of a 9-year-old murdered female, whose body was found in Jurong River of Nanjing’s Jiangning District, approximately 1 month ago, in a case linked to the girl's...

Longest Lunar Eclipse of 21st Century Visible in Nanjing

Nanjing astronomy fans are in for a treat in the early hours of Saturday, 28 July, as the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century shall take place, with Nanjing in the path of partial totality. While not as spectacular...

Ex-Girlfriend Murder in Nanjing Mall

Monday 23 July, 2018; a Nanjing police report released on Chinese social media today, regarding an ex-girlfriend murder, states, “An Anhui native has murdered his ex-girlfriend inside a furniture shop in a Nanjing city mall”. On Jiangdong Zhong Lu at...

China Education Battles; Fake School Exposed in Nanjing

Nanjing’s millions of students are afforded a well deserved break when the city’s hottest months settle in. But for some there is no rest for the wicked. Any ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher will testify to the...

Local Gang Arrested for Online Gambling; ¥700m Profit in 2 Years

On 18 July, 2018, it was reported that 23 people in nearby Zhenjiang city involved in online gambling are linked to a gang which reportedly profited upwards of ¥700 million, since its beginnings in 2016. According to Xinhua News, the...

A Summer Wartime Escape; New Life for Air Raid Shelters

As Nanjingers, and indeed people throughout much of China, battle with the heat this summer, one wonders just what public cooling options are available? Malls, parks, pools and… air-raid shelters. Emergency workers remain on high alert, as a reported 60...

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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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