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Gas Danger! Vigilance Required as Nanjing Summer Hits

As the mercury climbs ever higher, Nanjing authorities are taking steps to remind local citizens of the dangers posed by their gas supply. Just a few days more than a year ago, residents of Dafang, Gulou district were abruptly woken...

Child Shooting; Girl Paralysed in Nanjing, Villagers Jailed

If the world has learned anything from the United States of America over the past decade, it has been that slack gun laws enable the shooting of others by the wrong people easily and en mass. On the other...

Demystifying Blockchain; How Your WeChat Payments Actually Work

The world of Internet startups is pretty excited about Blockchain these days. It is a measure of their significance and the extent of their influence that the recent AmCham organised event “Blockchain: The New Industrial Revolution” was a packed...

Where Adventure Travel Meets Tech Startup on the Silk Road

There can surely be little in common between the startup culture of today's tech innovators and a Chinese/Korean duo setting out to cycle from Shanghai to London, or can there? Headlines in Australia this morning announced the rescue of Korean...

Picture Perfect; Desire for Online Recognition Mirrored in China

As China’s most difficult college entrance exam, the “Gao Kao” (高考), takes place today and tomorrow, students across the nation have been scrambling to prepare for what will possibly be one of the most difficult exams of their lives....

Canada Bus Crash; One Dead & 24 Jiangsu Tourists Injured

Canadian news has revealed a number of people from a Jiangsu tour group have been injured and at least one has died in a bus accident that occurred at 14:37 on 4 June, 2018. According to various reports, the tour...

Wanda Mall in Xianlin Opens to Ocean of Cars

The grand opening of the eastern section of the Wanda Mall in Nanjing's Xianlin area in Qixia district took place last Friday, 1 June, 2018. Anticipating the crowd, special arrangements turned out to be few and far between. Increased frequency...

Chinese Smokers Still Unaware of Heart Attack Risks

This past Sunday, 3 June, saw the establishment of the Jiangsu Centre of National Medical Treatment and Alliance of Cardiac Failure as part of initiatives to inform Chinese smokers of the risks therein. Among the most common factors for cardiac...

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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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