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Finnair Non Stop Nanjing-Helsinki Takes to the Skies

Northern Europe has just got a whole lot closer, with the launch of a direct air connection between Nanjing and Helsinki. The flight comes courtesy of Finnair, the Scandinavian country’s flag carrier. With its debut flight taking off from Helsinki...

Lhasa-Bound Pilot Sucked Out after Cockpit Windshield Shatters

On the morning of 14 May passengers and crew on board Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8633 from Chongqing to Lhasa, dramatically landed in Chengdu 1 hour after take-off, after the cockpit’s windshield smashed, causing the copilot to be partially sucked...

Nanjing “Elite Challenge” Tops for Chinese Cybersecurity

A Chinese cybersecurity mimic defence theory has surpassed odds by withstanding over 500,000 hacker attacks. The international challenge called Cyberspace Power, which ended on Saturday 12 May, was the first “Elite Challenge” on Cyber Mimic Defence capabilities and was...

Murder Suspect Suicide Sees Didi Services Suspended

Zhengzhou city police have confirmed that the 27-year-old male Didi driver suspected of killing a female flight attendant last week, was found to have committed suicide early Saturday morning. Police had been on a city-wide manhunt for the driver,...

Flight Attendant Murder; Didi Issues Apology Letter

A female flight attendant, who was traveling in a Didi car in Zhengzhou city, has been murdered in the middle of the night. When she failed to contact family members, her father filed a missing persons report on the...

Communist Housing Adopts “Rent-a-Lift” to Aid Elderly

“Production First, Livelihood Second”, China’s late premier Zhou Enlai was once famous for saying. For the large part, this described China’s attitude at the time to the comforts of modern housing. Mao and Deng era Soviet-style housing was, at...

Dating Profile Piracy; China’s Tinderish Troubles

With the rise of Tinder and its swipe left or right easy access, paddling through the singletons dating pool has never seemed easier. Nothing these days is as easy as it seems, however, and nothing ever comes without its...

Quack Placebo Effect or Traditional Chinese Medicine Conundrum?

Nanjing’s latest string of arrests, in connection to the production and commercialisation of counterfeit drugs, has revealed an alarming underbelly of uncontrollable fakers. Recently, one such group, detained in December, has been released on bail, a move which has...

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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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