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Nanjing Police Post-New Year Drug Struggles Just the Start

Car crashes, drug busts, online scams, illegal fund-raising and Lantern Festival mayhem have been keeping our forces busy over the past two weeks' post-New Year celebrations. Working on a drug-related tip off via Huai’an, Nanjing’s Gulou Police department tracked a...

Wuxi Becomes Newest Member of Trillion Club

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Wuxi for 2017 hit ¥1.05 trillion in 2017, bolstering the Jiangsu city as it joins the ranks of the “Trillions Club” of China. Wuxi’s initiation into the Club was not a lonesome one;...

¥760 Million Mobile Phone Export Tax Rebate Scam Cracked!

27 February 2018, Zhenjiang police have announced they have cracked China’s largest case of export tax rebate fraud, amounting to ¥760m. An official letter released by the Zhenjiang police, only half an hour's drive from Nanjing,  states that after a...

Husband Terminates Embryos; Ordered to Pay Compensation

China’s first case of male embryo infringement has been heard at a Nanjing court this month. 26 February, the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court announced a ruling by the Xuanwu Court in favour of a woman in a case regarding...

Spring Festival Fatality Highlights Binge Drinking

The recent death of a 25-year old male in nearby Changzhou city, Jiangsu, highlights the dangers of Spring Festival binge excess. 24 February, as reported by Sina, a man was rushed to hospital after he collapsed. It has been reported...

Nanjing’s Cracker Arrests and Travel Reports

The year of the dog has kicked off with a bang as six people have been arrested in Nanjing for letting off fireworks. In other news, Spring Festival tourism has seen a significant increase in traffic through Lukou airport. Nanjing...

You Say “Dofu”, I Say “Toufu”; The Global Rise of Mandarin

“Better start learning Mandarin!”, was the phrase of the early 2000’s, as more and more people returned from trips to China with a deeper understanding of what that meant; get on board. The more people that, over the past...

Rapper’s Delight = China in a Good Light!

China’s media regulator got the year off to a flying start by decreeing that TV programming should avoid any elements from hip-hop culture. What better way to hit back than with a song of the kind no one would...

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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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