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Riding The Happy Train; Bridging the Gap with Left Behind Kids

One hundred students from Nanjing gathered at the S9 Xiangyu South metro station, on 4 February, to board the Happy Train, bound for the southern countryside of Nanjing. The students were off to the district of Gaochun to meet...

Nanjing Man Fined 2M as China Cleans Up Environment Act

For the past 10 years, a Nanjing man has knowingly polluted the local river environment on an ongoing basis with chemicals that can lead to cancer and physical deformities in humans. The man, surnamed Wang, was a self-employed businessman but...

New Year Valentines Take to Nanjing’s Skies with Asia Airlines

This year’s close alignment of Valentines’ Day and Chinese New Year has resulted in a surge of bookings for flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport over the holiday period. Tropical destinations in Asia are proving particularly popular this year...

Nanjing Government Makes Strides in Transparency to Local Expats

Friday 2 February saw the first of 2018’s international briefing conferences held by two local government bodies; the Municipal People's Congress and the Municipal People's Political Consultative Congress, at Xianlin’s Novotel hotel. The multilingual conference featured government bodies, local journalists,...

Adopt a Dog! Chinese New Year to Cheer Canines

As we fast approach the Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese zodiac, then there is no time like the present to bring to light stray dogs and the dog adoption business in China. Well known is the Yulin...

Nanjing Breakthrough in Infertility Stem Cell Development

Nanjing scientists say they have reason to celebrate for what they are calling a breakthrough in infertility treatment. An injectable smart collagen scaffold with biomaterials, developed by the scientists, uses human umbilical cord mesenchyme stem cells to help heal ovaries....

Aunty May’s Visit Coincides with 18 Shanghai Injured

Theresa May, or Aunty May, as the Chinese call her, arrived in Beijing 1 February in order to announce a new package of British-Chinese cultural cooperation, aimed at enhancing the cultural exchange and cooperation between the two countries. The British...

Nanjing Angels and PLA Help Pave Way to Snow Relief

Uncharacteristic falls of snow this winter has caused quite the stir amongst us Jiangsunians, causing non-stop neighbourly chatter about the intensity, road relief and how the snow might be cooling down our air-conditioners, that amongst other gripes, seem never...

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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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