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Inter Milan youth coach comes to Yangzhou primary school

Mr. Maxim, a youth training coach at the Italian Serie A Internazionale Milan soccer club, came to Yizheng Xu Pu Central Elementary School to give two training sessions to the school's young players Tuesday afternoon. As a coach, Maxim has...

Jiangsu Olympic Madman Tragically Dies in Argentina

Jiangsu’s Chen Guanming, known as the “Olympic Madman” in China and across the globe, was recently killed in a tragic accident in Argentina while on his quest to break a Guinness world record. Erchenji Village in the Tongshan District of...

World’s Most Eco-Friendly Cargo Ship Built & Launched in Nanjing

The world’s most eco-friendly dry cargo vessel, Viikki, built by Nanjing’s Jinling Shipyard, was launched on 11 October 2017. The vessel is the first of two orders made by Finnish dry cargo shipping company ESL Shipping. Designed in Finland...

Recycling Receptacles Received on Guangzhou Lu

Nanjing’s Gulou District, where Guangzhou Lu meets Ninghai Lu, has received a shiny new push in the way of recycling awareness. Five brand-new recycling bins have just been installed at the junction when they were spotted by...

Fake News Escalates Paranoia Among China Expat Communities

Yet another bout of rumormongering has sent Nanjing’s, and presumably many an expat living up and down the East Coast, into quite the tizzy. An article on the Expatlife WeChat page, that quickly went viral, made some rather extreme claims....

World First; Nanjing Astronomers Among those to “See” Gravity

China’s Kunlun Station located Antartica Observatory, in which Nanjing’s Purple Mountain Observatory plays a key role, has unlocked more secrets of the universe by, for the first time, being able to “see” gravity. Wang Lifan, director of the Chinese...

Nanjing’s Ming and Qing City Wall Saved from Jeopardy

Xuanwu lake and its surrounding Ming and Qing Dynasty wall has recently found itself in the midst of a scandalous decision to push ahead with two seemingly incredulous projects that will see parts the wall wrecked. ...

French Band Steals Show at Nanjing International Jazz Festival

The 2017 International Jazz and World Music Festival got under way in Nanjing Friday evening, in which a range of eclectic performances delighted a near capacity crowd, but it was a highly unconventional trio of musicians from France who...

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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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