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Boston Lobster Anyone? Nanjing Opens Cargo Flight to New York

Expect Boston lobster, New York cheesecake, maybe even genuine Big Apple burgers, to be appearing on the menus of Nanjing’s upscale restaurants in the coming weeks, as facilitated by an American cargo flight operator and its new flight to...

What did We do for China’s 1st Domestically Made Cruise Ship?

June of 2023 heralded another first for China; the launch of the country’s first largest-scale cruise ship entirely domestically built. And in our very own Jiangsu, we played a key role in its construction, with shipbuilding a specialty of...

Are 10% of Electric Car Batteries Really Made in Changzhou?

That’s the claim being touted by media of late. However close the call, there’s a lot happening in the electric-car industry in Nanjing’s neighbouring City. From production of batteries to entire vehicles, Changzhou is redefining itself as a global...

Shutting Down Yangtze River Car Ferry Services on 30th Birthday

They were for many years a lifeline between the north and south of Jiangsu, separated by the mighty Yangtze River. For many along the Yangtze’s downstream, it was either the ferry or a very long trip up to Nanjing...

Xuzhou Dead so What Next as China Carrefour Continues to Crack? 

Where did it all go wrong for Carrefour? That’s the question to ponder as the once-mighty French supermarket retailer closes the last of its stories in Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu. Its glimmer of hope? A brand-new business model. 家乐福到底哪里出了问题?当这家曾经强大的法国超市零售商结束其在江苏北部徐州的最后一个故事时,这是值得思考的问题。这是一线希望吗?一种全新的商业模式。 On 27...

Nanjing and Wuxi Supercharge China’s Semiconductor Production 

China continues its Herculean efforts to wean itself off a dependency on other countries for the semiconductors employed in an ever-increasing array of scenarios. Here in Jiangsu, it’s Nanjing and Wuxi leading the mission direction, as illustrated by recent...

Watch Baby, 1, Fall under Train in Station & Amazing Rescue

High-speed trains in China don’t waste time having around in stations, usually just 2 minutes. Great drama, horror and ultimately relief were therefore the result when a baby, quick on its feet, managed to fall between the platform and...

Avatar, for Real! Nanjing’s Breakthroughs in Organs on a Chip

Things are hotting up in the field of “organs on a chip” and researchers in Nanjing are among those at the forefront of the emerging revolution in pharmaceutical development that could put an end to testing on animals for...

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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:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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