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British Council English Training Centre Premiers in Xinjiekou

21 September 2017 The British Council officially launched its first English training centre in mainland China. With classes beginning on 20 October, the branch will initiate the British Council’s “myClass” English programme for adult learners in Nanjing. ...

Jiangsu Culture Centre Stage at New Exhibition

Representatives of the culture and creative industries from all over Jiangsu Province converged in Nanjing Tuesday for the opening of the 3 month long Jiangsu Cultural and Creative Achievement Exhibition. An initiative of the Jiangsu Cultural...

Nanjing Police Crack Decade Long Cold Case

Through September 2017, Nanjing and Henan police departments have worked together to bring justice to a man murdered in a factory 11 years ago. In 2006, Mr. Niu was working in a Nanjing factory. Feeling poverty stricken and in...

Taobao Teams with Police to Target Child Traffickers

Taobao is helping out local police from all over the country to help track down missing children, by placing into users’ message boxes information regarding numerous missing children from around China. Information such as age, gender,...

World’s Biggest Hamleys Toy Store Opens in Jiangsu

The second Hamleys store in China embraces its grand opening in the Sanpower International Plaza in Jiangsu's northern city of Xuzhou. The three-tier toy store contains more than 10,000 items in stock; 80 types of toys from over 50 brand suppliers...

Nanjing Man Detained for Selling VPNs

The nationwide crackdown on surfing banned websites in China has snapped close to home in Nanjing, with the detention of a local man for selling VPN (Virtual Private Network) services. Software developer, Mr. Zhao, from Nanjing...

Jiangsu Students Sell Personal Data for Commission

On 14 September, Jiangsu Xuzhou police announced they had uncovered a student crime ring responsible for the sale of nearly 100 million citizens’ data. Police traveled to Wuhan, Chengdu, Kunming, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi’an and other places to arrest suspects....

Foxconn Selects Nanjing for iPhone Production in the Billions

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturer for consumer electronics, has announced it will invest ¥37.5 billion (US$5.74 billion) to expand its facilities in Nanjing, turning it into the largest smartphone assembly on the planet and a...

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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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