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Books are Boring! Nanjing Students Have Eyes Only for Smartphones

Long suspected and now confirmed; the death of the traditional book is upon us, at least for Nanjing’s students. In a new survey published by Nanjing Agriculture University, the smart phone is favoured over print by 87 percent of...

Tracks to Trotsky; New Nanjing Moscow Rail Link

Are you in the business of getting stuff from A to B? Even if you’re not one day you may, and when that day comes Nanjing’s brand new freight train will be there to get the job done faster...

Spicing it up in World First for Nanjing

Themed hotel buffets can be, frankly speaking, a bit of a yawn. “Come and experience the Mediterranean!”, they scream. “Fresh seafood, all month long”. Well, I suppose that’s better than the alternative; not so fresh seafood. In a world...

Nanjing’s Venerable Choose Nursing Home Option

New research conducted by students and faculty in the School of Economics at Nanjing University of Finance has revealed that 49 percent of elderly people wish to live out their days in a nursing home. There...

Colorful Rice Paddies Festival held in Suzhou

The 2016 Yangcheng Lake Colorful Rice Paddies Festival kicked off at the Lotus Island of Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou’s Xiangcheng District on June 25. On a large rice field of 80 mu (5.33 hectare), farmers created beautiful pieces of...

Sweat it out with Free Chinese Courses

If finally getting the chance to learn some Chinese has been playing in the back of your mind recently and you're still around Nanjing this summer, then a chance like non other has just come your way. For the...

Death Toll Mounts Amid Jiangsu Tornado Aftermath

As Nanjing is battered by the side effects of the tornado that struck eastern Jiangsu on Thursday last week, so the soul searching job of clearing up continues in the towns of Yizheng and Gaoyu. In...

2,500 Year Old Buddhist Relics Go on Display

It dominated headlines in 2015 when the most precious of Buddhist Relics found their new home in Nanjing. Now, with the 6th Jinling Buddhist Cultural Month kicking off today in Niushou Mountain, an open display marks this world-wide Buddhism...

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China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

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