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Years in the Making; Hopeful Hearts Launches New Cook Book

Nanjing-based expat charity Hopeful Hearts yesterday launched the much-awaited second edition of its ever-popular cook book to great acclaim, in the process giving a shot in the arm to its efforts in providing vital life-saving heart surgery to local...

Travel fans gather at Changzhou Universal Dinosaur Town

Around 100 travel explorers, in adorable dinosaur hats and ingenious tour-guide waistcoats, from across the country gathered at the Universal Dinosaur Town in Changzhou city on May 19 which is the 15th Chinese Tourism Day. They joined the dinosaur...

Yangzhou filigree crafts endangered with few inheritors

Yangzhou Jiangdu traditional filigree craft can be dated back to the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties more than 2,000 years ago. Mr Fang Xuebin is one of the inheritors of Yangzhou filigree craft – a national-level intangible heritage. Mr Fang...

Importing British Culture, Nanjing’s First Car Boot Sale

While to locals, true British culture mostly consists of the Queen, Sherlock Holmes and Big Ben, the epitome of upper-class, it is now time to introduce another side of Britishness to Nanjingers; the carboot sale. The second hand-markets are...

Locals Sceptical of Gov’s Housing Dream

July will see the introduction of a new house-ownership scheme under which the government shoulders up to 50 percent of the cost. Yet locals fear it is just a PR stunt.  The regulation addresses the long-overdue...

Classic V-Twin Sets Up Shop In Nanjing

More than 50 Harley-Davidson motorcycles from all over Eastern China descended upon the scenic Baijia Lake area of Nanjing on Saturday afternoon to mark the opening of the iconic brand’s local dealership. As the legendary company...

7 Jiangsu Officials Among Skynet Fugitives

China has publicly released a 100-name strong list of corrupt officials who have fled the country as part of the Skynet initiative. The list includes 7 Jiangsu officials.  Details publicised by the government span name, ID...

Unisex loo appears in Suzhou

A unisex loo recently appeared in a shop on Pingjiang Road in Suzhou. In the loo, there are three blue cubicles and three red cubicles, the former for both men and women, and the latter for women exclusively. According to the...

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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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