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Xinjiekou; Where Did All the Cars Go?

While the headline may be a little of a misnomer, anyone who toils the 9 to 5 away in the heart of Nanjing cannot help to have noticed what could be termed a distinct lack of traffic during rush...

Solar Impulse 2 to Touch Down in Nanjing

Nanjing is just one of a select few cities worldwide that will play host to the record-breaking attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an aircraft powered solely by the Sun, when Solar Impulse 2 lands at Lukou International Airport...

Unlikely Couple in Suqian set to welcome “Zonkey”

A female donkey legendarily fell in love with a zebra recently in Suqian Zoo, and the donkey is now pregnant. A keeper surnamed Wang in the zoo said that the zebra has been living in the zoo for two...

Visa Office Moves To Baixia Lu

In order to offer a more pleasant environment for the visa application process, the former Nanjing Exit and Entry Administration of the Public Security Bureau located on Sanyuan Xiang, No1 Honggongci is closing its doors to the public. ...

All Aboard the Wedding Bus

Ren Xiaoqiang, bridegroom,  and Li Xiaotao, bride, attracted quite a bit of attention in Xuzhou, when they decided that the standard wedding car was not for them. With the argument of wanting to hold an environmentally-friendly wedding, the couple...

City Rankings Reveal Disparities between Expats and Locals

The Happiest Chinese Cities and the Most Attractive Chinese Cities for Foreigners survey results for 2014 illustrate how different local and foreign experiences of Chinese cities are.    Only two cities, Qingdao and Hangzhou, appear on...

Nanjing Expat Survey – February Winners!

The Big Nanjing Expat 2015 Survey continues to draw participants, some drawn by the desire to share information to assist in the year-long effort to quantify Nanjing’s foreign population, while some, undoubtedly are motivated by the interesting prizes on...

What is Pollution? The Report That Rocked The Nation

In a bold move, former CCTV presenter Chai Jing independently produced a gripping piece of journalism on smog that has caused a rekindling of the public debate about China’s air quality. “Under The Dome” (穹顶之下) draws...

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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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