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Zhenjiang Couple Celebrates 100th Birthdays Together

Fan Ziqiao and Fan Dushi from Zhenjiang celebrated a very special birthday this year; their 100th birthdays fell together on the fourth day of the Chinese lunar year. Their children specifically prepared a feast of 100 tables of dishes...

The Sun, The Moon and The Sheep; Chinese New Year 2015

The blue skies of the past week were announcing the arrival of this year's Spring Festival. The last two weeks have seen the beginning of the big departure as Nanjing's migrant workers started flocking out of...

Nanjing South; At Last Fully Operational

With the Spring Festival squash just around the corner, getting to and from Nanjing became significantly easier Tuesday, with the opening of Nanjing South Railway Station’s southern gate.  Since its inauguration some four and a half...

IPhone 5 transforms into sugarcanes

Mr Hu working in Zhenjiang got a nasty surprise when he bought an iPhone5S online but received two peeled sugarcanes instead. The police of Dantu District said, with the coming of Spring Festival, Hu, who has been working for...

Zhenjiang’s State of the Art Robo-Waiter

Who would have thought that a Zhenjiang Hot Pot restaurant would be the one to take us to the next level of futuristic dining? February 1st saw the latest addition to their staff; a serving robot who drives the...

Big Expat Survey; First Batch of Winners

As we speed on into the second month of this new year, we would like to thank all the participants in our survey for lending us some of their time during those frosty January evenings to tell us about...

First ‘photovoltaic village’ in China generates 430,000 kWH

The first roof-connected “photovoltaic village” — Qingnan Village located in Qinghu Town, Donghai County, Lianyungang City has generated 431,800 kWH and realized a gross income of 339,600 yuan (US$54,820) by Jan 15 since it was connected into the grid...

Nanjing’s Car Conundrum – Protests On All Fronts

Nanjing finds itself in a car-related crisis these days as taxi drivers and local residents have gone on strike in relation to their valuable vehicles.  The taxi drivers, who convened at Nanjing South station to collectively...

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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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