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Nanjing Taxi Crisis; Who will Pay?

The introduction of the “double fee system” for taxis is coming in June 2014.With new apps, payment methods and pricing system, the Nanjing Taxi Industry is in upheaval. In Beijing, where horrendous traffic jams are the daily norm, it...

When NJ met LA; Jiangsu Pollutants “infect” Western US’ air quality

Chinese factories are responsible for a rise in air pollution in the western United States, reports a paper published on 20th January by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal. As China’s leading producer of steel, thermal...

Events Key to Milestones for EUCCC Nanjing

For most European companies business in China, 2013 was personified by a decrease in financial performance while major challenges remained; labour costs, slow growth in both the home market and China, along with competition and regulatory barriers. While China...

New Nanjing Metro Lines’ Stations Announced

At long last anyone hoping to stay in Nanjing during the foreseeable future can make plans as to where they may wish to live. As the first concrete information emerges confirming the exact location of metro stations on lines...

Humanity Wins over Legality

In Nanjing, the new Orphan Safety House is playing its part in ensuring the welfare of abandoned children. This marks an important policy shift towards more leniency in order to save lives. The orphan shelter was...

Happy New Year; Have a Tunnel

With 2014 heralding the year of the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, the authorities are determined to start the year off right with the opening of large sections of two major new transportation arteries, over parts of the city closed...

Supporting Young Entrepreneurs; Nanjing Government Means Business

The growing number of support programs for youthful entrepreneurs in Nanjing makes it clear that now is the time for courageous locals to start their business. The Nanjing Young University Students Entrepreneurship Program that kicked off late last year...

Out of the blue: Nanjing’s Smog Roundup

On the first day with visible blue sky in almost a week Nanjing Expat provides a roundup of the smog situation of the past days after last Wednesday saw the arrival of an impenetrable wall of pollution unlike any...

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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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