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Beijing Duck restaurant over cooked in weekend disaster

Fire has this Sunday struck the Beijing Duck restaurant on Shanghai Lu in Nanjing. Popular with locals and expats alike, the fire started at around 12.30pm. No-one was injured in the blaze which is believed to have started in...

Yangtze River Delta nets 1 Trillion US$ in 2010

The Wuxi City Statistical Bureau has published its latest report on 2010 economic operation in the Yangtze River Delta area. The results make for impressive reading, to say the least. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Yangtze River...

New high speed lines link Nanjing, X’ian, Chengdu and Chongqing; but students not so happy

Even before we have time to become blasé over having the world's fastest train in our backyard for our fun weekends in Shanghai, we now have several other options to consider, in a westerly direction. This week saw the...

Smoking is bad for your health

In news that is hardly earth shattering, a new report has found that 'The tobacco industry has become the largest 'health-hazard' industry'. The recently released report, titled Tobacco Control and the Future of China, was sponsored by the Chinese...

Nanjing South Railway Station awards solar roof contract

The Nanjing based solar cell and module manufacturer China Sunergy has won an approximately 7 MW solar module supply contract with CEEG (Nanjing) Solar Energy Research Institute, for the Nanjing South Railway Station solar roof project. The step shall...

Taxi surcharge may become double price

Last year discussion has raged over the raising of taxi surcharges in Nanjing. Due to the increasing cost of fuel all taxis may charge an extra 1 RMB beyond the meter total. This topic is now more serious now...

Embarrassment for Jiangsu TV over Susan Boyle’s no show

Many of us were excited at the prospect of seeing Susan Boyle perform Jiangsu TV

Jiangsu teacher burns children’s faces with hot iron

Last week a kindergarten teacher burnt seven children with a hot, electric iron. The woman, Ms. Yi, has been detained by the police for 10 days, fined 500 yuan ($75) and fired from her job in Xinghua, located half...
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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

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