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Fridge Chucked from 23rd Floor Coz Tenant Angry with Landlord

Squabbles with a landlord over rents due are thought to be behind an enraged tenant taking to throwing a large fridge freezer, together with other items, from a 23rd-floor-apartment window in Nanjing of late. The man faces jail time...

Half a Billion Years Old; Nanjing Found it. In Wales (Seriously)

They’re calling it a “Marine Dwarf World”. And it’s the latest discovery by researchers at the world-leading Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology. Best parts? It’s 462 million years old and it was found in Wales of all places. 他们称之为“海洋矮人世界”。这是世界领先的南京地质古生物研究所研究人员的最新发现。最好的零件?它有...

Get Rid of that BMW and Get a Chinese Car or You’re Fired!

German auto giant, BMW, has had what appears to be a publicity stunt blow up in its face, in the form of blowback from a Suzhou company telling employees to replace their BMW vehicles with domestic-brand-name cars. The penalty...

European Chamber Calls on Nanjing to be More “International”

Creating a better Nanjing and Jiangsu in terms of levels of internationalism, green energy provision, and Environment, Health and Safety, was the focus today of a major call to the Chinese authorities by the leading chamber of commerce in...

What of the Urinal in the Women’s Toilet in a Shopping Mall?

Female shoppers in Suzhou of our very own Jiangsu Province are at loggerheads over a urinal in the women's toilet of a shopping mall and the removal thereof. For some, it’s the urinal’s removal, not the installation, that has been the cause of...

Beware Animal Traps; Multiple Hikers Snared on Nanjing Mountains

Hiking enthusiasts in Nanjing are being called upon to be more aware in their activity, given the increased recent likelihood of being caught in animal traps. Cut-price traps online are not helping the situation as regulatory tries to keep...

Chased by Chainsaw Demon; Teenage Girl Sues Nanjing Escape Room

The script is surely familiar to those who have experienced an escape room. Most typically, the door is locked, the countdown commences and participants have 1 hour in which to escape using only their wits, each other and the...

Not so Slow Train to Laos for May Day, Anyone? Just ¥542!

Still not thought of where to go for the May Day holiday? Why not fly down to Kunming in Yunnan (always a good idea) and then hop on the train that will take you over 1,000 kilometres to visit...

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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:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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