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Wuhan Rescue! Old Lady Saved from Yangtze by University Student

Wuhan was the scene of a lucky day for one lady and lad earlier this week, when a student from Nantong in Jiangsu found himself the rescuer of the old woman who had fallen into the treacherous waters of...

Warnings Not to be Fooled by Short-sighted Scams; ¥20,000 Gone!

Myopia, or shortsightedness, is a huge problem in China, particularly among teenagers. Little wonder therefore that there is no shortage of parents willing to try to do something about it, financially. And no shortage of those willing to take...

New Way to Shanghai! And New High Speed Railway Stations too!

Many of us are fond of a trip to Shanghai. And the de facto way to do that is of course to take a high-speed train. But now, after over a decade, it’s getting a little boring seeing the...

Nanjing City Wall; Where it’s Fattest, Thinnest, Highest, Lowest

Nanjing’s famed City Wall has been treated to a dose of high tech recently, with computer-assisted analysis revealing new data as to the Wall and its makeup, determined for the very first time and released to the public. 南京著名的城墙最近接受了高科技处理,计算机辅助分析揭示了有关城墙及其构成的新数据,这些数据是首次确定并向公众发布的。 It’s one...

Hi Fitness Freak! Focus on getting Active for Nanjing in 2023

Fitness is all the rage, in case you haven’t noticed. And China is intent on capitalising on the movement to bring further impetus to a national-fitness program aimed at creating a healthier populace, fit for satisfying the productivity demands...

Genius Horse Shows Nanjing Drivers thing or two about Road Craft

Those going about their business on four wheels as normal one day last week got a little more than they bargained for in terms of the navigable hazards that present themselves on local roads, this time coming in the...

Leaked Document Reveals Nanjing Metro Length about to Explode!

Fans of the Nanjing Metro are abuzz these days after a document was recently leaked, revealing that if all goes to plan, the length of our city’s metro network will grow by more than 50 percent by end 2026,...

Gestures as Catalyst for Change; Making it Count on Women’s Day

As the balmy sun nudges me from my winter slumber, I feel an almost euphoric delight to live in the Southern Capital, primed to enjoy the Spring on Steroids that is passing as I type.  当和煦的阳光将我从冬眠中唤醒时,我对生活在南方首都感到一种几乎欣喜若狂的喜悦,准备好享受在我打字时流逝的类固醇春天。 But in March, Women’s History...

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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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