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Sanitary Pads used by Woman in Nanjing to Vent Parking Violation

Car owners in Nanjing are familiar with a situation which unfolded of late. Someone parks their car in front of another, blocking the latter’s exit. Sometimes they leave a phone number; sometimes they don’t. And for one woman in...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Friday 1 April, 2022

Incorrect name or ID card number; that’s the message now troubling foreigners in Nanjing seeking access to their preferred shopping malls. The Lukou COVID outbreak inquiry is also complete, while truck drivers entering our city have another headache to...

Lockdown Babies! How Quarantined Women Give Birth in Nanjing

Stuck at home is one thing. Not being able to leave your compound is another. And being close to giving birth too? That’s the almost unimaginable situation in which a number of local women have recently found themselves in...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Wednesday 30 March, 2022

The masks have started coming off in a sign of confidence among the people of Jiangning District in Nanjing that things are getting back to normal. It’s also driven by three significant victories of late in the city’s war...

It’s a Thing; Introducing the Cherry Blossom Appreciation Belt!

Elderly ladies in Nanjing love taking their photos beside them. Older men love just taking the photos, minus the elderly ladies. That’s the cherry blossoms now bursting forth in a blaze of colour. For our city is slap bang...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Monday 28 March, 2022

More and more tests to come. That’s the reality sinking in today. And those tests are set to continue for quite some time after we get to “COVID zero”. Again, it all depends on where you live. Just be...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Friday 25 March, 2022

Following yesterday’s return to school for older local students, more good news comes today in the form of lockdown release, while 24-hour NAT sites have also been set up, just as Nanjing Metro has rolled out a new anti-epidemic...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Thursday 24 March, 2022

Judging by the online reaction to today’s news, it was the moment many thousands of people in Nanjing had been waiting for. Back to school! Now it is only a matter of time for everyone else. One young man...

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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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