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Man Gives His Own Life Saving Wife in Nanjing House Fire

A heroic, 10-day battle for life in Nanjing has ended tragically, with the news that the man who had saved his wife from the flames of a fire in their apartment has died of his burns in a local...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Tuesday 22 March, 2022

Serious. That’s the only word we have for the approach being hammered out by local authorities in their drive to nip Nanjing’s current COVID outbreak in the bud. For those living in Jiangning District especially, it’s like turning the...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Monday 21 March, 2022

While it’s undoubtedly a relief to many a shop and restaurant owner that they haven’t been closed down, the question on the lips of others is understandably, why? As it turns out, that’s related to both national policy and...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Friday 18 March, 2022

It’s a thing; “quarantine trash”. No, that’s not unsavory people locked in hotel rooms; it’s the rubbish emerging from the homes of those undergoing home isolation. As to the good news, today’s numbers reveal hope, while the nightmare of...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Thursday 17 March, 2022

Still no sign of a let up. More positive cases (and lots of them) of COVID in Nanjing translates to more tests in more places, more closures and more medium-risk areas, as Nanjing continues to face its biggest epidemic...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Wednesday 16 March, 2022

Jiangning is not in lockdown, but it might as well be. The District found 23 positive cases of COVID yesterday, while Qinhuai District reported one more this morning. It may be 200 short of the total of 235 cases...

Fancy Your Own Startup? Free Market Research for New Foreign Biz

Starting a business has never been harder, and coming to China to do such these days is out of the question. Hence Nanjing is launching a new initiative that offers complimentary market research and other services for startup ideas...

All of Jiangning Gets Tested, but Self NATs are on the Way

We’re back at it again. Nucleic acid testing for the entirety of Nanjing’s Jiangning District. And it may not stop there, but light on the horizon comes in the form of a new self-testing kit that is the creation...

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Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

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Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

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China's e-bikes are turning up in bike lanes far from home, quietly reshaping how people get around cities abroad....

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