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Three Child Policy; Now Revamp Education Says Nanjing Teacher 

Key to getting the pregnancy rate back up and solving China's population dilemma is actually a radical change to the structure of the country's education system, says a Nanjing teacher. And it's a change to people's pockets that just...

Second Airport for Nanjing? New Push for Military/Civilian Hub

Shanghai has two, Beijing has two, even Chengdu has two. And now there is renewed impetus for Nanjing to join this exclusive club of cities in China with two airports as soon as possible. It boils down to all...

Win an iPhone 13 (+other Goodies) in International Photo Contest

Star prizes in a photo competition launched today are an Apple iPhone 13 and a Huawei P50 smartphone! Tablets, watches and more make up the rest of the prize roster, so don’t wait any longer! Start looking for your...

What Better for Women’s Day than a Billion Golden Flowers?

Surely little will delight a woman more today than the promise of never-ending golden flowers. For incoming to the “Essentials” section on the Nanjing calendar once again is the horticultural festival that commands us to prepare ourselves for more...

Flight Attendants’ Talent & Time Wasted on Home Gas Emergency

Flight attendants normally spend their time looking after their domain that is the aircraft around them, as well as all on board. But as a flight out of Nanjing at the weekend proves, they can also help to prevent...

What in Fact Happens if You Smoke on High-Speed Trains in China?

Going by the inescapable and somewhat scary announcement "kindly" informing passengers on high-speed trains in China that smoking is strictly prohibited, the answer is surely “something serious”. And so it is, as two young men on a train to...

“China-Style” Strategy 1 Step Nearer to Reopening Borders

Signs are that there are several reasons to be optimistic China may consider to reopen its borders in the not so-distant future, with recent events indicating an underlying acceptance that COVID, even in China, will be something we just...

NUAA Explosion Highlights Human Error in Labs Across China

A recently-released study is telling the world that the relatively frequent accidents in China’s university laboratories are, for the most part, the result of human error. But for some in a Nanjing University, it’s all a little too late. On...

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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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