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Buckle up in the Back; Rear Seatbelt Fines Incoming in Nanjing

Investigation and punishment now potentially awaits those riding in the rear of cars in Nanjing who choose not to wear seatbelts. While the new regulations apply also to those seated on buses, the fines that are in store are...

Hollywood to get New Metro Cars Made in China (Don’t Tell)

Yeah; America no longer likes to buy its infrastructure from China. But that’s a bit hard to avoid when hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent; ripping up the contract isn’t an option. But who wouldn’t want to...

Nanjing’s Bars & Gyms Begin Reopening their Doors!

School’s back tomorrow, or rather it should be. And so should many other places that we frequent. Among those most missed, gyms and bars. But when can we expect them to reopen their doors? The short answer is any...

Gold Medal for Nanjinger in Tokyo Paralympic Powerlifting Win

Closing the first week of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, China is storming ahead of all other countries in the medal table. And as this past weekend approached, Nanjingers had reason to celebrate; a Paralympic gold medal for a...

36 Days in Jail for Having a Meal; 140,000 Nanjingers Released

The resumption of flights from Nanjing’s airport yesterday garnered most of the headlines, but there was also another reopening not so far away, one arguably more important. For yesterday also saw 140,000 Nanjingers released from lockdown. Some 36 days after...

Back in the Skies as Nanjing is First to Beat Delta Variant

While the latter part of the above headline may seem obvious to Nanjingers, there is no escaping this fact as a defining moment in the ongoing fight against COVID. Nanjingers' efforts have paid off and everything, from roads to...

Is there anything Worse than 9 Months Pregnant in Quarantine?

Enduring quarantine is stressful for anyone, but imagine the concerns of a lady just days from giving birth, while locked down in home isolation in the COVID hotspot that was the area around Lukou Airport. Spoiler; there is a...

Health Code / Facial Recognition; A Marriage of Convenience!

Ever had a heavy bag of shopping in each hand and the need for a third hand to present your health code to enter your compound? Yes, just going home has become a right royal pain in Nanjing of...

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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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