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Sweat Pours from Gloves but Non-Stop Electricity & Internet 4 Us

Noticed anything? No, probably not. And that’s because nothing’s happened. We’re talking about power cuts. But now wonder what it takes to keep bringing power and the internet to us when it’s over 40 degrees outside. In the Nanjing of...

Crisis Management as 9 Nanjing Airport Staff Test COVID Positive

Nanjing moved into emergency-response mode this morning as nine members of staff at Nanjing Lukou International Airport were tested positive for COVID. Not since February of last year has the city been faced with an epidemic-control challenge of this...

Magic Mushrooms Make Firefly Spotting in Nanjing a Real Trip!

We’re not kidding. These mushrooms are seriously magic. Glowing in the dark, they are just one of several evening delights awaiting those brave enough to endure the summer heat on Purple Mountain, Nanjing’s top hangout for luminous fungus. It’s a...

Vaccination Not Compulsory Reminds NHC; Basic Human Right

With news spreading like wildfire of places in many parts of China now refusing entry to people not vaccinated against COVID, health authorities at the national level are attempting to reign in such efforts, since vaccination remains an issue...

1 Week, 1 COVID Case, 1 Disposal; Nanjing Gets it Done, but How?

The week that started with the news of a positive case of COVID in Nanjing is ending with official announcements concerning successful disposal of the case. All the stops were pulled out and Nanjing is now once again declared...

Take to the Air Raid Shelters! The Bombs of Summer are Falling

Call them air-raid shelters, bomb-proof bunkers or civil-air defences, we’ve reached the time of year when our city opens the doors of such war-time facilities, for fear of a near-constant threat, from the annual attack by Nanjing’s summer. This past...

Blows Dealt to Maniacal Delivery Guys and Dirty Kitchens

Steps are being taken in Nanjing to make food delivery cleaner and safer. For all involved, from diner to deliverer, it is hoped measures going in place will help shore up the reputation of an industry that is increasingly...

World’s Largest 3D Printed “Thing” Lands in Nanjing

They call it a pavilion. We call it a thing. But not a thing as in fashionable, happenin’ or “in”. No, it’s a structure recently completed in Nanjing. And it’s also an architectural and mathematical marvel that is the...

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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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