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Pilot Lashes out at Maintenance Crew; Says Nanjingers are Stupid

A regional Chinese airline is in hot water after one of its pilots poured verbal abuse on ground staff before flying out of Lukou, while in its subsequent statement of apology, the airline used language considered by many to...

Ride Your Bike to Baguazhou! Pedestrian Lane Comes to New Bridge

A biking opportunity with a difference has come to be in the form of access to the islet of Baguazhou in the Yangtze River, via a wide new pedestrian lane which has just been added to one of the...

Outcry at Police Dogs Qualifying by Walking Tightrope Blindfold

Canine friends in China now command a special place in many people’s hearts. And so when almost three score of police dogs were fired for failing the qualification test, that resulted in much debate and criticism of the test...

Why We Have More Cities with Metro Lines than Anywhere in China!

The province of Jiangsu, our home, is also home to the most cities with metro lines in all of China. And if that’s not enough, recent openings together with those on the horizon shall soon also put the province...

China’s Wettest Week Reminds of 1931; Could it Happen Again?

With few places in China to escape the heavy rainfall forecast for the coming days, it’s worth a sobering reminder of events this time 90 years ago, when millions perished in devastating floods in Nanjing and across east China. 由于未来几天中国几乎没有地方能逃脱预计的强降雨,因此值得人们清醒地回顾90年前的这个时候发生的事件,当时南京和中国东部地区数百万人在毁灭性洪水中丧生。 According...

10 Years of Nanjing South; the Station that Almost Never was

This has been a big week for birthdays. In addition to the CCP centenary yesterday, the high-speed railway line between Beijing and Shanghai turned 10 on Wednesday, while the week got of to a start with the 10th birthday...

CCP Centenary Marked in Unusual Ways and Unlikely Places

The glory of today has been inescapable. But aside from the national pomp and ceremony, it has been the activities on a more local level that have played just as important a role in delivering the story of the...

Thou Shalt Have Standards; it’s 鸭血粉丝汤 Duck Blood Soup after all!

Market supervision authorities in Nanjing recently held an expert seminar with a difference. They sought to nail down standards that would protect the product quality, flavour and reputation of arguably the city’s greatest contribution to Chinese cuisine. Nanjingers are nuts...

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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

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

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