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Europe Welcomes Nanjing Salted Duck & Other Chinese “Delicacies”

Contentment, in days gone by, was said to be a plate of salted duck with a glass of wine and the evening paper on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Thanks to a new agreement, Europeans now have the...

How Did Makeup Industry Survive 1 Year of Wearing Face Masks?

More than a year has passed since the outbreak of the epidemic and people have become accustomed to wearing masks. Under that guise, however, even the most vain of feminine beauties have reduced their lipstick use. How has the industry...

Nanjing Man’s “Girlfriend” (Another Man) Cons Him out of ¥350K

A textbook online-dating scam has recently resulted in a young Nanjing man being ¥350,000 out of pocket, after the "girl" he met online turned out to be a man who had succeeded in convincing him to repeatedly transfer money...

Don’t Bother Going to Confucius Temple or Laomendong Tonight

There is nothing more Nanjing than to go to Confucius Temple during the Lantern Festival, especially tonight, the evening of the first full moon of Chinese New Year. As such, tens of thousands of people turn out for the...

Dancing Nanjng Electric Bus Driver is a Sensation

There are many advantages to electric vehicles. In addition to being powered by clean energy and enabling a low-emission environment, they are fast and quiet. And for one bus driver in Nanjing, they have also paved the way for...

Free Entry Days Announced for 45 Nanjing Scenic Spots in 2021

With the weather like it's been today, so our thoughts turn to where we may venture in search of outdoor leisure, given that travel abroad remains a dream for the foreseeable future. Hence, time to publicise the days for...

Nanjing School’s Enhance Boys’ Masculinity Class Adds to Debate

A school in Nanjing is among those to have launched classes that aim to restore to male Chinese teenagers some degree of perceived masculinity, as the nation grapples with norms of acceptance that challenge notions of China as a...

Invisible Ink used by Nanjing Woman to Write IOU for ¥65,000

There is supposedly no stronger bond in China than that between friends from school days. But for one Nanjing woman recently, this was the furthest thing from her mind when she wrote an IOU for ¥65,000 to a former...

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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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