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Thief in Nanjing Steals Roommate’s Car; Drives Home to Show Off

How much do you trust your roommate? Do you suspect they secretly eat stuff from your shelf of the fridge? Might they steal your car and drive it almost 1,000 kilometres to their home town just to show off?...

World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing Delayed Again

This last week has seen a shock announcement come to the world of sports, as the World Athletics Indoor Championships that were due to be held in Nanjing earlier this year have now been pushed back a second time,...

Gold & Silver 4 Nanjingers in National Vocational Skills Contest

China has held her very first national-level vocational skills contest, and Nanjing has come out triumphant, with young college students winning both gold and silver medals, by way of an excellent illustration as to the skill sets available to...

Miss Universe Contest in Nanjing Selects National Winner

Hate it or love it, the relic from almost ancient times that is the Miss Universe contest remains a force to be reckoned with, as could be seen in Nanjing last week as the competition selected a representative for...

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Makes Epidemic Prevention Top Priority

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the Nanjing Massacre. As every year, the anniversary was commemorated in a solemn ceremony of remembrance. For 2020 however, proceedings gave full acknowledgment to the still-omnipresent threat from COVID. Nanjing’s top...

Latin America Consuls Solidify Trade and Friendship in Nanjing

Today marked a rare occurrence indeed; the descending upon Nanjing by no less than nine Consul Generals from Latin America and the Caribbean, as part of a mini tour of Jiangsu Province to promote trade and economic ties with...

Big Brother is Watching; Nanjing’s Ultimate Street Surveillance

Watch your step, Nanjingers! Our city has become first in China to roll out the ultimate in street surveillance; a monitoring system that gives warnings to traffic-law violators, everyone from jaywalking pedestrians to e-bike riders not wearing a helmet. Making...

1,000 KM Getaway by Smash ‘n’ Grab Motorcycle Rider Foiled

A common thief has been captured on the run after he chanced upon a “manbag” in which was a small fortune. With cash in hand and broken glass all around, the petty thief made off on his motorbike, not...

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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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