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Are 10% of Electric Car Batteries Really Made in Changzhou?

That’s the claim being touted by media of late. However close the call, there’s a lot happening in the electric-car industry in Nanjing’s neighbouring City. From production of batteries to entire vehicles, Changzhou is redefining itself as a global...

Shutting Down Yangtze River Car Ferry Services on 30th Birthday

They were for many years a lifeline between the north and south of Jiangsu, separated by the mighty Yangtze River. For many along the Yangtze’s downstream, it was either the ferry or a very long trip up to Nanjing...

Nanjing and Wuxi Supercharge China’s Semiconductor Production 

China continues its Herculean efforts to wean itself off a dependency on other countries for the semiconductors employed in an ever-increasing array of scenarios. Here in Jiangsu, it’s Nanjing and Wuxi leading the mission direction, as illustrated by recent...

Watch Baby, 1, Fall under Train in Station & Amazing Rescue

High-speed trains in China don’t waste time having around in stations, usually just 2 minutes. Great drama, horror and ultimately relief were therefore the result when a baby, quick on its feet, managed to fall between the platform and...

385 KM/H Target for New Nanjing to Shanghai High Speed Line Test

Much attention is being turned to the Yangtze River Shanghai-Nanjing High-speed Railway, a new line that will speed us to the big smoke even faster. In a matter of days, a test train will get up to 385 km/h. 人们的注意力都集中在长江沪宁高铁上,这条新线路将让我们更快地走向浓烟。几天之内,测试列车的时速将达到...

Nanjing’s Metro Link with Anhui Opened (But Be Patient Please)

Yesterday, 28 June, saw a significant milestone reached in the construction of the Nanjing Metro network. Wait a second; shouldn’t that be the Chuzhou Metro network? It’s got even us geeks crazy about trains confused. So let’s clarify… 昨天,6 月 28 日,南京地铁网络建设达到了一个重要里程碑。等一下;那不是应该是滁州地铁网吗?就连我们这些对火车着迷的极客也感到困惑。所以让我们澄清一下…… With...

Local Countryside Helps World’s Biggest Clothing Brands Go Green

Smack bang in the middle of rural Jiangsu Province is the somewhat unlikely locale to find the high-tech application of recycled materials, providing a low-carbon and green industrial chain to some of the biggest names in global manufacturing and...

Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome Sufferer Scores 632 in “Gaokao”

With the release of the results of the University Entrance Examination, each year uncovers stories of some remarkable achievement in the face of adversity. For 2023, we have in our neck of the woods perhaps the most extraordinary 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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