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Wuhan Rescue! Old Lady Saved from Yangtze by University Student

Wuhan was the scene of a lucky day for one lady and lad earlier this week, when a student from Nantong in Jiangsu found himself the rescuer of the old woman who had fallen into the treacherous waters of...

New Way to Shanghai! And New High Speed Railway Stations too!

Many of us are fond of a trip to Shanghai. And the de facto way to do that is of course to take a high-speed train. But now, after over a decade, it’s getting a little boring seeing the...

Animal Cruelty Makes Pig “Loving” Girl Millions; is Celebrity?

They’re calling her the “Pig Girl”. And this 1990s so-called lover of pigs is also now something of an internet celebrity, for her devotion to all things swine and an entrepreneurial spirit. Yet, for many, she leaves behind her...

World’s Biggest Crane! Right Here, Right Now, for Yangtze Bridge

Meet the world’s tallest/biggest tower crane. If you like looking up at the Zifeng Tower in Nanjing, you’ll like this! Because it’s almost as tall. And as of now, it’s helping in our efforts to bring greater efficiency to...

Tattoo Shop in Hot Water after Inking 6 Junior High Schoolers

Yancheng City on the coast of our very own Jiangsu Province has been recently the scene for a legal case involving a local tattoo parlour engaged in providing tattoo services to six junior-high schoolers, a case in which the...

Remote Kissing Solution Synthesises Lovers’ Lips in Real Time

They’re calling it the “magic tool for long-distance kissing”. And as bizarre as it may sound, on the face (or lips) of it, that’s a superbly-accurate description. Time to welcome a way for lovers to reunite when separated from...

2.5 Million Likes for Teacher’s Birthday Surprise from Students

Standing ovations don’t come the way of many high-school teachers. But one educator in Jiangsu has indeed struck such a chord in the hearts of his students to bring them to their feet in a birthday surprise that has...

Driver, Likely Drunk, Beats Police During Breathalyser Test

Striking a police officer is a serious offence, in any country. In China, it’s a violation of the country’s Criminal Law. And being drunk is not an excuse, especially when driving, as one man in our very own Jiangsu...

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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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