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World’s Largest Jack Up Ship Sails for World’s Largest Wind Farm

China’s done it again, delivering another world-record breaking construction effort. This time around, it floats, and is at present on its way from Jiangsu to the North Sea where it will help in delivering renewable energy to millions of...

New High Speed Rail Line’s Links with 1930s American Hero

Historical links between a railway line and an American hero are being highlighted these days in Jiangsu Province, as a new high-speed-train track begins its replacing of what was a critical wartime link dating from 80 years ago....

Hilarious! E-Bike Rider Looking at Phone Crashes into…

Isn’t it obvious by now? Don’t look at your phone while driving. Don’t look at your phone while walking down stairs. And don’t look at your phone while riding your e-bike. Three… golden… rules. Especially when you’re headed right...

Nanjing Set for First Trans Provincial Metro Line in China

Things are again hotting up on the Nanjing Metro network which is now poised for considerable expansion. In the latest development, the first train has been delivered for Line S4, our first link with not another city, but another...

Drinking & Distilling Baijiu New Homework for College Students

Young people and alcohol. Yes, that thorny issue is back in the headlines, but not for rowdy, reckless behaviour on account of one too many, but rather students’ studies of how to make the stuff, right here in a...

Why Does the Temperature Fluctuate so Much this Time of Year?

Nanjing experienced an unseasonable 25 degrees or so on Saturday. Yesterday, the temperature was half that. The overnight shift can be much more dramatic too; it's been known for the temperature to go up or down as much as...

Nantong to become 6th City in Jiangsu with a Metro, Tomorrow!

Nantong in our very own Jiangsu Province will tomorrow enrol in the club of cities in the Province with a metro system and at least one line therein. It shall join five others, including Nanjing of course, in bringing...

Fly for ¥9 with Airline Desperate to get Us back in the Air

What’s the happiest city in Anhui? It’s one of The Nanjinger’s favourite jokes, but worth trotting out again. Wuhu!!!! And those Wuhunians (yes, we made that up) now have another reason to be happy; the cheapest air tickets in...

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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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