Stem-cell donation is not to be taken lightly. It is therefore noteworthy and highly commendable that a young man in our very own Jiangsu Province successfully donated stem cells for a positive match with a patient he had never...

Teenage girls are increasingly feeling the anxieties of growing up in modern Chinese society today, as illustrated by another adolescent attempt at suicide in the past few days, this time one which occurred in our very own Jiangsu Province. The...

Suqian was once best known as playing an important role in China’s infamous drinking culture, being a centre for the production of “baijiu”. Today, however, that image is being shed in favour of something altogether more healthy, as manifest...

Wishing for winter? With the heatwave set to continue, many in east China are dreaming of December. But don’t forget the role that humidity has to play; that oppressive damp has the power to make us feel both hotter...

Weather authorities’ high-temperature warnings went “red” this morning, with parts of east and central China, including Nanjing, expecting 40-plus degrees Celsius, while a recent massive recent storm has also wreaked damage across several parts of our city. Yesterday, 11 July,...

The average life expectancy in Nanjing has exceeded 80 years for the first time. But Nanjingers can’t expect to live longer than anyone else in Jiangsu Province. Those are the main findings from data in the 2020 census recently...