China may not be known for pristine beaches in the same way that the Caribbean or other parts of southeast Asia are. But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. And we’re not talking about Qingdao where the grains of...

Unmanned ariel vehicles, more commonly known as drones, often get a bad press, mainly for buzzing airports and grounding commercial airliners. All too easily forgotten is the key role they can play in saving lives, as per the incident...

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 case of a murder which occurred in Nanjing in 2003 is finally at an end, with the recent confirmation of the victim’s identity. While police knew who had committed the killing, they were not until now able to...

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...

Just before the Chinese New Year and with COVID remaining an ominous threat might not be the best time to launch hundreds of new services in a revamped nationwide railway timetable. But what’s done is done; nevertheless, some who...