On this Day in Chinese History; 29 June

Crew Oversight Blamed for Ocean Going Ship Running Aground in Nanjing 

The middle and rear part of the starboard side of the Shanghai-registered ship loaded with 10,400 tonnes of iron ore ran aground on 6...

Nantong Airport Passenger throughput in 2024 to Date Exceeds all of 2023

As of 3 August, Nantong Xingdong Airport had seen 62,200 passengers coming and going. With a 27.88 percent growth in travel abroad, Nantong’s international...

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This day, 29 June, in 1920, China joined the League of Nations (Société des Nations), sending Wang Zhengting, Gu Weijun and others as its representatives. The League, founded earlier that year on 10 January by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War, was mainly composed of signatories of the Treaty of Versailles. Among its many goals were disarmament, labour conditions, and human and drug traffikking. 

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Nantong Ditches Green Vaccination Book in Favour of QR Code

The ability to make appointments is just one of the additional features welcomed by those who were first to use the digital vaccination certificate...

Nantong Airport Passenger throughput in 2024 to Date Exceeds all of 2023

As of 3 August, Nantong Xingdong Airport had seen 62,200 passengers coming and going. With a 27.88 percent growth in travel abroad, Nantong’s international...

Lightning Strike Kills 6, Injures 10, as Pavillion Collapses in Changzhou

After the lightning strike, the pavilion in Fangmaoshan Park in Hengshanqiao Town collapsed at 20:36 on 11 August onto the people below sheltering from...

Woman in Suzhou Lying on Road to Sunbathe Run over by Car

It was the 7th time Ms Yang chose to sunbathe on the road in her residential community in Zhangjiagang. Ms Min, who backed out...

Huai’an Urban Management Drives Unlicensed Private Car to Enforce Law

Food vendors’ suspicions grew when the plateless car, allegedly from Huai'an Economic Development Zone, was on the scene of urban management’s attempts to close...