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Bus with EU license plate seen on Nanjing street

A Mercedes Benz bus with the European Union’s license plate was found in the street of Nanjing on the morning of Sept 22, attracting much attention of curiosity. As this bus looks extremely large and uncommon in China, the...

Teacher from NFLS teaches in UK

A feature film on “British schools with Chinese characteristics” made by BBC triggered netizens’ discussion on Chinese and Britain education on Aug 4. A group of British students was chosen to participate in one-month classes in Chinese education pattern....

149 degrees in Nanjing’s highway construction site

A highway construction site in Nanjing was sweltering at 11:00 on Aug 3. Our reporter at the scene took a thermometer on the newly paved asphalt road and within a few seconds, the temperature rose to 149 degrees. Aug...

PM2.5 concentration down by 15.7% in Jiangsu

Jiangsu completed 751 air-pollution-control key projects in the first half of 2015, accounting for 45.6 percent of the whole year plan of 1,646 projects in the environmental protection aspect, according to the report of Jiangsu provincial government on the...

Earliest multimedia documentary reveals old Nanjing city 90 years ago

An audio and video documentary showcasing the scenes of Nanjing City 90 years ago has been being widely shared in many friend circles of WeChat, an Internet mobile multimedia messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China. The 7-minute-and-32-second...

Nanjing carries out elevator risk inspection

A series of inspections on in-use elevator safety hazard have been carried out in Nanjing in 2015, according to Nanjing Quality Supervision Bureau on July 27. The recent two elevator-related injury cases have attracted wide attention from various sides....

23rd China Orchid Expo kicks off in Taicang

The 23rd China Orchid Expo opened on April 12 in Taicang, Jiangsu province, marking the first time that the city hosted the event. The three-day expo‘s theme “Fragrant South China, Beautiful Taicang”, focused – also for the first...

Lianyungang introduces volunteer ID card

Lianyungang has introduced the volunteer ID card system for 8,000 volunteers citywide, our reporter learned from Lianyungang Volunteers Association on July 20. Volunteers can clock on and off before and after voluntary activities. The POS machine will record...

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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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