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Restaurant owner chases 50km for breakfast payment

Two men had breakfast at a restaurant in Dafeng, Jiangsu province on the morning of Nov 21, and then drove away in a fuel tank truck without paying. Mr. Xu, the restaurant owner, was very angry. He took a...

Singles Take a Stance in Nanjing

On November 11th thousands across China celebrated "Single's Day". Some Nanjingers also did so, only in quite an unusual fashion. A group of young people took to Nanjing's streets wearing summerwear and holding placecards that read "only you can...

Metro Goes Under Qinhuai River

Two large tunnel shield machines were seen 18 meters under the ground on November 4th, 2014. Their presence's purpose? Aiding the construction of Nanjing's future metro line 4. The left line of the tunnel has been dredged for 840...

World’s Calligraphy Master Performs in Nanjing

Shi Weng, a 74 year old calligraphy master from Taiwan, performed calligraphy by holding writing brushes with his hands and mouth simultaneously at Nanjing Jiangning Imperial Silk Manufacturing Museum on November 6th, 2014. The master of the art has...

Nanjing Appeals to Foreign Students

Nanjing is seeing an increasing number of its students leave the comfort of home to complete their academic degrees abroad. Simultaneously, more and more foreign students are also choosing Nanjing as their destination for overseas study. Data show that...

Dancing Masters Dazzle Spectators in Nanjing

The first WDSF PD World Championship Standard and WDSF PD World Open Latin kicked off in the gymnasium of the Xianlin Campus of Nanjing University on November 1st. More than 100 dancing masters from over 30 countries and regions...

Large Yangtze River section to Become Significant Scenic Spot in Nanjing

Nanjing issued the 2014-2016 Construction Plan for Binjiang Scenery Belt on Oct 29th, according to which Nanjing will make an evening tour of the Yangtze River a regular tourism attraction next year. The plan will assure that the whole...

Travelling Through Time; Meet Nanjing’s “Hanfu Girl!”

Wang Tingting studies at the School of Economics and Management of Nanjing University of Technology. She has waist-long hair and wears traditional Han Chinese dress to university on a daily basis. Both wearing Hanfu and learning Han Dynasty mannerisms...

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Baby on Board in High Speed Train Emergency Delivered by Urologist into Nanjing

Mid-journey between Shanghai and Nanjing, a routine high-speed train service turned into an improvised delivery room, when a lady...

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:...

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