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Nanjing mascot, Lele, plays table tennis at YOG

Lele, the lovable mascot of the 2014 YOG, participated in a match of table tennis at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games on August 23rd, 2014.

‘Little Limes’ add flavour to Nanjing Olympic Games

Summertime in Nanjing can be daunting. But the city's 20,000 ‘‘Little Limes’' are working long hours to keep thousands of athletes, government officials and members of the media smiling in spite of the sticky summer heat. ‘'Little limes’' is...

Predicted 50K foreign students to study in Jiangsu by 2020

On August 13th the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education released the “Study in Jiangsu Program 2014-2020”. The program plans to increase the enrollment of foreign students to 50,000 by 2020. According to the program, foreign students will account for...

Foreigner rescues woman from Nanjing’s Qinhuai River

A young woman who jumped into the Qinhuai River from the Pingjiang Bridge at Nanjing’s Confucius Temple was rescued by a foreign man on August 17th. A passing-by barge later assisted in bringing both individuals to safety. At least...

IOC President Bach has ‘sword fight’ with Nanjing kids

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (R front) has a "sword fight" with a young fencing learner during his visit to Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing city of east China's Jiangsu province on Aug. 19, 2014. Bach is...

IOC President’s Arrival in Nanjing

Just off the plane, IOC president Thomas Bach gave an interview in the rain for local media eagerly awaiting his arrival at Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 13, 2014.

Nanjing customs designate Ebola passage

Customs and quarantine staff members stand beside a board showing the designated passage at Lukou International Airport in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 12, 2014. To prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering China, the customs...

Feeding The Village People

Feeding a ravenous group of teenagers can be a daunting task but one that the Youth Olympic Village (YOV) for the 2nd Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014 is ready to face. Throughout the YOV dining operations from 10 to...

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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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