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First Nanjing Heat Wave Alert 2014

Nanjing Meteorology Bureau issued the first heat alert of 2014 on May 28. The highest temperature will rise to 35 degrees Celsius on May 29 and 30. The first heat alert of this year came earlier compared that of...

Community Clubhouse launches YOG ticket purchase service

The second Youth Olympics, to be held here in Nanjing from 16 to 28 August, looms ever closer. In response to numerous enquiries from expats, the Nanjing International Community Clubhouse has attained ticket agency status from the YOG authorities....

China’s fastest speedboat built in Changzhou

A CB1800H speedboat that can race at 115kph developed by Changzhou FPR Boatbuilding Co breaks the speed record of speedboat in China, and also eclipses its counterparts worldwide. CN1800H is 18.07 meters in length and 4.31 meters in width,...

Administration suspends Nanjing wall project

The State Administration of Cultural Heritage has ordered the suspension of a project to alter the city wall in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, which is a highlighted site of the city's attractions. The city planned to construct a gate building...

MLB China flagship based in Nanjing

The Major League Baseball (MLB) recently signed a contract with Nanjing Dongshan Foreign Language School on the establishment of MLB Flagship Development Center in China. MLB is the top professional baseball league in the world and is ranked the...

Obesity, myopia main health problems facing Jiangsu youngsters

As the 2013 Health Survey for Students in Jiangsu Province issued on May 13 shows, the main health problems plaguing Jiangsu youngster are myopia and obesity. The rates of myopia, obesity and overweight for Jiangsu students in rural and...

University counselor develops app for exchange with students

An App developed by Cheng Lin, counselor for junior students of the School of Energy and Power Engineering of the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), has recently sparked a sensation among students. The App dubbed "E-force" features...

Radioactive source retrieved in Nanjing

A missing radioactive source of Iridium was narrowed to within a radius of 2 kilometers on Saturday in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, according to city officials. Local authorities have taken measures to cordon off the area to ensure...

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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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