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2013 Nanjing mayor roundtable meeting on green development held

The 2013 Nanjing Mayor Roundtable Consultation Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the meeting) was held on Sept 28. During the meeting with a theme of “Promoting Nanjing’s environmental protection and achieving sustainable and green development”, the ways and...

Suzhou opens first direct freight train to Europe

The first direct freight train from Suzhou to Europe departed from Suzhou Western Railway Station of Shanghai Railway Bureau on Sept 29. The train by the name of “Su-meng-ou” (Suzhou-Mongolia-Europe) features the 43 train formation and is...

Nanjing promotes Mandarin by radio drama

The awarding ceremony of Radio Drama in School was held in Nanjing on Sept 29. Since the radio drama was promoted among primary and middle schools in Nanjing, many students no longer take popular internet slangs as their...

Composer of Jasmine Flower dies in Nanjing

Mr. He Fang, Chinese military musician and composer of a Jiangsu folk song entitled Jasmine Flower, died of lung infection at the age of 85 on Sept 21 in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. In the winter...

Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo embraces cassowary babies

A pair of cassowaries, the so called most dangerous bird in the world, successfully hatched out three babies, which is unprecedented in China, revealed Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo on Sept 23. After natural hatching, three cassowary babies...

Less congested road seen in Nanjing on ‘Car Free Day’

September 22 is the "World Car Free Day", when the Xinjiekou area in the center of Nanjing city saw significantly less traffic flow than usual and even showed rarely-seen "car-free" spectacles. Originating in France in 1998, the...

Nanjing’s first underground cable tunnel ready to complete

Nanjing's first large-scale cable tunnel has entered the final stage of wire installation and will be put into use later this month, according to State Grid Nanjing Power Supply Company (NPSC) on Sept 24. “At one end of the...

Pyrography Leaf greets Mid-Autumn Festival

Jiangsu craftsman Pang Yande made a piece of pyrography work on a leaf to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on Sept. 19. The artwork is 30 cm in height and 23 cm in width, depicting a...

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China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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