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Sweet Olive Festival to be unveiled at Linggu Temple

The 25-day-long Sweet Olive Festival of Linggu Temple will be unveiled on the Mid-autumn Festival on Sept 19 in Nanjing. The osmanthus fragrans (also known as sweet olive) at the scenic area of Zhongshan Mountain (also known...

Green Isle of Xuanwu Lake back to “age of dinosaurs”

The recent presence of T-rex, stegosaurus, pterodactyl, oviraptor, mamenchisaurus, and many other dinosaurs, swinging their head, looking here and there, and even grazing in the field, have made people feel like travelling in time back to the “age...

97-year-old US patient cured in Nanjing

The 97-year-old US citizen, Menz, inflicted with a serious illness, had no choice but take medicines when he was in the US. After learning from internet that his illness could be cured by Chinese doctor's operation, his daughter,...

Put on the brake before crosswalk

The authority of public transit of Nanjing announced on Sept 15 that it will launch a campaign dubbed as "Courtesy at Zebra Stripes". Rules have been set on how to "act courteously" -- the driver has to...

No interest in Buddhist classes for women

Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, began offering Buddhist courses for women, but so far, no one has signed up for the program, according to a monk at the temple. "We received nearly 30 phone calls from...

Nanjing Software Expo ends; 26.5 billion yuan of deals signed

The 4-day-long 9th Nanjing Software Expo came to its end on Sep 8, on which deals worth over 26.5 billion yuan (US$4.33 billion) were signed. This expo has promoted the transactions of products and services and exchanges between talents....

Repair man becomes a phone collector

Chen Qingzu from Nanjing has a stunning collection of mobile phones, with seventy cellular phones, also dubbed as “big brother” or Da-Ge-Da in China, some of which are among the first generation of mobile phones, and one hundred...

Lianyungang the new harbor for Kazakhstan exports

The government of Lianyungang city and the Kazakhstan's state-owned railway company signed a cooperation contract on building transport channels for transit cargo in the Kazakhstan’s presidential palace on Sep 7. The contract regulates that Lianyungang Port Group...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

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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