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Alibaba founder to step down

Jack Ma, the man who founded Alibaba, one of China

Special new year greeting to school for migrant workers

Heads from five provincial and city-level departments in Jiangsu came to Xuanwu Migrant Workers

Preparations underway for Spring Festival travel rush

What amounts to the largest human migration in history is about to unfold once again. With Chinese New Year now on our doorstep, the travel authorities are beginning preparations in the hope of avoiding chaos. In 2012 Chinese travelers...

Help! Nanjing now only has 8 deputy mayors!

As part of Nanjing's new top echelons of government sworn in following the city's 15th congress, the number of deputy mayor positions in Nanjing has been cut from 12 to eight. While also being a clever bunch; the eight...

Jiangsu to clearly-mark prices from 1 July

The enforcing of policy over clearly-marked prices is scheduled to be put into effect across Jiangsu province from 1st July 1, 2013, it was announced at a press conference held by Price Bureau of Jiangsu Province on 15th Jan....

Yangzhou recruits 5 foreign tourists to

Five foreign tourists recruited globally by Yangzhou city, Jiangsu province, started a one-day self-help travel to see the city and evaluate its tourism services on 14th Jan 14. With no route, no guide and no translators, the five foreign...

Largest oil tanker in China sets sail for trial run

A 320, 000-ton very large crude carrier (VLCC) successfully launched its trial sail on Jan 12. This is the second 320,000-ton VLCC built for the Greek Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd by the New Era Shipbuilding Company in Jingjiang of...

Boring completion of Nanjing metro line 10 river tunnel

The Yangtze River tunnel of Nanjing Metro Line 10 passed through the 58-meter-deep bottom of the Yangtze River safely on Jan 10, 2013. Nanjing Metro Line 10, constructed by the world advanced slurry-balanced shield tunneling machine, is the longest...

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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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