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Toll-free expressways for passenger cars during Spring Festival

The Toll-free policy will continue for passenger cars on all expressways during the 2013 Spring Festival, disclosed Nanjing Transport Bureau on 8th Jan. Learning from the lesson of traffic jams nationwide during the National Day holiday in 2012, expressway...

Elderly local National Earth Award winner donates prize money

Li Yaodong, an elderly resident in Nanjing and winner of the Ninth Earth Award, has donated all of the

A dozen police and firemen rescue elderly man from ice

An elderly man who lives on the isolated island in the centre Yunlong Lake in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, has been rescued by police and firemen following his call for help after becoming trapped by ice. Yunlong Lake Police Station of...

First ticket issued for mobile use while driving

In a story that completley redefines the definition of the word "news", a driver in Nanjing was fined

Undergraduates invent SnakeBot for disaster search and rescue

Students in Southeast University have successfully invented a snake-like robot through two-years' effort, which can operate in complicated terrain of all kinds on survey, search and rescue tasks. The one-metre long SnakeBot is made out of 16 joints and...

Harsher rules curb urban traffic accidents

A newly revised road regulation paid off on Jan 1, the first day it took effect, as many Chinese cities reported a sharp decrease in urban traffic violations, according to the Ministry of Public Security. "On the first day...

Nanjing Wetland Culture and Science Museum undergoes trial opening

Seven Bridges Urn Wetland Science Museum, Nanjing

Purple Mountain Observatory discovers planet

A minor planet discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with an international number (187707) was officially named as

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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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