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Elephant Slide to Return to Zhenjiang as 1930s Riverside Park is Revitalised 

Based on historical photos and the dimensions of existing elephant slides from the same era, designers were able to faithfully recreate the park, which was first built in 1935, so local residents may once again slide down the elephant’s...

1,800 Year Old Tombs Unearthed in Zhenjiang; Uncle of Southern Song Founder too

Unearthed on 9 April along Huanshan Lu of Runzhou District were seven brick tombs from the Eastern Jin to the Southern Song Dynasties, with one of confirmed to be that of Zhao Xuanzhi, uncle of Southern Song Dynasty founder...

Metal Detector Catches Man Stealing 1,000 KG of Materials from Employer in Zhenjiang

With the factory where he worked only counting the quantity of finished products and not the remaining amount of raw materials, the employee surnamed Hu found a surveillance blind spot. All was well with his scam until the detector...

Zhenjiang Man Steals Natural Gas via Self Disassembly of Pipelines

Attempting to justify creating an enormous safety risk, the man, surnamed Wang, told Danyang Police, “I had seen the gas company’s employees working on it before; I thought the process was not complicated and I could do it myself”....

Largest Container Ship Ever Built in Zhenjiang Undocks Successfully

Six tugs were needed to guide the “H1534” from its dock on 28 March. The ship, the first built by the Yangzhong Branch of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, is 272 metres long and 42.8 metres wide, with container space for...

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