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65 Years Apart; Returning Home from Inner Mongolia to Wuxi

Homecoming, redefined. After 65 years, dressed to the nines, with the red carpet rolled out, gongs and drums pounding, and kneeling down before a portrait of his deceased parents, this long gone Wuxinese wept bitterly. “Mum, Dad, your son has...

Is China Marathon Crazy? It’s all about the Money, Money, Money

With economic and social development, so too does the public pay attention to its health, becoming more willing to participate in sports events. And as March beckons, Marathon season is set to begin in China. But who are we...

Man Travels 23,150 Kilometres to Go Home for Chinese New Year

Chinese simply must go home for Spring Festival, like migratory birdlife. One man this year, however, made the most monumental effort, travelling the equivalent of the bird with the longest migration of all. And he started from literally the...

61 Year Old Makes ¥6,000 a Day; Every Villager Buys Car & House

Fungus. All kinds of edible fungus. That’s what’s making people rich in a few select villages in northern Jiangsu where mushrooms have been cultivated for more than 30 years. Zhangzhai is one such village, in Fengcheng Sub District of Fengxian...

Nanjing-Beijing by Train; Soon Officially Faster than by Plane!

Flying between the two capitals of China is a pain. And factoring in the inevitable delays, that’s why few do it today. And soon, there will be absolutely no reason to do so, as Nanjing is set to be...

Nanjing Metro Line 7; Complete, Open & Very Very Deep

Today marked another milestone in the evolution of our City’s mass transit system, as the Nanjing Metro network put into operation another 11 kilometres of track, to give the entire system a length of 484 kilometres. And some awe-inspiring...

Earthrise @56; and the Role Played by Nanjing & NASA in it

This day, 56 years ago, a remarkable photograph was taken. The photographer was a man who’d spent time in Nanjing as a 4 year old as war raged. The image came to be known as “Earthrise”; it kicked started...

Anniversary 87; Nanjing Massacre Victims’ Families Centre Stage

With its traditional ceremonial solemnity, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders’ annual recognition of the ransacking of Nanjing in 1937 took place today. But more clouds now loom; that soon no one will...

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65 Years Apart; Returning Home from Inner Mongolia to Wuxi

Homecoming, redefined. After 65 years, dressed to the nines, with the red carpet rolled out, gongs and drums pounding, and...

Is China Marathon Crazy? It’s all about the Money, Money, Money

With economic and social development, so too does the public pay attention to its health, becoming more willing to...

Man Travels 23,150 Kilometres to Go Home for Chinese New Year

Chinese simply must go home for Spring Festival, like migratory birdlife. One man this year, however, made the most...

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