Nanjing News

With the 10th National Memorial Day for victims of the Nanjing Massacre upcoming, on 13 December, so annual attention turns to the atrocities in Nanjing of 1937, this year being marked by the release of newly-discovered evidence thereof. The historical...

Nanjing’s finless porpoises have been much in the news of late; their numbers on a steady rise and them featured extensively in last week’s Yangtze Culture Forum held in our own fine City. But bizarrely, they also have to...

Improving passenger experience and addressing current flaws in station design are the key takeaways from plans for Nanjing North Railway Station just released. But delays are pressuring the delivery of that set to be the largest railway station north...

Set to soon enter effect are new measures aiming to curb the use of so called “fresh food lamps”, also known as “beauty lamps” at vegetable markets nationwide, while the public are also being called upon to do their...

Guests checking into the Jinling Hotel in Nanjing these days will notice the 40th anniversary badge imprinted on the card that holds their room key. Some may not, however, be aware that in 1983, this was the tallest building...

Marathons are now all over the event calendar, all over China, proving that life has returned to normal. But they are too a bellwether for urban development and in Nanjing, the city’s Marathon also underscores a public’s commitment to...

Hotels pursuing aesthetics over guests’ privacy is the issue hitting the headlines at present in Nanjing and elsewhere, as stories emerge of the psychological trauma experienced by some, if not many, after realising their nudity had been on show...

Nanjing citizens are outraged after a recent incident in which an icon of our city on Purple Mountain dating from the Ming Dynasty was left scarred, most likely for life. Tourists visiting Nanjing are thought to be the culprits. It...