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Is there anything Worse than 9 Months Pregnant in Quarantine?

Enduring quarantine is stressful for anyone, but imagine the concerns of a lady just days from giving birth, while locked down in home isolation in the COVID hotspot that was the area around Lukou Airport. Spoiler; there is a...

Health Code / Facial Recognition; A Marriage of Convenience!

Ever had a heavy bag of shopping in each hand and the need for a third hand to present your health code to enter your compound? Yes, just going home has become a right royal pain in Nanjing of...

Vaccination for 12-17 Year Olds Gets Under Way in Nanjing

Teenagers in Nanjing are now collectively sighing with relief or squealing in terror. And that’s dependent upon their aversion to needles, or lack thereof. For our city has over the weekend kick started COVID vaccinations for 12 to 17...

Getting it all up & Running Again; Metro Lines & Buses Resume

With yesterday’s announcement that all parts of Nanjing are now deemed to be low risk, and confirmation this morning that yesterday saw no new cases, we can say with confidence that our city has triumphed once again. Time then...

Man Attempts Yangtze River Swim Home but Goes in Wrong Direction

Well known as the busiest waterway on Earth, the Yangtze River recently became the temporary home for yet another human being. No surprise there. But this one was different. This guy was trying to swim home. People end up in...

Joe Biden would Identify with Nanjing Girls Selling Newspapers

Those who have learned of the entrepreneurial spirit by way of selling newspapers include the sitting President of the United States and two young girls who recently took to downtown Nanjing to do just that, inspiring many and learning...

I Ching Watermelons Driven 4,500KM to Help Locked-Down Nanjingers

Nanjing was earlier this week gifted four enormous truck loads of epidemic-relief supplies which had made a remarkable journey from distant Xinjiang. And it was all thanks to an initiative to support the region dating from more than a...

Fired! Airport Chairman & 4 Others Disciplined for COVID Failure

Heads are rolling in Nanjing to hold accountable those responsible for the COVID outbreak that is China’s worst since Wuhan. Among them, the airport’s chairman, general manager, head of epidemic prevention and directors of emergency rescue and ground services. Last...
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1st Blind Teacher in Wuxi is Shanghai Fudan University Graduate

Jiangsu is on the cusp of having its very first blind teacher, thanks to the dedication of a student...

Nanjinger’s Illustrated Book Picked up by Top 5 Intl. Publisher

There cannot be many books, English books, illustrated by a Nanjinger and a young one at that, which have...

After the Fire; Nanjing & Elsewhere Clamp Down on E-bike Charging that Can Kill

Tragedies are not normally inevitable. They come out of nowhere. But when it comes to that of the deadly...
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