Nanjing News

With the double threat posed by rising COVID infections and typhoons bearing down on us, Nanjing’s citizens have been keeping off the streets today; even the usually packed-to-the-gunnels city of centre of Xinjiekou was deserted. It’s all a bit reminiscent...

Wasn’t altogether unexpected. Yet the pace with which it moved into action was perhaps unprecedented. Spurred by the desire to avoid an escalation in COVID cases and get tests done before the typhoons hit this afternoon, the response has...

With the 2020 Summer Olympics kicking off a year late in Tokyo tomorrow, it’s time today to say “hello”, “good luck” and “加油” to eight sporting elites from China who also represent our great city of Nanjing. Bring us...

Noticed anything? No, probably not. And that’s because nothing’s happened. We’re talking about power cuts. But now wonder what it takes to keep bringing power and the internet to us when it’s over 40 degrees outside. In the Nanjing of...

Nanjing moved into emergency-response mode this morning as nine members of staff at Nanjing Lukou International Airport were tested positive for COVID. Not since February of last year has the city been faced with an epidemic-control challenge of this...

We’re not kidding. These mushrooms are seriously magic. Glowing in the dark, they are just one of several evening delights awaiting those brave enough to endure the summer heat on Purple Mountain, Nanjing’s top hangout for luminous fungus. It’s a...

The week that started with the news of a positive case of COVID in Nanjing is ending with official announcements concerning successful disposal of the case. All the stops were pulled out and Nanjing is now once again declared...

Call them air-raid shelters, bomb-proof bunkers or civil-air defences, we’ve reached the time of year when our city opens the doors of such war-time facilities, for fear of a near-constant threat, from the annual attack by Nanjing’s summer. This past...