Nanjing News

With the big Chinese New Year shutdown just around the corner, thoughts are turning to stocking up on a few essentials, in case your favourite retailer shuts up shop. Good to know, therefore, that more than a handful of...

The annual Miss All Nations Pageant concludes today, 29 January, in Nanjing, with ladies from 42 countries and regions taking part in the extravaganza that aims to promote ecotourism and environmental protection (and world peace). Participants in the event have...

Nanjing children’s hospice, the Rainbow Centre, today marked its fifth anniversary, with a touching ceremony attended by over 200 people who made the long journey to deep in Jiangning District, in a gesture of support, care and love. The southern...

For us commuters the Nanjing metro experience is usually nothing special. Yet, there are stories behind our metro stations which make the experience unique, especially should we look up from our phones. Otherwise, we might miss out on Nanjing...

Nanjing received an additional vote of confidence from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) last week, when it was awarded the right to host a new track and field meeting added to the World Challenge calendar for 2019. The...

A cleaner working for 7 years in Nanjing University Xianlin Campus has suddenly become a celebrity, on account of her watercolour-style paintings on blackboards in the students’ dormitory. Wu Lidi’s passion for painting motivates her to create different artworks to...

Winter in Nanjing mostly spells grey, bleak and miserable. However, that’s not counting in days like today; brief pockets of sunny, crisp and inviting outdoor weather. Indeed, it is not all doom and gloom over this nigh-on 4 month period....

CORRECTION: The original version of this article mistakenly stated that the new kaleidoscopic patchwork and the piece, "Buddha’s Seven Districts and Nine Meetings", are one in the same. The corrected version of the article is reproduced below. A gigantic, exquisite...