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Aerial Silk Road Inches to Reality with Launch of New Airline

While airlines the world over clamber to avoid bankruptcy by focusing their operations on cargo, a new operator in China has just been launched that shines a light on the country’s ambitions for an “Aerial Silk Road” that will...

Tobacco Wuhan’s Only Growth as City Records 40.5% Slump in GDP

A sobering statistic emerged this morning in the form of figures for Wuhan’s economic activity during the first quarter. The worse-than-feared 40.5 percent drop in GDP over the same period last year comes as another forewarning to virus epicentres...

“Look & Drink” Tops May Day Deals; Sanya Bookings at 2019 Levels

With the extended May Day holiday just around the corner and the threat from Covid-19 as good as gone, Chinese people are set to take advantage of the 5 day holiday by once again travelling. Most, however, are not...

Fast Track for Foreigners Coming to China in the Works

News has leaked in the last few days that China is preparing to open her borders to foreigners once again. It emerged during a regular press conference on Tuesday that ongoing discussions could see South Koreans and Singaporeans as...

Nucleic Acid Testing for Everyone Returning from Wuhan to Nanjing

Continued epidemic prevention efforts in Nanjing now include mandatory Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) of all returnees to Nanjing from Hubei Province. The moves comes as China has created accelerated NAT for COVID-19 that can confirm cases in 45 minutes. On...

A Shop’s Worst Nightmare; Post-Epidemic Retail Down 50 Percent

If the measure of a city’s economic activity be the sales of women’s shoes, then Nanjing is now performing at 50 percent of its previous retail level, showing that despite numerous incentives lavished upon the populace, much fewer numbers...

Old Man in Wuhan Snapped Viewing Last Sunset Cured of Covid-19

After more than 2 months in a Wuhan hospital bed, an 87-year-old man who had become a star on the internet for for his moving gaze at a sunset, was today pronounced cured and discharged from hospital. It all began...

Opulent Chinese Charter Dreamliner to Bring Kids Back from UK

With Covid-19 now putting the world’s largest and most fragile communities in harm’s way, rich Chinese have been pulling out their wallets to bring children studying abroad home. In one case, the world’s only private Boeing 787 Dreamliner was...

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Tasty Solutions on the Menu at Shanghai Climate Week

Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...

Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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