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Nanjing Purple Mountain Cable Car Shame; Gone is the Chair Lift

This past weekend saw the opening of a brand new cable car service to the top of Nanjing’s Purple Mountain, replacing the chair lift service that dated back to 1993. A year in the making, and...

Man Executed for Driving Car into Students

On 19 January 2016, Mr. Hu Jiabing of Fengxin county, Jiangxi province, deliberately drove his car into school children who were on their way to school, subsequently killing four people and injuring 18 others. Most of...

Sunny Skies to Stay; Government Denies Reports of VPN Ban

Following reports emerging in media all over the world over the past two days claiming China was to put an end to VPN use once and for all, the State has taken the surprising move of issuing a quick...

Dark Days Ahead; China to Ban Individual VPN Access by 1 Feb 2018

China’s latest crackdown on Internet restrictions has people predicting Facebook fatality. In keeping with president Xi Jinping’s “cyber sovereignty” push, it has been reported that Beijing has instructed leading Internet providers China Mobile, China Telecom and...

Nanjing Metro Line 5 Setbacks; Too Many Relics in the Way

At some point in the not so distant future, Nanjing’s metro line 5 will need to be in place under Shanghai Lu. Such a prospect has speculation running rife among those who live and work along this essential and...

Re-Cycle; Beware! Thievery is Rife Throughout Summer Nights

Video surveillance of a Xuanwu lake shop revealed yesterday that it had been burgled the night before. The video shows a man enter the shop through a window; he proceeds to rifle through everything, taking anything...

Nanjing Hero Dies Trying to Save Little Girl’s Life in Thailand

A 46-year-old lady, Wang Yuling, from Nanjing, drowned on 27 June in Pattaya, Thailand, while attempting to save the life of a little Chinese girl. At the hotel where Wang was staying, she saw a little girl struggling to...

Nanjing Metro Line S3 Could Enter Operation as Soon as November

Nanjing stands a chance of receiving its eighth metro line by the end of this year. The Nanjing Metro Group announced this week that the new link, Line S3, previously known as Line 12, will in...

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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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