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Many believe it to have been the true beginning of the Second World War, while the 85th anniversary of that day has been marked in Nanjing in another solemn ceremony that reminds of our city’s unique place in 20th...

Just 2 days short of the second anniversary of her murder, the killers of a Nanjing college student have been handed the death penalty as the “trial of the century” came to a close in faraway Yunnan, scene for...

Sloths are our planet’s slowest-moving mammals. And now, they’ve eventually made it to Nanjing. If you’ve never seen one of these (kind of) lovable beasts, now is your chance. Just don’t hang around; they might be off in the...

Some eating out in Nanjing have found themselves suddenly close to acting in perhaps the most-memorable scene from sci-fi horror classic movie, “Alien”, when a dining companion began to uncontrollably cough up blood at their table. It was just recently...

Half a million votes were cast in Nanjing’s recent international photography competition, and with the epidemic once again under control, so the time had come to recognise the winners with their certificates and a host of valuable, high-tech prizes. Yesterday,...

This is your chance to become a part of Nanjing! A recently-launched design competition is seeking proposals from all over the world for that which is hoped will be a new iconic landmark for the very heart of Nanjing...

Nanjing’s Qinhuai River has been an integral part of life in the Southern Capital for many centuries, but it has taken until now for the waterway to become 100 percent navigable. And that’s good news from both a financial...

Visitors taking a ride in a Nanjing amusement park got more thrill than their tickets suggested this past weekend, when their rollercoaster stopped dead on a vertical descent, leaving the ride's occupants suspended in mid air. Turns out it...