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Nanjingers certainly like a bargain. And it’s no secret; the little radishes are well known for their frugality all over the country. But now it’s official; turns out they like the cheap stuff more than anyone else in all...

Just as millions have sat the University Entrance Examination, so too others have recently graduated. For some Nanjing students wearing camouflage, this has entailed real-life, live-fire exercises with some of the country’s most sophisticated weaponry. They’re called the Red Arrows....

Fact is stranger than fiction. No one could make up the convoluted tale of an elder man who over the course of several years, succeeded in defrauding one lady out of ¥2.73 million. That the man fooled her 179...

Many people flock to Sanya for not just the beaches, but also the duty free shop. Well, Nanjing now has its own too. But is the 1960s Rolls Royce on display just inside the front door the most interesting...

The city of Anqing in nearby Anhui Province was the setting for carnage this past weekend, as a young man’s disillusionment turned quickly to homicidal intention. When it was all over, six people were left dead and a further...

Well, maybe not Jiangsu, but perhaps Nanjing. Forgive us; the rhyme was too irresistible. Nevertheless, recent local efforts at sprucing up those most essential of public facilities are worthy of mention. And a paper published 2 years ago today...

Summer has officially begun in Nanjing and now, so has the rainy season. That can only mean one thing. Mosquitos! And anyone who’s spent a summer in Nanjing before (last year, perhaps?!) knows mozzies are a serious business. “Physical mosquito...

The time for speculation is over. And the numbers will come as a surprise to many. For there has not been the slump in Nanjing's foreign populace that was suspected by a good chunk of the local international community....