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Operation Mosquito 2021; Which Repellent (of Millions) is Best?

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...

And the Number of Foreigners Now in Nanjing is…

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....

New Law Protects Minors; Do We Need Carry Child Seats Around?

What better day to enact China’s new law on the protection of minors than Children’s Day? A completely overhauled legislation is now in place to protect those under 18 years of age from a slew of dangers, many the...

Two Drunks, One Sofa, Wrong House

Not every day do you awake to find two random strangers sitting on your sofa, chatting away, smashed off their heads. In what is this year’s oddest police investigation, it was found that the two had not noticed they...

China to Receive Foreign Journalists for Communist Party’s 100th Anniversary

Tempting it is to call it the Party of the Century. But having expelled numerous foreign journalists from the country in the past few years, China is now not quite rolling out the red carpet for them, in hopes...

Shut up! Can’t You See I’m Having an Exam? I Want Some Rest, BTW

Exam season is upon us. With the dreaded University Entrance Examination just around the corner, there’s a lot of revision going on in China these days. And in Nanjing, efforts are underway to remove some rather noisy distractions. It’s not...

British Ball Raises ¥420,000 for Hopeful Hearts Charity

Nanjing charity, Hopeful Hearts, has received a shot in the arm to the tune of almost half a million renminbi, thanks to the generosity of attendees to the British Ball which brought a touch of post-COVID glamour to the...

2 Zoo Keepers Dead after Attacks by 3 Tigers in 2 Days

A Siberian tiger has earlier this week attacked and killed a zoo keeper not far from Nanjing, while only yesterday elsewhere, another two tigers escaped from their enclosure, after also attacking a zoo keeper who later died. The tigers...

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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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