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“Melon king” auctioned for charity

20 melons weighting for around fifty kilograms each were auctioned in Xuyi county, Jiangsu province on June 23, 2014. The heaviest melon weighting for 60 kg was sold at ¥16,800 ($2,696) and the smallest one was sold for ¥10,000...

Trans-Eurasia train ‘Sumanou’ to run once a week next month

"Sumanou”, a non-stop train which runs from Suzhou in China to Warsaw in Poland and known as the longest container transport train, will start heading for its European destination once a week, compared with previous three voyages a month,...

Yangzhou filigree crafts endangered with few inheritors

Yangzhou Jiangdu traditional filigree craft can be dated back to the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties more than 2,000 years ago. Mr Fang Xuebin is one of the inheritors of Yangzhou filigree craft – a national-level intangible heritage. Mr...

Nanjing 2014 Equestrian Venue to Hold Press Conference

The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games (Nanjing 2014) equestrian events will take place at Xinzhuang Equestrian Venue on 19, 20, 23 and 24 August 2014. This is the only discipline in the Youth Olympic Games which will see joint...

Nanjing Subway Line 10, Airport Line to be open to traffic

Nanjing Subway Line 10 and Airport Line will be open to traffic on July 1, announced Nanjing Metro on June 24. It is learnt that the total mileage of subway transport in Nanjing will reach 135 kilometers and the...

Ming stone tablet unearthed in construction site, inscription discernible

A Ming stone tablet was unearthed in a construction site of Nanshan Temple in Taizhou on June 22. Although there are some cracks on the stone tablet, the inscription is still discernible.This stone tablet proved to be the one...

WWII bullets discovered at Nanjing invasion site

Hundreds of bullets suspected of being used by Chinese soldiers in the fight against Japanese invaders during World War II have been discovered in the east China city of Nanjing. Workers found more than 450 machine-gun bullets, cartridge...

Baby swallowing dog tooth cured

The mother of the baby girl who is surnamed Xu (alias) said that she had two dog teeth by her bed to "ward off evil". On the morning of June 15, she left her two daughters, one being more...

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