Briefings from Jiangsu

Airportless Suzhou gets IATA Airport Code for “Virtual” Flights to/from Shanghai

A year on from the launch of the the Suzhou City Terminal for Shanghai’s two main airports, Suzhou Industrial Park recently took to...

Changzhou Woman who Won Prestigious International Astronautics Award Passes Away

Born in Changzhou in 1936, Wu Meirong won the von Karmen Award that annually recognises outstanding lifetime achievements in any branch of science...

New Devices in Nanjing Look at Tongue, Measures Pulse, Recommends TCM Tea

Operating in a herbal tea shop in Jiangbei New Area, the tongue diagnosis accuracy is put at 70 percent, while that for pulse...

Entire Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High Speed Line Complete; Static Tests to Begin

On 30 July, the final section of contact wire was hoisted to the last of 7,237 pillars which had been assembled in 525...

Ship Hitting Buoy & Fleeing Scene Caught by Surveillance Cameras in Yangzhou

At 6:30 on 30 July, Yangzhou Maritime law enforcement officers found that the Yangtze River No. 91 red buoy had been damaged by...

Barber in Yangzhou Climbs Outer Wall 6 Floors Barehand to Save Trapped Child

Fei Tengfei from Chaohu in Anhui province was awarded as a hero on 31 July by Yangzhou Jiangdu District for ascending six floors...

250 Hydrogen Powered Bikes are Latest Attraction at Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum

Nanjing Zhongshan Scenic Area welcomed the hydrogen-powered bicycles on 1 August from their production base in Changzhou on 1 August. Visiting tourists said...

1st Fresh Hippo Store in Northern Jiangsu to Open in Xuzhou

The store in Xuzhou Yunlong Wanda is representative of the City’s plans to actively introduce new high-end retail business projects, including internationally-renowned convenience...

New Exhibition of 2,500 Year Old Ancient Chinese Artefacts Opens in Suzhou

Now on in the Suzhou Museum, the exhibition “Luoyang and Suzhou in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty” focuses on the era’s reform and innovation....

Angler’s Complete Failure to Catch any Fish Broadcast Live to Millions in Xuzhou

When "Tongshan Rong Media” cut their official account’s broadcast to a fisherman reeling in his empty rod, the soundtrack changed to "It's not...

Local Reviews

Is there a Push to Pull Beer in China?

Serving beer from a hand pump (also known as a beer engine) is a curiously British thing. There are...

Paying Awe Struck Respect to Departed Royalty in Nanjing

Such a contrast could not be starker. On one side of the road; billions of dollars churning away at...

Poor Man’s KFC; is Change in China as Good as a Rest?

Wallace Burger & Chicken was No. 2 on a China Daily Top 10 fast-food list a decade ago. And so...

Names is for Tombstones, Baby! But not Maybe Nanjing’s Top

Initially skeptical of Fennel & Laurel due to its pretentious name, The Nanjinger was pleasantly surprised by exceptional carrot...

Location, Tick; Design, Tick; Attitude, Tick x2; Taste, Ummm…

We’re going to start out by saying, for the record, that you’re not going to like this. That is,...

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