Briefings from Jiangsu

Nanjing’s 1st Air Taxi makes Successful Debut Flight

The five-person, four-seater ET9 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft prototype developed by Yivite (Nanjing) Aviation Technology has a maximum range of 240...

Nanjing Massacre Survivor Zhou Zhilin Passes; 20 July, Aged 99 

When the Japanese came in 1937, Zhou, his uncle and a neighbour were about to cross the road to a farm when his...

Greek Order Saves Bankrupt Yangzhou Shipyard; Order Books Full until 2027

Sea Traders, under Greek shipping tycoon George J. Prokopiou, has signed a contract with Suning Shipbuilding (Yangzhou) to build six 63,500 DWT Ultramax...

Nanjing’s Mochou Lake Park Lotus Pavilion becomes 1st Romantic Marriage Point

Newlyweds Mr. Chen and Ms. Liu concluded their marriage on 21 July, becoming the first couple to obtain a marriage certificate on the...

Girl Travels 4,000KM from Xinjiang to Thank Cleft Palate Surgery Benefactors

Crowds came to Suqian Railway Station on 19 July to welcome Dina, a Kazakh girl from Yili in Xinjiang, who had travelled all...

11 Minutes to Deliver Cardiac Emergency Medicine 7.78 KM by Drone in Suzhou  

The 19 July flight was the demonstration of a new low-altitude smart logistics scenario created by Suzhou Port and Shipping Group, Sinopharm Logistics...

1st Time for Wuxi athletes to Compete in Olympics in Judo & Boxing

Luo Xinqi, Jin Weina and Sun Huadong won gold medals at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games and were present at the 13 July...

80YO Lady Travels Nanjing-Yancheng alone to get back Half Million Defrauded from Her

Tinghu Branch of Yancheng PSB arrested a gang involved in the fraud to recover Ms Jiang’s lost ¥500,000 in pension money. In order...

Jiangsu’s Imports & Exports Reach Record High in 24H1; up 8.5% to ¥2.68 Trillion

Top sector among exports was electromechanical products, accounting for 68.4 percent of the total, at ¥1.18 trillion, an increase of 9.8 percent. Imports...

3 of 38 “10 Star Charity Volunteers” in Xuzhou are from the Same Family!

More than 20 years ago, Dai Liyi set herself the goal of doing one good deed a day for to help society. Soon,...

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,...

More from around Jiangsu