Briefings from Jiangsu

147 Geological Disaster Risk Points Identified in Zhenjiang as Flood Season Arrives

The "Zhenjiang City 2024 Geological Disaster Prevention and Control Plan” was released at a press conference on 7 June. Sites identified put more...

Construction Schedule for Taizhou South Railway Station Released

Taizhou South Railway Station building is planned to start construction in October this year, comprising six storeys, of which four shall be above...

Taizhou Mayor Personally Inspects College Entrance Exam Preparations

Inspecting examination rooms and arrangements for confidentiality on 6 June, Mayor Wan Wenhua said that the college entrance examination concerns thousands of families;...

Half a Million Pufferfish Released into Yangtze River in Wuxi

The fish were released on 6 June by representatives from Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, who then carried out joint patrol inspections on...

Wuxi Moves to Clean up Disgusting Public Toilets which Damage City Image

From 3-4 June, some 1,013 public toilets in Wuxi were inspected and 494 were found to have problems, comprising hygiene issues, incomplete facilities...

International/Regional Flights out of Changzhou up 150%; Domestic Tickets Priced ¥300

May saw 359,000 passengers use, Changzhou Benniu International Airport, a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percent, while the low-cost tickets have been available to...

Turn off the Screen! Myopia Rate in Jiangsu Falls for 4th Consecutive Year

“Anti-myopia guards” patrol the corridors of Xincheng Primary School in Nanjing to urge students to go outdoors. While the School’s “prevention and control...

12 Taxi Hailing Drivers Offer Candidates Free Rides to Exam Sites in Lianyungang

With their logo of "Love for Exams, Escort for Dreams”, he Eurasia Travel Love Team are providing free pick-up and drop-off services to...

4 in Huai’an Sentenced to 4-5 Years for Hunting Oriental White Storks

Xuyi County Court found on 5 June that the defendants Yang, Liu, Li, and Xiong, of Huai’an City, had agreed to hunt wild...

Traffic Chaos Predicted in Nanjing as Uni Entrance Exams and Dragon Boat Fall Together

Beginning at 14:40 on 8 June, Nanjing traffic police will take temporary traffic control measures on sections of road around test sites. In...

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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