Briefings from Jiangsu

Nanjing Zoo Live Streams Koalas Acting Cute in Family Reunions

Hongshan Forest Zoo’s 25 January broadcast gathered 10,000 views in under an hour. Zhongshan was the first city zoo in China with koalas;...

Wuxi Metro Wins 2 of China’s Highest Honours for Engineering Excellence 

Vibration reduction technologies which reduce environmental noise to below 35 decibels were a contributors to the first phase of Wuxi Metro Line 3...

Suzhou Opens China Automotive Research Institute Opens Intelligent Network Test Base

The Test Base aims to build the country's most advanced full-chain testing and inspection of intelligent connected cars, while moves are already afoot...

Flack for Jiangsu Culture & Tourism Department; Name Sounds Like a Bath House

With an official WeChat named “Shuiyin Jiangsu” (水韵江苏), others have joked it could also be a provincial water resources department. Official response: there...

Yancheng Boy Selected for China’s National Youth Football Team

Coach of Yancheng Xinheshi Primary School Wang Kang said that he pushed Wen Zhuxin to football after he had left a deep impression...

Flight from Beijing to Changzhou Turns Back Due to Staff Negligence

The Air China flight on 22 January was forced to return after staff forgot to remove the safety pin of the nose landing...

Cultural Tourism Revenue for 2023 in Xuzhou Hits ¥100 Billion

Monitoring data from the local smart cultural tourism platform shows that the city’s 4A and above scenic spots received a total of 46.7196...

Wuxi Produced Electric Tricycles become Internet Celebrities in USA

Orders placed by American customers on various e-commerce platforms for the delivery tricycles made by Jiangsu Guowei Motorcycle in Xishan Electric Motorcycle Industrial...

China-Russia Construction Deal begins on Nuclear Power Plant in Lianyungang

The waters off Lianyungang on 26 January were the site for the lowering of the first pipe pile for Units 7 and 8...

First Time Ever Red Crossbill Photographed in Yancheng

Famed ecological photographer Sun Huajin accidentally came across the rare and small finch that is a national Grade II protected wild animal when...

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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