Briefings from Jiangsu

Suzhou Metro Operations Extended over CNY; to Run as Late as Midnight

Trains on all lines of Suzhou Rail Transit shall be extended by 40 minutes on 9 February (New Year’s Eve) and by 70...

Bluer Skies, Clearer Waters; Nanjing’s Environmental Happiness Index on the up

A 25 January press conference revealed that the City’s forest coverage rate is now 31.95 percent, top in Jiangsu for 5 consecutive years,...

First Fish Caught in Huai’an Reservoir in Time for New Year Dinner Tables

On 24 January, at Longwangshan Reservoir in Xuyi, fishermen began to pull in their nets to supply the market before Spring Festival; half...

Tesla Cybertruck’s Debut in Nanjing & 7 other Cities Said to be Imminent 

While the NEV will not go on sale in China, its appearance in showrooms is predicted to help boost Tesla’s flagging sales. Other...

Groundbreaking Held in Nantong for Pharma Smart Logistics Base

Complete with work bin robots and automated sorting, ¥210 million is going in to the 2.7-hectare pharmaceutical smart distribution centre for China Resources,...

Famed Strawberry Festival in Nanjing Returns; Kicks off 1 February

The planting area in Nanjing’s Lishui District this season is about 1,300 hectares, to net a yield of over 30,000 tonnes of strawberries,...

LV, Hermes, Gucci & Chanel Copyright Violated by Nantong Firm

Among the cases of IP infringement published by the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision Bureau on 23 January was that of the production illegally...

Jiangsu to Coordinate with Online Map Operators to Advise on CNY Road Conditions

Severe weather will also impact that set to be the longest CNY holiday in history, with a record-high, cross-regional flow of people; 3.9...

Zhejiang Motor Drive Co. Bets 1Â¥ Million on Solar Battery Plant in Taizhou

The subsidiary of Shanghai Stock Exchange-Listed Wolong Electric Drive has established Taizhou Longneng Electric Power Co., Ltd in the name of solar power-generation...

Scammer with Identical Avatar & Name to Boss Defrauds Suqian Accountant of ¥950,000

As Spring Festival approaches, scammers proliferate; the accountant in Suyu District of Suqian was first requested to verify the company’s bank balance and...

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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