Briefings from Jiangsu

Renovated Suzhou Granary Built in 1971 is Straight Out of a Movie

Over 9,378 square metres and full of the atmosphere of the times, silos originally used for grain purchase and storage at the Yangcheng...

Nanjing Moves to Help Delivery Riders Find Buildings in Residential Communities

With even experienced riders easily becoming dizzy, the City is pushing nearly 500 communities to add building location maps at entrances and indicator...

Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake Hits Dongtai in Yancheng of Jiangsu Province

China’s Seismological Network reported the earthquake occurred at 16:45 on 17 January in Dongtai City of Yancheng, at 32.75 degrees north, 120.19 degrees...

Suzhou Predicts to Open 3 Metro Lines in 2024

In that set to be a most fruitful year, Suzhou Rail Transit is projecting that Lines 6, 7 and 8 will be opened...

20+ Years in the Making; NUST’s Museum of Weapons in Nanjing Opens to Public

With 300 places available every day, reservations requiring 3 working days advance notice can be made through the Museum’s official WeChat (南京理工大学兵器博物馆). Full...

Changzhou Joins “¥1 Trillion GDP Club” as 5th City in Jiangsu to Do So

Changzhou is also the ninth in the Yangtze River Delta to pass the milestone, in addition to Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou and Nantong in...

Crops Illegally Grown on Highway Land Cleared by Suzhou Industrial Park

A 4-day rectification campaign by SIP saw some 12,000 square meters of illegal vegetable fields recently cleared from greening zones along the Shanghai-Nanjing...

Department of Orthopedic Sports Medicine Opened in Jiangsu Hospital

The opening in Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital in Nanjing under the national health strategy exemplifies the Province’s in-depth exploration of sports diagnosis, treatment...

Seagoing Ship with 11.6 Metre Draft Makes Historic First Call in Nanjing

Sailing under the Maltese flag, the 63,100 DWT “Zeyno” became the vessel with the biggest draft to ever dock at Nanjing Xinshengwei Port...

Challenges Face Wuxi Lung Cancer Prevention and Treatment Industry Conference

Top of mind during the Conference on 13 January and co-organised by AstraZeneca China was the requirement by 2030 for the overall 5-year...

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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