Briefings from Jiangsu

Big Names Feature on American Team for World Athletics Indoor Championships

The USA is sending 56 athletes to Nanjing for the Championships from 21-23 March, among who Grant Holloway will be joined by individual...

4 More Lights Turn Grey on Nanjing Massacre Survivors’ Wall in Nanjing

11 March in front of the Nanjing Massacre survivors' photo wall, saw the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese...

Lianyungang Closes Down Company for Selling “Water Retaining Shrimp”

Following CCTV's exposure of Xianzhicai Food Co., Ltd. in Ganyu District, the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau verified the company’s fraudulent activities to...

Lithium Ion Battery Expert Returns to China from USA to Join Yangzhou University

Ge Shanhai was an research associate professor at Pennsylvania State University, where he had spent 20 years engaged in the research of new-energy...

Hundreds Turn out to Pay Homage for 100th Anniversary of Death of Sun Yat-sen

12 March saw people from all walks of life from across both Jiangsu and Nanjing hold a ceremony by the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum...

Long Awaited Michelin Guide Featuring Nanjing Cuisine to be Launched on 9 April

The first edition of the Jiangsu Michelin Guide shall be launched in Nanjing, with not only local cuisine therein (expect duck to be prominent),...

Nanjing Restaurant Owner wants to Give Soldiers Free Means, But Completely Fails!

A video of three soldiers dining attracted 165,000 likes after it was discovered that, despite the policy, they had left ¥50 in cash...

Job Swap in Suzhou Sees Local Officialdom Take on Roles in Gig Economy

Some seven local officials took part in the job swap, taking up roles as ride-hailing drivers or delivery workers, as a means to...

Flights between Nanjing and Kobe in Japan to be Launched Next Month 

Juneyao Airlines is to commence new services to Kobe from Shanghai and Nanjing, beginning on 18 and 19 April, respectively. With both services...

Nanjing Middle Schools Students made to Weigh their Leftovers to Cut down on Waste

And the winning class at Nanjing No. 1 Middle School Experimental School wasted just 3.4KG of their lunch on 12 March. Overall, the...

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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