Briefings from Jiangsu

Audacious! Man in Yangzhou Steals Roadside Traffic Monitoring Server

The man, working in the tech sector, was able to open the roadside cabinet with the triangular key he carried. He took four...

New COVID Jab; Queues Forming at Clinics in Nanjing for XBB Vaccine

Nanjing has taken the lead in China in the rollout following studies showing that the much-in-demand XBB vaccine can protect against several emerging variants. Full...

Warmest December Ever; Changzhou Over 25 Degrees but Cold on the Way

With Liyang in Changzhou hitting 25.4 degrees, 400 weather stations (1/6 of the country) broke December’s record for the highest temperature at 14:00...

Grand Canal Cultural Photography Exhibition Project Launched in Wuxi

The exhibition is soliciting works from across the country from now until 29 February, 2024, with the themes, “China’s Grand Canal Culture” and...

Heavy Duty Power Banks to be Banned on Nanjing Metro from 8 January

The restrictions on items containing lithium batteries will apply to power banks with power ratings greater than 100Wh, as well as personal transporters,...

Ride Free on the Nantong Rail Transit System for 3 days as Line 2 Opens

Until 10 December, passengers can pass through all station gates without purchasing tickets; Line 2 is 20.85 kilometres long with a total of...

Symposium Sees Taizhou Hitting up Shanghai for Investment

Mayor Wan Wenhua expressed her thanks to those already invested in Taizhou, while reps from firms such as Nestlé Health Sciences spoke glowingly...

Educational Equipment Exhibition to Open in Suzhou from 15-17 December

To be held in the Suzhou International Expo Centre, the expo will showcase the latest in everything from school uniforms and science experiments...

Huai’an Internet Celebrity with 1 Million Fans Refuses to Pay Landlord Rent

Hundreds of thousands went online to watch the action unfold after the Huai’an District court issued an execution reward via the celebrity’s Douyin...

Magnitude 3.8 Earthquake Hits Lianyungang at 23:01 on 7 December

A local resident said, “When I was about to go to bed, I felt the bed shake twice. I thought it was an...

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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