Briefings from Jiangsu

Cross Taiwan Strait Food Tech Pilot Zone Opened in Wuxi

With Wuxi a highland for Taiwanese capital investment, the recent 3rd Cross Strait Food Nutrition & Health Industry Summit was the perfect choice...

1,000 Year Old Ginkgo Trees in Changzhou Shine with Annual Beauty

The two ancient ginkgo trees in Bailong Temple of Hengshanqiao Town in Changzhou, one male and one female, appear to hold hands as...

Zhou Enlai’s Niece Attends Launch of Book Celebrating Premier’s Youth

Zhou Bingde attended the 1 December press conference in Huai’an for “Zhou Enlai's Youth”, with the aim of inheriting red genes and cultivating...

World’s Tallest Pumped Storage Power Station Ready for Operation in Zhenjiang

The six generating units in the Jurong Pumped-Storage Hydropower Station provide for a total capacity of 1.35GW from its two huge mountain reservoirs....

Art Exam Checklist; Colour Palette, Sticky Tape, Hair Dryer?

It’s art exam season across Jiangsu; students are this year being challenged by a bouquet of flowers while bringing a hair dryer to...

7th China Artificial Intelligence Conference Opens in Xuzhou

Over 150 academic and industrial experts gathered in Gulou to promote AI’s integration in to the real economy and accelerate emerging urban industries....

New CDC Opens in Suzhou with 20 Million Sample Biobank

The ¥840 million, 78,000 sqm. facility on Guangqian Lu has the ability to isolate highly pathogenic microorganisms such as COVID, avian influenza and...

Nanjing Metro Line 10 Phase 2 Sees 1st Train Set Delivered

30 November saw the train delivered to the Maqun depot. Track laying and station-installation work is underway in some sections of the 10...

Jiangsu’s 1st Solar & Wind Power Storage Station Opens in Nantong

The lithium-iron-phosphate battery farm built by the China Three Gorges Corporation helps the power grid to smooth peaks and valleys, and increase efficiency....

AIDS Prevention in Village in Nanjing; Volunteers Preach Safe Sex

Free family planning supplies were given out on 1 December in Changjiang Village of Qixia, with volunteers advising on contraceptive methods and sexual...

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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