Briefings from Jiangsu

Private Sector Now Accounts for 60% of GDP in Yancheng

CPC Secretary of Yancheng, Zhou Bin, has been quoted as saying, “Private enterprises contribute to development and are an indispensable precious resource”. Full...

Nantong Given Go Ahead to Build New “Bund” for International Cruise Port

Its Environmental Impact Assessment accepted, ¥1/2 billion is going in to the 100,000-tonne cruise terminal, supporting commercial facilities and top-notch hotels. Full story...

Nanjing-Singapore for ¥100 from 22 November; 5 Flights a Week from Xmas

To be available on the China Eastern Airlines website, the promotion is valid for the service between Nanjing and Singapore, MU2669/MU2670, commencing 25/12....

How Eco Friendly is Your Packaged Delivery? 3 Jiangsu Cities Shortlisted

Cainiao claims that packaging that cannot be used twice will be beaten into pulp and made into textbooks to be given to primary...

Where Chimpanzees & TikTok Meet; Nanjing Zhongshan Forest Zoo!

As part of the “Double 11” shopping festival, chimpanzee “Goro” at Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo was gifted a box full of his favourite...

Yangzhou Woman Smothers Daughter; Jumps to Death off Building

The incident is said to have occurred on 7 November in Chunhuiyuan Community of Hanshang Sub District in Hanjiang. Details are scant; the...

Spanish Ambassador to China Meets with Suzhou Mayor

During the meeting, Mayor Wu Qingwen thanked Ambassador Rafael Dezcallar de Mazarredo, expressing his gratitude to the 82 Spanish-invested enterprises in Suzhou. Full...

Preparations for Nanjing Marathon on 12 November in Full Swing

Event support points are being set up at 1-kilometre intervals, dealing with urban appearance, sanitation, waste management, parking and law enforcement. Full story...

Hundreds of Endangered Oriental White Storks Fly into Lianyungang

The wading bird is thankful to Xishuang Lake in Donghai County for investing more than ¥100 million on improving the ecological environment of...

Train Tickets for Just ¥11; Free Entry Worth ¥170 to Maoshan Forest World

A 32 minute train ride out of Nanjing South is all it takes for ticket holders to be granted entry to the park....

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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