Briefings from Jiangsu

Wuxi Water Hyacinths Salvaged; “Upgraded” & Dried into Organic Fertiliser

The public has thanked authorities for the new ship, hourly salvaging over 10 tonnes of hyacinths from Wuxi’s waters; 13,000 tonnes in the...

270,000 SQM Bulk Material Storage Greenhouse Completed in Changzhou

The greenhouse effectively eliminates the dust created by the transportation of coal, sand, gravel, etc., while generating 7.43 million kWh of power annually....

Suzhou Logistics Park’s “One Thing” Service Can Instantly “Open” Company

A scan of a QR code is now all it takes to cover all previously-troublesome aspects of opening a company in Wangting International...

Peking University Opens Health Science Centre in Jiangsu’s Taizhou City

The two entities have joined hands to build a pharmaceutical and health innovation centre with a particular focus on biomedical innovation and industrial...

New Children’s Hospital in Changzhou; Helicopter Landing Pad Included

The opening also saw the signing of strategic cooperation agreements with respective children’s hospitals in Suzhou and Nanjing to achieve strong alliances. Full...

Lianyungang Establishes “Uyghur Overseas Chinese Legal Service Point”

The Service Point supposedly seeks to “strengthen ideological guidance, deepen services for, and promote the high-quality development of, overseas Chinese affairs”. Full story...

Suzhou becomes 1st in China to Export Electric Buses to Brazil

The first 50 of 200 Higer buses were exported from Taicang Port in Suzhou on 25 October, with their final destination Brazil’s largest...

Kenya Takes Top 4 Spots in Nanjing Gaochun Int. 2023 Slow City Marathon

Starting and ending at Sezuzhou Park, the 29 October race took runners past Gaochun Ancient Street. Kenya took fastest and second fastest men...

California Governor Meets CPC Jiangsu Secretary in Yancheng

Governor Gavin Newsom was extended a warm welcome for talks that included extending California-Jiangsu corporation in green growth and climate change. Full story...

Nanjing Xuanwu Lake Tunnel to Close for 1 Year of Maintenance

Closed from midnight to 05:30 for 1 year from 31 October, 2023, the maintenance includes adding a fully-automatic, intelligent-induction, fire-extinguishing system. Full story...

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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