Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

Xuzhou Invites You to Wear Terracotta Warrior Armour! For Real

The unique experience is on offer at the Han Dynasty Terracotta Warriors Museum, given Xuzhou is known as the birthplace of Han Dynasty...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Ultra Deep Metro Station in Wuxi Goes 8 Floors Underground!

The 34.9-metre deep Wuxi New District Station of Line 4 Phase II was capped ahead of schedule; 214 days of construction and 38,000...
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Delivery Rider Stops to Save Man Being Crushed; off on His Way Wordless

The super heavy e-bike battery charging cabinet, in Zhongheng Plaza in Suzhou, toppled on top of a Mr. Zhou. He was able to...
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Nantong Built LNG Bunkering Ship for Italian Client Sets Sail in Yangtze

The 8,200 cubic metre ship, built by Nantong CIMC Pacific Ocean Engineering, runs fully on electrical power generated by LNG carried aboard that...
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1st Gold Medal for Nanjing in Asian Para Games!

Cai Bingchen broke the Asian record and the Asian Para record with a score of 12.03 metres in the men’s shot put F33...
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Base of World’s Biggest Semi-Submersible Drilling Platform Sets Sail

The 17,000 tonne twin-body platform, intended for deep-sea drilling work and built by Haiting (Nantong) Heavy Industries, set sail into the Yangtze on...
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New Yangtze River Railway a Massive Hit; 1.3 Million Passengers in 30 Days!

From its opening on 28 September until now, the busiest newly built station along the line has been Jiangyin, carrying an average of...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Yancheng Villagers Mad at ¥20 “Population Fee” to “Raise Funds for Labour”

The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Dongtai responded to reporters saying such a fee is common in rural areas and only applied...
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Nanjing’s Bridge Gets Cultural Protection Status, 14 Years after Applying

Nanjing recently granted the status to 58 new sites, including the Laohushan Quarry, the Mingcheng Zhuanguan Kiln and the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge....
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Jiangsu Trails in YRD 2023Q1-3 GDP Growth but Surpasses ¥9 Trillion

Economic data for the first three quarters of this year shows GDP gains for Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang of 6, 6.1, 6.3...
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Local Reviews

Matt Ford -

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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