Briefings from Jiangsu

Take Care where You Leave Your E-Bike; Thefts Skyrocketing

A 6-month special operation in Nantong to combat the theft of various vehicles, mostly e-bikes or their batteries, revealed an increase of 46.8...

“Suzhou Good Songs” Contest Kicks off; Money and MV for the Winner

15 October saw the competition’s semi-finals held in Suzhou Industrial Park. The event, concluding on 28 October, is part of the City’s national...

Taizhou Teacher’s Beating Leaves 7 Year Old Boy Battered & Bruised

The boy suffered multiple bruises on his back, buttocks, thighs and calves; his teacher has been suspended from Taizhou No. 1 Foreign Language...

600 Participate in 2023 Xuzhou Triathlon Centred around City’s Yunlong Lake 

China’s ironman, Miao Hao, lived up to expectations to be triumphant in the 1.5 km swim, 40 km cycle and 10 km run...

Nanjing Teacher Wins Gold Medal in Great China Bake Off Contest

Li Yaping, a teacher with Nanjing Zihe Vocational Training School was also awarded “National Technical Expert” by the Ministry of Human Resources &...

First Liberian Iron Ore Shipment Docks for World’s Largest Steel Producer

Zhenjiang Port saw the "Changhai Binhai” dock on 12 October with 45,000 tonnes of iron ore from Baowu Steel’s project in Liberia; 1.436...

Nanjing Sends Record High of Over 600 Exhibitors to 134th Canton Fair

The Fair kicked off on 15 October in an expanded 1.55-million square-metre expo area; the Nanjing Trading Mission therein helps to seize foreign-trade...

Near Blind 70 Year Old Man Draws 12 Metre Long Map of Ancient Suzhou

Yan Minggang drew the map of Guanqian Jie in the early days of liberation showing the time-honoured products there along. Even every store...

Citizen’s Home Renovations Causes Massive Flood in Underground Car Park

Excavations in Shangyuan Community in Nanjing damaged the outer wall of a building’s basement, resulting in the flood by ground water mixed with...

Maiden Voyage for Island-Island Maritime Tourism Route in Lianyungang

14 October saw the new service debut, sailing between the 4A-level Liandao and Qinshandao which together saw 3 million visitors this past National...

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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