Briefings from Jiangsu

9 New Bus Routes Rolled out to Serve Wujin High Speed Railway Station

The routes link key places such as Wujin High-tech Zone with the Station on the newly-opened Yangtze River Shanghai-Nanjing High-speed Railway. Full story...

Hongze Lake Hairy Crab Awarded BAP International Certification

Hongze Lake Agricultural Development Group has become the first enterprise in Jiangsu to obtain the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) international certification. Full story (in Chinese)...

Lianyungang Cancels Road Violation Punishments for Dual Holiday

Among the offences that shall be ignored are driving the wrong way down a one-way street and illegal parking. The focus shall be...

Yangtze River Delta Railway to Send 3.5 Million Mid Autumn Festival Passengers

Nearly 1.4 million more passengers than the same period in 2019, an increase of more than 60 percent, are expected across the YRD...

First Ever Song Dynasty Relic Goes on Public Show in Suzhou

Some 46 precious inscription rubbings are featured in the “The Grandeur of Calligraphy” now on in Nanda’s Suzhou Campus, lasting until 23 October....

Left Behind Children Given Mid Autumn Festival Treat by Mobile Phone Co.

The Lianyungang branch of China Mobile organised guessing games, poetry, hand-paintings and a video call for the children with their parents so far...

Exhibition of Past Dynastic Chinese Military Uniforms Now on in Nanjing

The “Special Exhibition of Chinese Military Uniforms of Past Dynasties" has been unveiled in the Yunjin Brocade Museum’s first-floor atrium. Lasts until 15...

More Security Guards than Fans at Pop Star’s Concert in Yancheng

Yang Kun was a previous judge on talent show, "The Voice of China”, but few turned up to hear his voice at the...

Truck Crashes in Nanjing Yangtze Tunnel; Panicked Public Think River Gushed in

Authorities wish to calm the public that the truck, which collided multiple times with the walls of the Jiajiang Tunnel under the Yangtze,...

South American Tapir Treated to its First Mooncake at Wuxi Zoo

Having arrived at the Zoo on 14 September, “Huabei” was fed reed and multi-grain mooncakes by a recently renovated animal canteen to enjoy...

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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