Briefings from Jiangsu

Police in Changzhou Reward Local Man for Saving 2 Children from Drowning

Against a quickly flowing current, Song Ershun dragged a baby ashore before swimming downstream to help the elder child after they fell into...

Neighbours Use Quilt to Save 4 Year Old Girl Falling from 4th Floor in Lianyungang

Residents of the Yujingdongfang Community in Guanyun County reacted quickly when told the child was in danger to break her fall in the...

Investment Environment Briefing in Shanghai Aims to Rebrand Huai’an

Huai’an Mayor, Gu Kun, cited, “Hometown of great men, capital of canals, capital of gourmet food and famous cultural city”, as potential new...

Lianyungang Teacher Fired; Scolded Kids for Not Smiling for Promo Video

In order to create a warm image of students drinking milk and eating biscuits, the teacher shot the video and sent it to...

2 New Wind Power Installation Platforms Delivered out of Nantong

The "Haifeng 1001" and "Haifeng 1002”, with the longest pile legs of their class currently in China, will go into use at the...

¥5 Billion Shot in the Arm for New Lithium Ion Battery Production Base in Wuxi

Boosting Wuxi’s new-energy industry, City leaders joined the Chairman of Sieyuan Electric in laying the base’s foundation stone on 19 September in Huishan...

Farewell to Medical Team Bound from Yangzhou to Zanzibar & Malta

20 members of the 33rd medical team of Jiangsu Province are off to assist in Zanzibar, while two with the 19th medical team...

Interior Design Begins for National Fitness Centre in Nanjing Southern New Town 

With a football field, basketball hall, fencing hall, swimming pool, running track, badminton courts and more, the facility is to occupy some 56,000...

Spain Impressed as Suzhou Troupe is 1st Chinese Ballet Company to Perform

The Victoria Theatre in Barcelona was venue for Suzhou Ballet Theatre’s performing “Essences of China” on 16 September as part of Suzhou Cultural...

Demand for Winter Flu Jabs in Nanjing Peaks 1 Month Early

After the mass outbreak of influenza this spring, local citizens’ increased awareness for protection has led to September vaccination levels surpassing those of...

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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