Briefings from Jiangsu

Sleet Forecast; be Careful out there on the Roads in Southern Jiangsu

Despite what the app on your phone may say, expect slight sleet from 22-23 February across much of the Jiangnan region. The Jiangsu...

200 “Abyss of Sin” Suspects in Myanmar Arrive back in Nanjing

The suspects’ arrival at Lukou Airport on 20 February was the culmination of a landmark operation in China-Myanmar-Thailand law enforcement, demonstrating a determination...

5 Year Old Boy Falls to His Death from Window of Hot Spa Hotel

The incident that took place in a projection room was revealed to media by staff at the Yongli Hot Spring Hotel in Jurong...

Villagers Walk Barefoot through Sea of Fire for Lantern Festival

With a pile of firewood ablaze in the centre of the square, the annual festival in Hanjiang District sees dozens of young people...

Help the Economy! Bank of Jiangsu & Nanjing Museum Launch Co Branded Debit Card

With exquisite cultural and museum collections on its face and in the name of innovating financial products as well as helping to kick...

Green Electricity Trading in Jiangsu up 43% in 2024

The Jiangsu Electricity Trading Centre reported on 17 February the Province traded 12.657 billion kWh in 2024, equivalent to a coal-consumption reduction of 3.88...

Baby Born in a Shell in Xuzhou Lifts Veil of Nature; Doctors in Tears

The baby was born on 17 February inside an intact amniotic membrane that had not ruptured, in what was an extremely rare type...

Benchmark Ship for Green Oil Tankers Launched for Sea Trials in Yangzhou

Built at a cost of nearly US$75 million and with a total length of 274 metres, the ship's performance indicators meet the incoming...

Premature Baby Born in Nanjing has Heart Rate of 301 Beats per Minute

Born at 36 weeks with a heart rate of 240 beats per minute, rising to 301 some 12 days later, doctors performed a...

Jiangsu Fines Patent Agency ¥100,000 for Intellectual Property Violations

Dongtai Jinchengshi Patent Agency has been warned and fined by the Jiangsu Provincial Intellectual Property Office in accordance with the law for acting as...

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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