Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

Marriott Opens Sheraton Xuzhou to Serve Cultural & Leisure Tourism Market

In addition to classic Sheraton design, the new hotel features interior spaces inspired by the Han Dynasty, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Wuxi Charity Drive Raises New Historical High of ¥50 Million

295,000 donations were made to the "99 Charity Day”, held between 29 August and 9 September, with many local companies contributing money, materials...
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8 Nanjing Companies Make it to 2023 Top 500 Chinese Private Enterprises List

Nanjing Iron and Steel, Red Sun and Golden Eagle are among those appearing on this year’s list, released by the All-China Federation of...
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Liquor Season Begins as 1st Baijiu of 2023 Flows Forth in Suqian

The 6th Yanghe·Shuanggou Cellar Opening Festival was a grand spectacle on 12 September, with 70,000 fermentation pits opened simultaneously for the new season....
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Italian Soprano to Headline Nanjing Forest Music Festival 2023

Chiara Taigi shall be joined by French concert pianist Michel Dalberto in the Festival taking place at the Music Stage on Purple Mountain...
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Visitors to Nanjing’s Xuanwu Lake Starlight Festival up 20% Year on Year

The Festival, held from 22 July to the end of August, saw visitors go boating, taste street food, wander the creative night markets...
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Bomb Disposal Team Called in after Hand Grenade Found in Taizhou

The Chinese grenade, left over from the war, was found by a villager in Jingjiang City while loosening soil in a greenhouse. EOD...
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Drama, Film, Music, Dance, Calligraphy & Folk Crafts Anchor Culture Festival

The 2023 Zijin Culture and Art Festival kicked off in Yancheng on 11 September, with 4 months of activities to be also held...
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Air Raid Sirens to Sound across Jiangsu on 92nd Anniversary of Mukden Incident

Tests of the air-raid warning system on 18 September coincide with the anniversary of the 1931 event staged by the Japanese military for...
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Cathay Pacific to Fly Daily to/from Nanjing from 1 November

In addition to Nanjing, the Hong Kong flag carrier, established in 1946, has announced it shall also extend its services to be daily...
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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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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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