Briefings from Jiangsu

1st Anchorage of Seagoing Vessel Upstream of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

Costal Patrol guided the "Changqing XX" into Nanjing Meishan Port’s No. 31 berth on 3 September, as part of efforts to address the...

Real Estate Developer in Yangzhou Fined ¥180,000 for Giving away Free Cars

The Jiangdu developer, offering ¥50,000 Wuling Hongguang Mini EV Macarons for house purchases in a lottery, was fined under China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law....

Police Lend Free Helmets to E-bike Riders in Suqian (after Fining them)

Officers also visited schools to lend helmets to children who lacked them. The helmets can be returned later to any of three local...

Pig Farm Stinks; Changzhou Sets up Task Force to Tackle Breeding Odors

Changzhou Economic Development Zone’s Ecological Environment Branch is behind the tackling of pollution-control shortcomings that plague enterprises. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Sheep Festival in Xuzhou Sells 32 Million Kilograms of Lamb 

Data emerging from the 2023 Xuzhou Pengzu Fuyang Festival, held from 10 July to 9 August, shows 10 key monitored catering firms saw a...

Â¥1 Million Salary up for Grabs as Suqian Releases Talent Recruitment Plan

High level talent is sought for the solar new energy, green food, green home, new materials, high-end textiles and electromechanical equipment industries in...

Business Booms for Bun Selling Boy in Nanjing; 2 Steamed Buns for ¥0.5!

28-year-old Sha Chenglei has a master's degree from Nanjing Audit University, but prefers his steamed-bun shop in Tangshan where queues of seniors form...

Taxi Driver goes Viral for Returning ¥100,000 in Cash Found on Back Seat

Yang Yuchun, from Funing in Yancheng and a taxi driver in Wuxi for 10 years, refused any gratuity for returning the cash, other...

Table Tennis Championships Curtailed to Comply with 2024 Paris Olympics

China’s national table tennis championships in Yangzhou are now to be held over 7 days instead of 10, from 9-15 October, while the...

Familiarisation Briefing Helps Students Departing Nanjing for Study in the UK

Supported by the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy in the UK, the meeting provided essential life-in-the-UK info to those in the 2023...

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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