Briefings from Jiangsu

New Energy Cruise Ship, Made in Wuxi, to Debut in Hangzhou for Asian Games

The ship, intended to add lustre to the low-carbon, environmentally friendly and ecological Asian Games, began its final round of re-inspection on 31...

She Lost Half Her Weight; Stressed Nanjing Girl has BMI of only 12

Life anxieties and the College Entrance Exam were responsible for the 167-cm girl’s weight loss from 70 kg to 33.6 kg; she gained back 16.7...

Gambling Addiction Cracked by Man in Zhenjiang; Police Give Him Movie Ticket

The man, surnamed Hu, received a ticket to the 2023 Chinese crime thriller, "No More Bets”, after he thanked them for stopping his...

450 Firms, Many from Abroad, Join Silk Road Logistics Expo in Lianyungang

Germany, Turkey and many Central Asian countries were among 23 with a presence at the Silk Road International Logistics Expo which launched on...

Girl with Ectopic Pregnancy in Huai’an Loses 4 Litres of Blood

With an undetectable blood pressure and a heart rate of just 30 beats/min, surgeons needed to remove the 19-year old girl’s left fallopian tube...

Dating Scammer Arrested after Swindling Nantong Lady out of ¥380,000

The scammer had used the prospect of marriage to a Miss Li to ask her to transfer the money to a designated bank...

First Time Ever Rare Sinian Crow Finch Found Raising Chicks in Xuzhou

Photographers discovered this important, rare and precious indicator of biodiversity unique to China in the Pan’an Lake National Wetland Park in Jiawang District...

His Girlfriend Died & So He went Missing for 30 Years; Solved!

Police have finally traced the family of man who had no identity to Yancheng; he left home in anger 30 years ago after...

Fukushima Fallout; Seafood Prices in Jiangsu Spike by 20%

Fishermen in ports such as Lianyungang are trying to remain optimistic after prices returned to more or less normal since a bought of...

Lighthouse Escapes Damage as Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Nantong

Lacking any cargo, the Anhui, Tongling-registered, Changneng 6588, ran aground on the spit of land off the Dragon Claw Cliffs in the Yangtze...

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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