Briefings from Jiangsu

Surveillance Video Disappears after Man Injured in Nanjing Shopping Mall Lift

A Mr. Song’s left arm and pectoral muscle were numb and accompanied by pain after receiving an electric shock from the lift in...

Downpours Hit Northern Jiangsu Hard; 200+ MM in Some Places

In the 24 hours from 05:00 on 27 August, the cities of Huai’an, Yancheng and Suqian experienced over 50 mm of rainfall. Top...

Huai’an Residents Forced to Buy Underground Parking Spaces

A violation of regulations is suspected after residents’ anger at the completion of their local rural-housing-improvement complex and mandatory ¥1,000 per sqm parking...

NUAA Freshers have Baggage Carried by Driverless Vehicles to Dorms

"Nanhang" has enrolled another 10,000 students this new academic year. As they started showing up, they and their parents were surprised by the...

Whoops! UK’s The Sunday Times Mislabels Shanghai as Nanjing in Photo Caption

The respected newspaper ran a story alleging the “unravelling of China’s economic miracle” on 27 August, with a photo of Nanjing Dong Lu...

2 Gold Medals for Nantong in International School Sport Federation Gymnasiade

Dai Shuxin and Ding Zhuhui from Rugao Foreign Language School were among China’s winners in Brazil during the U15 Gymnasiade, for girls’ discuss...

69 Year Old in Zhenjiang Recovering after Heart was Stopped for 40 Minutes

The woman, having come to Yangzhong People's Hospital with palpitations, tightness in her chest and a shortness of breath, was given a temporary...

International AI Organisation Elects Nanjing University Professor as New Chair

Zhou Zhihua was elected on 25 August, at the 32nd International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence held in Macau, as the second Chinese...

Fetomaternal Hemorrhage Cause of Newborn’s Anemia in Yangzhou

After recording a hemoglobin level of only 58g/L, the baby successfully received a blood transfusion. Back with her mother, the family presented a...

Digital Transportation Forum Talks all Things Smart in Yancheng

The Forum, held on 26 August, promotes the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of infrastructure such as roads, ports and waterways, as well...

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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