Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

“Living Fossils” Receive Protection as Wuxi Legislates for Ancient Trees

Wuxi’s Municipal Green Committee Office has decreed that trees over 100 years be “Ancient trees”, while those aged 50-100 be “Reserved ancient trees”....
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Huai’an Boy Donates Bone Marrow TWICE to Save Father with Leukemia

In 2014, Wang Xunzhou in Huai’an, then 11, donated 1,200 millilitres of bone marrow to his father with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 9 years...
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17.5 KG 15 Month Old Baby in Suzhou is also 85 CM Tall

Simply “dream grandsons” of many a Chinese grandmother, the baby is described as “moderately obese”. Experts remind that does not necessarily mean good...
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Nanjing Primary School Jogging Team Racks up 500 Kilometres

For the past three summer holidays, joggers with the Experimental Primary School of Nanjing University of Technology ran for a total of 171...
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Stunning Timelapse Photography Shows Yangzhou Flowers Blooming at Night

Purple Cow News captured rain lilies, known in Chinese as “Pang Lili” (胖丽丽) blooming on the evening of 23 August, to then create...
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Blooming Crabapple Stealing the Show in Nanjing’s Mochou Lake Park

In the southwest corner of the Park in front of Tangfanglan Garden, crabapple is often used to decorate flower beds, adding an elegant...
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Which Yangtze River Delta City Boasts Biggest Increase in GDP for 23H1?

Out of 41 prefecture level and above YRD cities, 35 achieved growth rates surpassing the national average of 5.5 percent. Top was Lianyungang,...
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Look out for these Ticks in Nanjing & Stay Away; Mother Dead, Son infected

Common in hilly and forested areas such as Tangshan where the incident occurred, the ticks carry a bunyavirus that can cause multiple-organ dysfunction and...
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Asian Beach Volleyball Intercontinental Cup Comes to Nanjing

With national youth beach volleyball championships underway, the Tangshan International Sand Volleyball Sports Park shall host the Asian Cup on 31 August and...
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400,000th Good Cat Rolls off Production Line in Taizhou on Ora’s 5th Anniversary

The Taizhou Smart Factory on 20 August also saw the roll out of the Good Cat GT Mulan Edition, reinforcing Ora’s commitment to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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