Briefings from Jiangsu

Nanjing Dating Agency is Big Hit Finding Marriage Partners in Fast Paced World

Nanjing Aidu has hit the headlines for its track record in finding true love through blind dates; the firm thoroughly researches their clients...

Suzhou Completes World’s First Hydrogen Powered Part Bus, Part Tram 

Without the need to lay tracks, the Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) for Sarawak's capital city, Kuching, in Malaysia, is touted as the future...

Yangzhou East Railway Station Passenger Flow Mistakes Acknowledged

Xia Zhengdong, director of the Yangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau, said difficulties in getting a taxi are due to the insufficient estimation of passenger...

Nantong Sees Football Hooliganism Erupt in Match with Shandong Taishan

The sending off of Jia Desong ignited a powder keg on both sides, leading to the referee issuing eight yellow cards and fans...

Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Attends Yakult Opening in Wuxi

Japanese sweetened-probiotic milk beverage, Yakult, opened its second factory in Wuxi on 14 July, with a production capacity of 900,000 bottles every day....

Alcohol Fuelled Summer Carnival is Enormous Hit in Lianyungang

The rock ’n’ roll and drinking challenges at the 6th Beer Culture Festival that kicked off on 15 July at Xinpu Plaza in...

US Electronics Heavyweight’s New Plant in Changzhou is First in Asia

The opening of Creation Technologiies’ 15,000 square metre plant in Wujin National High-tech Zone was witnessed in person by the firm’s CEO, Stephen...

Jiangsu Doubles Down on Internet Fraud; Download Guidelines as PDF File

With telecom fraud the nation’s fastest growing crime, the Jiangsu PSB has produced a 28 page, 35.6MB PDF, for the public to download...

Classic Chinese Movie Projected onto Suzhou City Wall!

“A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box” was shown in the Suzhou Panmen Scenic Area on 15 July as part of a China...

Snake Trapped in Bird Cage in Huai’an; Had Eaten 2 Parrots

A resident of Yingdong Development Zone went to give his birds water on 12 July; in their place was a snake bloated sufficiently...

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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