Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

Cool off as Nanjing Opens Air Raid Shelters 10:00-17:00 Every Day

As per summer tradition, a total of seven air raid shelters in Nanjing were opened to the public for free yesterday, offering a...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Suzhou Hosts China-Singapore Youth Development Forum

Over 100 young people from the two countries took part in the 10 July Forum, fostering youth empowerment, innovation and working experience exchanges....
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Scoot to add 3 More Daily Services on Flights between Nanjing & Singapore

First promised to be a reality in March, now it’s finally happening. Flight TR183 will supplement the daily TR181 with services on Tuesdays,...
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Wuxi Rail Freight to Europe in 23H1 almost Double all of 2022

A China Railway Express freight service departing for Moscow on 5 July from Wuxi West Railway Station took its exports for the year...
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Suzhou Holds 15th Elite Entrepreneurship Week and 4th Scientist Day

Suzhou released its global science, innovation and postdoctoral talent search, and launched the “Suzhou Talent Digital Backpack”, yesterday, 10 July. Full story (in...
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Nanjing Metro & Siemens Behind World’s First Cloud Signalling System

Cloud computing, 5G communication and Internet of Things tech have revamped century-old signal technology on Nanjing Metro Line S6, the City’s link with...
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Check out the 100,000 Crape Myrtle Trees in Full Bloom in Yangzhou

The trees are to be found along several of Yangzhou’s expressways, while the oldest crape myrtle tree, at 177 years, grows in the...
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World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant in Lianyungang Gets National Inspections

Dong Baotong, Administrator of the NNSA, visited the Tianwan Nuclear Power Base Unit 1 main control room and the construction site of Units...
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Yancheng Wheat Harvest Hits Record High; 50% of Jiangsu’s Entire Output

The area in Yancheng City on which wheat is harvested stands at 40,133 hectares, producing 308,000 tonnes of wheat, an increase of 11.31...
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Summer Fun in Suzhou as Upgraded Water World Reopens to Public

Tickets to the Suzhou Amusement Land Forest Waterworld (苏州乐园森林水世界) are priced ¥138 (children), ¥158 (evening only) and ¥198 (whole day). Full story (in...
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Local Reviews

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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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