Briefings from Jiangsu

1,000 Year Old Cycads Bloom in Nanjing’s Xuanwu Lake

As one of the world's most-ancient species, seven male cycads are in bloom, with buds shaped like corn cobs, in Liangzhou Bonsai Garden,...

Atmospheric Science among New Majors Rolled out by Nanjing Universities

Robotics engineering, intelligent construction, flexible electronics and occupational health also feature in the recently announced enrolment policies for 2023. Full story via this...

Yangzhou Removes Fake “Hades” Place Name but “Coffin Jump” Remains

After complaints, Yangzhou authorities have deleted the name “阴曹地府” (Hades) from ride-hailing platforms. “棺材跳” (Coffin Jump) is, however, a local place name. Full...

Nantong Holds “Forklift Masters” Testing Theory and Practical

Puncturing balloons and depositing basketballs in buckets were among the tasks assigned to 53 forklift drivers in the championships held on 25 June...

Wuxi opens 2,700 Summer Holiday Parking Spaces in Schools to General Public

Now with 2.6 million vehicles, increasing annually by 100,000, Wuxi policy also requires government agencies/institutions to make 20 percent of spaces available. Full...

Suzhou Sees Work Start on “China’s First Urban High Speed Rail Tunnel”

Ground has been broken on the entrance to the 11.82-kilometre long Suzhou East Tunnel beside Yangcheng Lake, as part of the new Nantong-Ningbo...

Nanjing Drafts Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Legislation

Cultivating TCM practitioners to inherit the craft and popularising TCM knowledge are the key points in the regs submitted to the Nanjing Municipal...

Cultural & Tourism Promotion Launched as Nantong Sendi Snow Park Opens

21 June saw Nantong’s cultural and tourism department seize the holiday window to kick off the 2023 “Summer Fun - Nantong is Waiting...

More People Donate Blood in Changzhou than anywhere in China

With the national average for blood donors 11.5 per thousand, Changzhou stands tall at 28.6; among the City’s 50,000 blood donors, 720 are...

Jiangsu’s Income during Dragon Boat Festival up 15.3% on 2019

18.81 million domestic tourists stopped by Jiangsu during the holiday, a year-on-year increase of 117.7 percent, leaving in their wake some ¥19.1 billion....

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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