Briefings from Jiangsu

New Xuzhou Theme Park Gets Dedicated Public Bus Route

Making it easier for citizens to travel to Xuzhou Fantawild Park (方特乐园), Xuzhou Public Transport Group opened the trial operation of Fantawild Bus...

First Steel Box Girder Section Hoisted for New Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing

Hoisting for all sections on the Xianxin Road Yangtze River Bridge, a suspension bridge with a main span of 1,760 metres, the will...

Changzhou Tied for 4th Place in Hurun China New Energy Cities 2023 List

The scale of Changzhou's new-energy industry is to top ¥650 billion this year, while the City’s output of new-energy vehicles is expected to...

Lianyungang Drives Night Economy by Saving Consumers’ Money

Caterers have launched a large number of discounted packages. Following the Lianyungang government’s lead in issuing ¥3.3 million of consumption coupons. Full story...

Zhang Jian and Nantong Art Research Exhibition Selected for Curator Support

The Nantong project is the only one in Jiangsu selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the 2023 National Art Museum...

Nanjing-Sydney Flights Back in the Skies from 18 July

China Eastern Airlines flight MU791 shall fly out of Nanjing on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 19:10, returning as MU792 at 12:00 on...

Fake Monk Accosts Woman in Huai’an; Police Investigate

Religious authorities have denied the man dressed as a monk, who hugged a woman on a street in Qingjiangpu District on 5 June,...

Driving Test Applications in Zhenjiang up 10 Fold after College Entrance Exam

On June 12, the first working day after the “gaokao”, the number of applicants for a driving test in the Zhenjiang Vehicle Management...

Nantong Celebrates Blue Calico in Chinese Folk Culture Rescue Project

The release of the “Chinese Blue Printed Cloth Cultural Archives; Nantong Volume” was timed to coincide with China’s 18th Cultural and Natural Heritage...

China-Europe (Asia) Connecting Train “Yancheng” Boosts BRI Trade

The first Europe-bound train out of Yancheng departed on 16 June, packed with lighting and chemical equipment for Russia and Uzbekistan, a journey...

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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