Briefings from Jiangsu

Changzhou Tackles Mother & Baby Rooms Full of “Sundries”

Few and far between in the first place, prosecutors from the Liyang City Procuratorate in Changzhou found local mother and baby rooms to...

Global Capital of Crayfish Launches 23rd International Festival

Xuyi County in Huai’an of Jiangsu put its mark on the world stage for crayfish. With a population of 800,000, therein are 210,000...

First of its Kind in China; Wind & Solar Power Join Hands with Farming in Yancheng

Large coastal mudflats in the Dongtai Coastal Economic Zone in Yancheng are the home for the unique combination of fish farming together with...

308,500 Rural Households in Northern Jiangsu Given Improved Toilets

A meeting held in Xinyi of Xuzhou City on 13 June saw Jiangsu authorities vow to continue to promote the improvement of rural...

Heating up in the North? Jiangsu Summer May be Hottest since 1850

Scientists are predicting a 50/50 chance of a medium-length El Niño event, breaking temperature records. To date, 2016 was the warmest year on...

After the “Gaokao” Comes College & University Consulting Expo in Nanjing

The 2023 China Jiangsu Yangtze Evening News Higher Education Expo & College Admissions Consultation Meeting shall be held in the Nanjing International Expo...

6 Cities in Jiangsu Join “High Speed Rail Courier” Network using Passenger Trains

Nanjing, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou have become the first batch of “high-speed rail courier” cities, offering door-door deliveries within just 4 hours....

Hot Sliding Tests Underway on New Nanjing-Shanghai High Speed Line

Having been electrified recently, a test train now runs along the new line’s tracks checking connectivity between overhead catenary and the train’s pantograph....

How Many People in Nanjing Participate in Donating Blood? 

Today, 14 June, is the 20th World Blood Donor Day. Nanjing Red Cross is predicting that the city's blood donation rate per 1,000...

Nanjing Urban Flood Control Gets High Tech Makeover

The upgrade to systems in Jiangning District uses video surveillance and big data analysis to improve risk forecasting, early warning and emergency-response capabilities....

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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