Briefings from Jiangsu

Purple Mountain Astronomers Update Picture of Milky Way taken from Above

The new image covers the spiral arm structure of molecular gas at about 2/3 azimuth, at a galactic core distance of about 8-26...

Xinghua City’s Population Declines by 12,300; Falling Birth Rate in Part to Blame

With a permanent population 1.1103 million at the end of 2024, the decrease can be attributed to a birth rate of just 2.96...

Kunshan’s GDP outperforms Suzhou as “China’s Strongest County Level City”

GDP for Kunshan last year was ¥538 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent, higher than that of Suzhou, at 6.0 percent, and Jiangsu...

Two Rappers in Yangzhou Release Music Video to Promote City

Zhu Baoxing and Liang Wansan are the two young singers who say they recorded their song, “Hand in Hand”, in Yangzhou Dialect so...

Playground in Zhenjiang Burnt to a Crisp by Young Boys Playing with Fire

Located on the riverfront in Sipailou Sub District of Jingkou District, the fire broke out at 22:30 on 5 February. Police estimate the...

What was the Most Popular Tourist Attraction in China this Spring Festival Holiday?

The China Tourism Academy revealed on 5 February that among the top ten tourist attractions in the country, Nanjing’s Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenic Area...

Long Holiday Drives Record Numbers of Flights & Passengers at Nanjing Lukou

Nanjing Airport operated 5,278 flights over the longer CNY holiday, seeing 761,000 passengers, with an average outbound load factor of 87.9 percent. Passenger...

Which Cities in Jiangsu Experienced the Most & Least Growth in 2024 GDP?

Data released on 7 February by the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Statistics for all 13 cities in the Province shows that Huai’an’s GDP grew...

2025 to be Key Year for Nanjing Metro with 3 Lines Set to Open

This year will in all likelihood see the length of the Nanjing Metro network exceed 500 kilometres, to potential rank 7 in all...

Business in Suzhou Scenic Spot Accused of Using Fire Fighting Water to Cook for Tourists

The Wuzhong District Market Supervision Bureau is investigating the accused business in the Shihu Scenic Area after a local resident took a video...

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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