Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

Gaokao is Coming! Dates and Locations Announced for Tests in Jiangsu

Many cities in our province have revealed the testing location for the much-dreaded “gaokao”, or college entrance exams, to be held in Jiangsu...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Skinny Animals and Messy Environment Drives Park to Closure

Xuzhou Hancheng Park has been closed following tourists reports that animals therein were “skinny and bony”, while there was also a bear with...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Money King Standard Implemented by Tourism Authorities in Lianyungang

The standard, entering effect on 1 September, stipulates materials used in Monkey King statues should meet national-safety standards and be uniform in appearance....
Briefings from Jiangsu

C919 Aircraft Makes its Debut at Nanjing Lukou International Airport

As competitor to the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320, China’s Comac C919 flew into Lukou for the first time as China Eastern Airlines...
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Nanjing Schools Move to Ban Cars after Teacher Crushes student in Wuhan

Following the 23 May death of a first-year student in primary school, four Nanjing primary schools have moved to ensure vehicles and people...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Siemens Opens First of its Kind Artificial Intelligence Lab in Suzhou

Opened on 24 May, the Siemens Yangtze River Delta AI Lab in Suzhou is a partnership with the Suzhou Science and Technology Town...
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New Nanjing Art Museum Tops in National Engineering Award

150 projects are selected each year for the “China Steel Structure Gold Award”, among which the new Museum was one of only three...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Jiangsu’s Electric Car Exports up 552.6% from January thru April

ASEAN, Europe and the Middle East comprised the main destinations for vehicular exports from Jiangsu, as a whole totalling ¥7.26 billion, an increase...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Media from Namibia Drop in on Suzhou to Check out 10th Anniversary of BRI

Namibian Today, the Namibia Press Agency and the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation were among the media visiting Suzhou which is twinned with Windhoek. Full...
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Breakfast Tea is Highlight of Cuisine Festival in Yangzhou

Yangzhou is famed for its breakfast tea, the equivalent of English afternoon tea, complete with snacks. The 5th China Zaocha Culture Festival runs...
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Local Reviews

Matt Ford -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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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