Briefings from Jiangsu

New Hyatt Hits Hexi in Nanjing; Welcome Andaz to the Southern Capital

Hyatt Hotels announced on 26 April the opening of their latest property in China, the Andaz Nanjing Hexi, located on Bailongjiang Dong Jie...

Nantong Opens 670 Hectare Solar Power Facility on a Fish Farm

Wish fish and shrimp breeding beneath, the facility has an installed capacity of 665 megawatts, saving 253.75 million tons of coal and 1.05...

Nanjing’s 23Q1 GDP = ¥423.024 billion; 5.2% Year-on-Year Increase

23Q1production of NEVs, PV cells, industrial robots, lithium-ion batteries and other new products show growth rates of 124.3, 67.1, 54.6, and 49.9 percent,...

Companies Shamed for Serious Fire Hazards in all 13 Cities of Jiangsu

A lack of indoor fire hydrant systems and water therein, the stacking of debris in emergency exits and the failure of automatic fire...

Number is Number 8 on May Day Top Ten Destinations List 

Train ticket sales have revealed the top ten; Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Nanjing, Changsha, and Chongqing.  Full story via this...

Life of Zhou Enlai Chronicled in Newspaper Exhibition Opens in Nanjing

Dating back to 1919 when the future former Premier was editor of the Tianjin Student Union Daily, the exhibition contains 100+ vintage newspapers....

Longtouzhu Scenic “Paradise” Opens in Wuxi for May Day Visitors

Longtouzhu is a peninsula formed by Dachu Mountain winding its way into Lake Tai, located to the south of Mashan, covering an area...

Driverless Courier Deliveries Just a Step away in Yancheng

ZTO Express and Neolix have teamed up for "final 5 K” automated delivery; 100 driverless vehicles are projected to achieve an annual volume...

Taxi Drivers Urged to Welcome May Day Guests with Enthusiastic Service

The Nanjing transportation department symposium sought to further improve the quality of taxi services, calling on drivers to resist illegal and erratic behaviour....

3.1 Magnitude 11 Kilometre Deep Earthquake Hits Yangzhou

The quake, which struck at 09:39 today, 27 April, in Jiangdu District of Yangzhou, exceeds the largest ever recorded in Nanjing, dating from...

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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