Briefings from Jiangsu

Nanjing Signs Half Spanish Half Taiwanese Chinese Football Veteran

Centre back and defender, Yaki Yen, has signed for Nanjing City Football Club, after his win in the Chinese Super League championship with...

“How How” is Huge Hit Teaching People How to Book a Train Ticket

Shanghai born Nanjing resident, 28-year old, Zhang Mengzhen, has gained more than 3 million followers on Douyin with her series of videos teaching...

Heads up Hanfu Fans! Visit Changzhou Museum for Ming Dynasty Clothing

“Costumes and Accessories from Ming Dynasty” is the title of a special exhibition in the Changzhou Museum co-organised with the Taizhou Museum, until...

Southeast University Professors Back from 5-month Stay at South Pole

On 3 April, China's 39th Antarctic expedition returned from the South Pole. On board the “Snow Dragon” were Ge Jian and Zhang Kanjian...

Neolithic Tiger Patterned Stone Axe Excavated in Yixing

Unearthed at the Dinggeng archeological dig in Wuxi, the axe, engraved with tiger, cloud and bird patterns, dating back 4,300 years, has attracted...

Temporary Closure of Nanjing Metro Zhongsheng Station Exit 2C

To facilitate construction of the south section of Nanjing Metro Line 7, the entrance and exit 2C of Zhongsheng Station on Line 10...

New Tech Focus of 7th International Display Technology Conference

The need for displays with higher resolution, wider viewing angle and better colour reproduction, was addressed at the Conference held in Nanjing on...

Building a Pharmaceutical Port is Aim of Conference in Lianyungang 

Experts and academics gathered on 1 April seeking industrial development at the 6th China (Lianyungang) International Pharmaceutical Technology Conference. Full story via this...

Nanjing Adopts Digital RMB; 332,000 Personal & Corporate Wallets

Nanjing is ranking top in Jiangsu for adoption of the Digital RMB, with 310,000 personal wallets, 22000 corporate wallets, and approximately 730,000 transactions....

Ethiopians Triumphant with Men’s and Women’s Titles in Suqian Marathon

Out of 12,000 runners competing on 2 April, Amanuel Teshome Terefe won the men’s title and Betelhem Haji Serb the women’s, setting competition...

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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