Briefings from Jiangsu

New Jiangsu Province Cemetery Management Measures Take Effect 1 April

As Tomb Sweeping Day approaches and to promote ecological burials, the Measures stipulate areas of no more than 0.5 and 0.8 sqm for...

Changzhou Living Aid Products Producer Sees IPO on NASDAQ

Changzhou-based, wheelchair manufacturer, Jin Medical International Ltd., went live on the NASDAQ stock exchange on 28 March, with the stock code, ZJYL. Full...

German Firm Puts US$50 million into Vacuum Headquarters in Wuxi

28 March saw the agreement for the Pfeiffer Vacuum Asia Pacific Headquarters signed that is expected to generate an annual revenue of ¥2...

Police in Lianyungang Patrol with Vest Mounted LED Public Announcements 

Police in Haizhou District have debuted the screens worn by officers featuring slogans reminding citizens as to good behaviour regarding parking, dog walking...

400 International Taekwondo Practitioners Vie for Spots at Paris 2024

Getting underway today, 30 March, the World Taekwondo (Wuxi) Centre is the venue for deciding eight of the 128 seats for the sport...

Supermodel Lynn Xiong Brings Nanjing’s Deji Plaza to Standstill

42-year old mother of two, Xiong Dailin, the Hong Kong-based supermodel, was back in her hometown yesterday, bringing locals out in hoards to...

Appeal by Parents Fails in Zhenjiang River Sluice Gate Drowning Incident

A court in Yangzhong in has denied an appeal for compensation by parents of a student who drowned last June in a river...

Lilac Abounds as Peach Blossom Festival Opens in Xuzhou’s Jiawang District

With 1.6 million peach trees, the banks of Dugong Lake were the scene for the opening ceremony of the 14th Xuzhou Jiawang Peach...

Swedish Ambassador to China Helena Sångeland joins Low Carbon Forum 

Business Sweden and truck giant, Scania, have together hosted the International Conference on Low Carbon Sustainable Development in Nantong. Full story via this link.

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Visits Nanjing Pursuing Peace 

In Nanjing’s Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum yesterday, Ma bowed to a statue of Sun, saying the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should work...

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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