Briefings from Jiangsu

Another Port in Nantong Goes International with New Container Route

The first international, container-shipping route out of Lvsi Qibu Port in Nantong was ushered in on 25 March, with a cargo ship being...

62 Year Old Saves 89 Year Old from Lake’s Freezing Waters in Suzhou

Police in Changshu are applying for an award for Qian Yufen's courageous deeds, after she wasted no time in leaping into a local...

Yangzhou Opens Government Car Parks to Tourists for Free on Weekends 

A total of 1,005 parking spaces in 19 car parks, including the municipal government, have been made available to drivers holding residence outside of...

“Digital Reality Integration” is Aim of Digital Economy Conference in Suzhou

With help from the China Computer Society, the China Digital Economy Industry Development Conference was held in Xiangcheng District of Suzhou on 25...

Nanjing Police Use Drones to Track Down Illegal Opium Farming 

The Public Security Bureau found 817 poppy plants behind a farmer's house in Yeshan of Nanjing's Luhe District. All the opium providers were eradicated.....

Kunshan is First County-level City in China with GDP over 1/2 Trillion

Kunshan’s GDP for 2022 was ¥500.67 billion, while the second and third best GDP-performing counties in China are also in Jiangsu; Jiangyin and...

Taizhou and Italy Use Chamber of Commerce to Foster Future Business 

The Sino-Italian (Hailing) Industrial Cooperation and Exchange Conference looked to boost sustainable development, technology and high-end manufacturing. Full story via this link.

Beer Goes Environmentally Friendly for World Water Day

Jiangsu’s Tianmu Lake Beer now ranks second among Carlsberg's top water-saving breweries in China, with an average-daily reduction of 30 tonnes. Full story...

Disaster Readiness Conference Focuses on Mass Public Health Crises

Detailing experience in dealing with disasters such as COVID, drought, flood, earthquake and chemical-plant explosions was on the conference agenda held in Nanjing....

All 5,000 Places for Marathon in Wuxi Snapped up in 40 minutes 

Li Peng, a teacher from Shanghai, took first place in the Yangshan Half Marathon in Wuxi yesterday, with a time of 1 hour,...

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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