Briefings from Jiangsu

Forget 5G, Next is 6G; Conference Empowers Digital Transformation

Speeds as fast as 200 GB per second have been the subject of forward-looking research at the 2023 Global 6G Technology Conference in...

13 Foreigners Among Thousands Signed up for Suqian Marathon

12,000 people are expected to take part in the 2023 Suqian Marathon Jinan Grand Canal Marathon Series that is now confirmed to go...

Evening Break in to Girls Dormitory Earns Nantong Student Expulsion

Nantong University confirmed on 23 March that a male student surnamed Zhang has been expelled after breaking in to a female students’ dormitory...

3.5 Kilometres & 5,052 Cherry Blossoms Gives Nanjing World Record

The World Record Certification Agency (WRCA) has confirmed Nanjing’s Muyan Binjiang Scenic Area as the “world's largest riverside cherry blossom viewing belt”. Full story...

Postal Savings Bank of China in Nanjing Promises Creditors ¥2.43 Million Back

The Jiangning sub branch of the Savings Bank is promising to remain law abiding and to strictly follow the court’s judgment in a...

Germany’s Largest Port to See Freight Trains Arrive from Wuxi in Jiangsu

Train services to Hamburg were the focus of the China-Europe Railway Express (China-Germany) Economic & Trade Conference which opened in Wuxi on 21 March....

World Water Day Marked as Xuzhou Faces Enormous Aquatic Challenges

Xuzhou used World Water Day as an opportunity to address imbalances between water supply and demand at the City’s China University of Mining...

Yangzhou Begs Locals to Resist Scenic Spots; Make Way for Tourists

Municipal authorities in Yangzhou issued a notice last week advocating citizens to avoid car parks, travel green and “give way to tourists from...

Jiangsu Looks to Postdoctoral Talents to Address Major Technical Difficulties

The Jiangsu Department of Human Resources & Social Security has released a list seeking top candidates worldwide for the 2023 Excellent Postdoctoral Program....

Quest for Hot Pics Drives Photographers into Life or Death Situations

People hungry for social media pics of Nanjing’s cherry blossom have risked death by crossing six-lane, high-speed roads for snaps from the central...

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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