Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

Past Saturday Breaks Records for Passenger Trips on Nanjing Metro

Spring brought people out in their masses over the weekend to scenic spots and shopping malls, with 3.527 million trips made on the...
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International Cherry Blossom Festival Kicks off in World’s Top 3 Scenic Area

Reputed as Lake Tai’s top attraction and home to more than 30,000 cherry trees, the 2023 Wuxi Yuantouzhu International Cherry Blossom Festival lasts...
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Nanjing Buildings from 0 to 10 in Unique Photo Mission

Fang Fei (@小飞718) used a drone to form a collection of aerial photographs of Nanjing’s buildings representing the digits from 0 thru 10....
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Lianyungang Lady Sews Tiger Shoes into 22 National Patents

Ma Guilan from Guanyun County has studied the craft of sewing tiger shoes for 20 years, combining tradition and modernity to win 22...
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Delivery Bike Riders as Freshers Majoring in Logistics Management

The “Learning to Realise Dreams” initiative has seen 37 courier riders enrolled in Changzhou Institute of Technology. A bachelor’s degree awaits those who...
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Sky Trains are Biggest Draw at Urban Rail Transit Exhibition

The 16th Shanghai International Railway and Urban Rail Transit Exhibition (Nanjing) has showed that hanging monorails are soon to become a frequent reality...
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Name Change Rumour for Sunan Shuofang International Airport Quashed

After passengers saw "Wuxi Suzhou Airport” on signage, the Airport moved quickly to deny a name change was in the works. Its three-letter...
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Key Laboratory Status is Target in New Education Plan in Nanjing

Jiangning District of Nanjing is to promote the sharing of educational resources by colleges and universities in order to establish a State Key...
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¥350,000 Fine for Hairy Crab Producer Selling Underweight Produce

Jiangsu’s biggest consumer-rights offender in 2022 was busted after spot checks on Tmall vendors by Xiangcheng District Market Supervision Bureau of Suzhou. Full...
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Come See for Yourself Says “2023 Flower Appreciation Announcement”!

Experts in flora, Nanjing Forestry University, threw open its gates yesterday to the pubic to come and appreciate the cherry blossom therein. Lasts...
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Local Reviews

Matt Ford -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
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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...
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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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