Briefings from Jiangsu

Huawei Adopts Italian Design Touch for New Smart Home Stores

12 March saw electronics-behemoth, Huawei, open four smart-home-experience stores in Jiangsu; in Xuzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou and Yancheng. Full story via this link.

Crackdown on Harassment Calls Infringing Citizens’ Personal Information

Suqian Public Security Bureau held a press conference yesterday to reveal their anti personal information infringement work, including the capture of 211 suspects....

Secret “油条” Recipe Lands Street Vendor with Detention & Huge Fine

A dough-stick vendor in Zhenjiang has been handed a 6-month detention and a ¥21,000 fine for selling the breakfast food with 11 times...

Complaints Fall 6.43% as Nanjing Consumers Give Thumbs up

On International Consumer Rights Day, it was yesterday revealed that nearly 90 percent of Nanjingers casting a vote are satisfied with the consumption...

Waterways around Xuzhou set for ¥846 Million Shot in the Arm this Year

Xuzhou, hub of the Huaihai Economic Zone and northern Jiangsu powerhouse, will pump ¥206 million and ¥640 million into building waterways and ports,...

UAE is Stop on Trade Fair Circuit for Xuzhou Firms

Three trade fairs in the United Arab Emirates have been the destinations for over 20 enterprises out of Xuzhou, in a trip organised...

Illegal Fishing Target of New Fishery Protection Campaign

Nanjing is to focus on river ports, docks and estuaries to prevent illegal fishing and will quickly investigate and punish the illegal sale...

Nanjing Schools Celebrate Pi Day to 100 Decimal Places

A Nanjing primary school has marked Pi Day with some students proving they can recite the mathematical constant to 100 decimal places, improving...

440,000 TEUs on 5,000 Trains out of Jiangsu’s Lianyungang

The 5,000th China-Europe freight train out of the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Base in Lianyungang has begun its journey, departing on 13 March. Full story...

Book Your Place in the Xianlin Half Marathon for 2023 Now!

Registration is now open for the 2023 Nanjing Xianlin Half Marathon to take place on 9 April in Yangshan Park. 12,000 runners are...

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,...

More from around Jiangsu