Briefings from Jiangsu

Briefings from Jiangsu

Young Delivery Rider Jumps to Death from Bridge in Huai’an

A 20-year-old take-out delivery rider jumped into a river in Huai’an on 23 Feb., and did not survive. He had left his bike...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Retiree who Lost Son to Illness works 4 Years to Pay off His Debts

A 71-year-old man in Lianyungang has finally succeeded in working for 4 years, morning to night, to pay off his dead son’s debts...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Millions Change Hands in Examination Question Leak Scandal

27 people have been sentenced in Suqian for leaking the answers to the National Class II Constructor Qualification examination and profiting therefrom. Full...
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Nanjing Intellectual Property Data Centre Propels City to Pilot Status

Nanjing is among the first ten cities and districts selected to pilot intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and was first to establish an...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Rare Dalmatian Pelicans Spend Winter on Yancheng Wetlands

Of the 150 or so Dalmatian pelicans in east Asia, seven have spent the winter in the UNESCO World Heritage site that is...
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Macau and Wuxi Seek to Ramp up Tourism and Culture

Further cultural and tourism exchanges between Wuxi and Macau are on the agenda after a delegation from Jiangsu visited the enclave on 23...
Briefings from Jiangsu

Suzhou to Open Giant Indoor Ski Park Complete with Club Med

Club Med is set to open its fourth property in China in the coming months, adjacent to a new major-indoor ski resort, the...
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Classical Star Maps on Display in Astronomical Exhibition

Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing is hosting an astronomical exhibition which includes the world's oldest scientific star map, dating from the Tang Dynasty....
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Electric Bike Catches Fire; 70 others Burnt to a Crisp

An electric bike caught fire in a private enterprise’s shared parking shed on 23 February in Zhenjiang, quickly spreading to adjacent bikes. All...
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Jiangsu Takes Top Place for Photovoltaic Power Generation in China

Jiangsu installed another 5.925 million kilowatts of capacity for photovoltaic power generation last year, bringing the total to 25.085 million kilowatts, top in...
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Local Reviews

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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...
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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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Surprises all Round as Culinary Superlative Lands in Nanjing

They brought us a bowl of rice. And that was it. Fortunately, by the time we got over how...

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