Briefings from Jiangsu

Young Nanjing Man Hits Headlines for Driving around the World

Nanjing man, Chen Yu, resigned from his job 3 years ago and has since clocked up 78,000 kilometres driving through 36 countries in...

China’s Largest Floating Crane Delivered; Can Lift 4,000 Tonnes

Floating crane and transport vessel, SS Qinhanggong 5000, was delivered out of Qidong in Nantong on 18 February, 182 metres in length and...

Video of Power Plant Worker Rescuing Stork up 53 Metre Tower goes Viral

After villagers in Yancheng reported an oriental white stork stuck atop an electricity pylon, a power plant worker climbed the 53-metre tower to...

Massive Liquified Natural Gas Storage Facility Passes Construction Milestone

16 February saw pile driving for the foundations of a pair of 200,000 cubic-metre-capacity LNG storage tanks completed on Sunshine Island in Nantong’s...

¥20 Billion in Annual Sales Projected from Laser Co.’s New Facility

Han’s Laser, the world's largest industrial laser manufacturer is investing over ¥10 billion in a 53.3-hectare plant in Zhangjiagang to produce 60-70 percent...

Huai’an to Distribute ¥6.4 Million to those in Need by Month End

A price subsidy linkage mechanism in Huai’an has triggered a windfall of ¥6.4 million for 117,400 people, including orphans and those on minimum...

Danish Consul Attends Signing Ceremony for Robot Welding Base in Nantong

Nim Tech of Denmark and Shanghai-based Zhongxun Tech are to work together building a welding robot and system integration R&D base in Nantong....

Flights between Nanjing and Singapore to Increase to 10 per Week

Singapore-based budget carrier, Scoot, is to fly Nanjing-Singapore every day from 26 March, followed by two daily flights on three days per week...

South America Buys Hi-Go Electric Vehicles from Xuzhou

A fleet of Hi-Go, three-wheeled, electric vehicles produced by the Huaihai Holding Group of Xuzhou has been exported to Peru and other South...

5G Coverage to Come to Entire Nanjing-Shanghai High-Speed Line in 2023

Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation announced on 17 February to implement 5G coverage across the length of the Shanghai-Nanjing railway. Full story via...

Local Reviews

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,...

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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