Briefings from Jiangsu

Alzheimer’s Disease Gold Standard Diagnosis at Hospital in Nanjing is 1st in Jiangsu

The Department of Nuclear Medicine of Nanjing First Hospital has adopted the advanced technologies of Aβ-PET and Tau-PET in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's...

Yonghui Supermarket Loses ¥1.4 Billion in 2024; Even Worse than 2023

A 14 January announcement by the Suqian-based firm blamed the overall challenges faced by the retail industry and the early pains brought about...

Nanjing Metro to Operate Late in to the Night over CNY but Restrictions Apply

All of Nanjing Metro’s lines except Line 10 and Line S6 will operate later last trains at weekends, while those on Line 1...

429,447 People Register for Wuxi Marathon (but won’t Lose out)

Â¥200 million has been spent on preparing for the Wuxi Marathon on 23 March this year, in part to ensure that every last...

World’s 1st Hydrogen-Lithium Hybrid Powered Tug Launched in Zhenjiang

Launch on the morning of 18 January in Zhenjiang High-tech Zone, HYDROGEN ELECTRIC TUG 1 was built by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group) Co.,...

High Speed Train Attendant Takes 30,000 Steps while on Duty Aboard

The G7625 is the first high-speed train to depart Nanjing and the last to return the following day. Ge Yushan’s busy days spent...

Huge Pig Requires Pallbearers for CNY Ceremonial Feast in Haui’an

The pig was destined for an enormously long banquet table erected on 18 January in an alleyway Guishan Village in Laozishan Town of...

China’s Largest Second Hand Trading Platform Opens Offline Store in Nanjing

With other stores in Shanghai, Chengdu and Hangzhou, 18 January saw Xianyu open an 800-square-metre outlet in Daban Lane of Nanjing’s Xinanli. In...

Jiangsu’s GDP Growth in 2024 is Top in China

During the Third Session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress on 19 January, Governor of Jiangsu Xu Kunlin revealed that the Province’s...

Suqian Public Buses to be Free of Charge from 25 January to 4 February

Some 4.8 million free rides are expected to be taken during the gratis period in this, the third year that Suqian has implemented...

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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