Briefings from Jiangsu

Railway Line Joins Hands with Grand Canal in Xuzhou for Link with Vietnam

¥120,000 was saved by sending 700 tonnes of fertiliser on the Grand Canal rather than by road from Ningbo to Xuhou, where it...

52 Year Old Man in Jiangsu makes Doctors Envious with Strict Diet of Tomatoes

As a full time driver, Mr Chen was plagued by fatigue and back pain with a face much older than his age. After...

Nanjing Launches Direct Flights to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam

At 00:55 on 17 January, flight MU2839 carrying 89 passengers flew from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ho Chi Minh Saigon Airport, Vietnam,...

Bird Strike Delays 9 Services as Train Approaches Nanjing South Railway Station

At around 20:05 on 17 January, the D3014 train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hankou was temporarily stopped due to a bird collision while...

Xuzhou Promotes Ice and Snow Season with Launch of Multi Use Discount Card

The Wang Card (旺卡) can be used from 17 January to 1 March. It not only covers popular scenic spots and characteristic businesses...

2 Students in Jiangsu University Win Chinese College Students’ Self Improvement Award

Under the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the awards were won by Zhang Junjie, in the School of Energy and Power...

Nanjing-Ma’anshan in 30 minutes; 1st Look at Station on Metro Line S2

At the intersection of Sheng'an Avenue and Jingming Avenue in Jiangning is to be found Mulong Station on Line S2. With bright glass...

Nanjing North Station Faces Construction Delays after Ancient Tomb Discovered

On 16 January, it was reported that the Archaeological Research Department of the Nanjing Museum was conduction an archaeological exploration on the construction...

Construction of Infamous Golden Hotel in Nanjing to Restart after 19 Years of Delays

15 floors high with about 400 rooms and located next to Shuanglong Avenue in Jiangning District, the beleaguered Nanjing Shenwang Hotel project is...

Nanjing Releases 2024’s Environmental Report; Air Quality Now the Best Ever!

Nanjing’s number of days with excellent air quality reached 112, exceeding 100 days for the first time, while the atmospheric composite index, PM10,...

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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