Briefings from Jiangsu

Record Numbers Cruise from Lianyungang to South Korea for Dragon Boat Holiday

29 May saw Lianyungang Seaport experience the largest outbound tour group this year comprising some 923 passengers, while the month as a whole...

Installed Capacity for New Energy in Jiangsu Surpasses 100 Million Kilowatts

As of end April, new energy capacity in Jiangsu amounted to 101 million kilowatts, accounting for 46 percent of total installed power supply,...

More Time for Dragon Boat Partying with Nanjing Metro’s Extended Operating Hours

Nanjing Metro lines 1 & 3 will operate extended hours on both 30 May and 2 June, with the last trains departing both...

Yancheng Girl Hailed Champion in World Table Tennis Championships Held in Doha, Qatar

Yancheng girl Kuai Man and her partner Wang Manyu took the women's doubles championship trophy on 25 May as the epitome of the...

Did a Museum in Suzhou Steal a Villager’s Stone Lion 15 Years Ago? 

When a local of Wangzhai Town in Xiao County of Anhui Province visited the Xuzhou Shengzhi Museum on 27 May, he found a...

Free Entry for College Students to 25 Attractions In Yancheng this Summer Holiday

As well as free entry to top spots in Yancheng such as the Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve, graduates who come to Yancheng...

Superstar Cecilia Yip Calls Time on Tour; Says Suzhou Stop Will be Her Last

Now aged 62, the star of “New Legend of Madame White Snake” (1992) is calling it quits after nearly collapsing on stage in...

Visitors to Scenic Spots in Yangzhou Exceed 10 Million for 1st Time in History

From January to April this year, the 11 “A level” tourist attractions in Yangzhou’s urban area received 10,587,709 visitors, an increase of 8.76...

Resident Calls for Qidong Extension to Shanghai Chongming Metro; Told to Take the Bus!

Scheduled to open next year with its northern terminus on Chongming Island as Shanghai's first cross-Yangtze metro link, it appears there are no...

HiPhi Automobile Resurrected in Yancheng by Slashing the Price

Bankrupt in late 2024, Human Horizons premium EV is back, as not so premium. With a registered capital of US$143 million for the...

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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