Briefings from Jiangsu

Villagers Step up to Help Firefighters Extinguish Huge Wildfire in Lianyungang

The blaze near Wutong Lanshan Community in Haizhou District was determined to be the result of locals deliberately burning dead grass in the...

New International School Project on Yangtze River Island in Nanjing Cancelled

The Nanjing Municipal Planning Department’s revised plans state that the land for an international school in centre of Jiangxin Zhou is now instead to...

Villagers in Nantong Find Traffic Lights Flashing Yellow in their Vegetable Patch

A video posted online taken on 13 January by a local resident who was attracted to the bizarre sight has now been viewed...

Yak from Qinghai goes on Sale in Metro in Nanjing; Supermarkets Everywhere to Come

With Yuhuatai District and Datong County paired in 2016, Metro became the first reseller for that it is hoped will represent annual sales...

World’s Largest Composite Anchor Foundation Completed for Bridge in Suzhou

The south channel crossing of the Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge is to comprise a 2,300-metre-long main span, making it the world's largest span bridge....

18 Free Drinking Water Supply Points Set up for Inland River Traffic in Zhenjiang

The safety of drinking water for inland river ships is an old problem, with most using treated river water for their needs. The...

Nantong GDP Growth Highest Among the 5 “Trillion Renminbi” Cities in Jiangsu 

A government work report revealed on 13 January during the 16th Nantong Municipal People’s Congress that the City’s GDP is expected to have...

14 Year Old Nantong Girl Wins Prestigious International Piano Competition

Winning first place in the Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition held in Arizona last week as the culmination of a journey...

Enormous Fire & Black Smoke Engulfs Warehouse in Xuzhou 

The fire of 9 January broke out in an old warehouse to the north of the South Ring Road in Pei County Economic Development...

Chicken Feet among 100 Tonnes of Smuggled Goods Seized byYancheng Coastguard

The chicken feet were among the frozen products on a ship intercepted by the coastguard in the waters of the Sheyang River Estuary...

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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