Briefings from Jiangsu

Yangzhou Rolls out Free Helmet Sharing Service for Primary School Students

With storage cabinets outside Hangji Central Primary School containing 48 brand new child-safe helmets accessible via a QR code, police have also introduced...

China’s 1st Space Debris Monitoring Constellation Unveiled in Wuxi

The rollout came on 26 December at the Wuxi Commercial Aerospace Industry Development Conference which also revealed that, with 300 related enterprises, Wuxi...

Man Attacks and Beats Female Passenger on Nanjing Public Bus

It was left to the driver as the only other person on board the bus to intervene and put an end to the...

Pet Toilet Opens in Nanjing Mall Featuring Mirror the Height of Small Animals

Equipped with litter boxes, poop bags and urine pads, the toilet on 1F of Kingmo includes a separate toilet area for cats and...

Suzhou Port Celebrates Surpassing TEU Container Throughput of 10 Million in 2024

With the 10 millionth container dressed up for the occasion, a ceremony was held at midday on 26 December. Comprised of Taicang Port,...

10 Million Patients! Jiangsu Marks 60 Years of Foreign Medical Aid

As a pioneer in sending foreign-aid medical teams abroad, Jiangsu has has in total dispatched 79 batches of 1,281 medical teams to countries...

Warning Issued by Jiangsu as to Inherent Dangers in “Shower Cap” Food Wrapping

Following public concerns, consumers are advised to pay attention to the outer packaging of such “shower caps”; look for the national standard GB...

Woman Subjected to Tirade of Verbal Abuse for Wearing Kimono in Nanjing

22 December in Zhongshan Botanical Garden saw the incident in which a senior woman expressed her anger, saying, “This is Nanjing. You are...

Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High Speed Railway Opens on Schedule

The G9508 departed Huzhou East at 09:45 a.m. on 26 December, destination Shanghai Hongqiao. Among the new stations along the route, Suzhou South...

Vending Machines Debut on Public Buses in Nanjing Operating around Scenic Spots

Nanjing Public Transportation has introduced the vending machines on nine bus routes so far, including the numbers 11, 20 and 48, being routes...

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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