Briefings from Jiangsu

Fizzy Drinks don’t Extinguish Compressed Gas Fires, as Yangzhou Firefighters Show us

After the founder of the well-known braised meat brand was injured in a portable heater fire, Yangzhou firefighters saw an opportunity for a...

New Station along Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou Drips with Local Culture 

Shengze Town’s new high-speed railway station’s decoration includes copper reliefs in the floor plus local weaving culture and silk industry references. More local...

No Pets on Public Transport? Not anymore as “Paw Bus” Enters Service in Wuxi

The customised double-decker bus ran two services on 15 December, taking over 40 dogs and their owners on a 2 hour sightseeing trip...

City in Taizhou Approved as National Historical & Cultural City

On December 16, the State Council officially approved the listing for Xinghua almost 10 years after the local authorities announced such a goal,...

Photographers in Lianyungang Capture China Space Station in Lunar Transit

Learning that the Chinese space station would pass over Lianyungang at about 02:00 on 15 December, the photographers gathered in a park near...

2024 Coastal Talent Development Conference Held in Yancheng

The 15 December Conference extended a warm invitation to talents at home and abroad to share the opportunities which Yancheng presents, highlighting that...

Suzhou Lady Leaps in to Action to Save Stranger, for the 3rd Time!

Wu Suhong performed 15 minutes of CPR on the man in critical condition on the road on 8 December, until a passing nurse...

Stadium in Nanjing to be Upgraded to 50,000 Seat World Class Football Field

With a capacity for 18,000 spectators at present and upon being upgraded, the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Stadium will be the City’s...

1.4 Million Barrels! World’s Largest Oil Storage Tanker Launched in Nantong

334 metres long, 60 metres wide and 33 metres tall, the floating production storage tanker ALEXANDER DE GUSMAO is to be deployed in...

Cause of Dust Explosion which Killed 8 in Changzhou Factory Revealed

The investigative report in to the explosion of 20 January in the production workshop of Changzhou Shenrong Metal Technology has revealed it was caused...

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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