Briefings from Jiangsu

Dutch Deputy Governor of North Brabant Visits Jiangsu Department of Sci & Tech

Mattey von Herthausen and her delegation met with Xu Guanghui, Director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology, cementing relations as Jiangsu...

Blogger’s Similarity to Tomb Beast Draws in 39,000 Visitors in Single Day

23 November saw the crowds descend on Lianyungang City Museum, in part for a look at the relic found in the tomb of...

Investing in Nanjing gets Thumbs up from European Automotive Bosses

The general message coming from the 20 November visit by heads of European automotive innovation companies to a matchmaking conference was that investing...

Xuzhou 74 Year Old Personally Funds Farming Culture Museum; Donates 20,000 Pieces

Wang Rukun began by buying a clay pot from a farmer in 1972 and now has spent 50 years building up his collection,...

Nanjing Mulls Gender Neutral Toilet Debate Sweeping the Country

The issue is long queues for public toilets often experienced by women and the inappropriate ratio of male-female facilities. Nanjing has at present...

Changzhou Pushes its Traditional Chinese Medicine Credentials at Expo in Macau

The Menghe School of TCM, one of the best medical schools in existence, can be traced back to the Han and Wei dynasties....

Taihu Suzhou Bay University Band Grand Prix Opens As Stage to Chase Music Dreams

Held in Taihu New Town on 23 November, the Grand Prix has so far attracted 49 bands to sign up, eyeing a prize...

Cake Shop in Nanjing Labels Products with 100% of Costs, Including Salaries

Anchor cream cheese (220g), ¥9.46; Anchor whipping cream (115g), ¥4.6; eggs (100g), ¥2; etc. So goes the cost breakdown on the cake offered...

Xuzhou Leads 2024’s Race to be 27th City with a GDP Surpassing ¥1 Trillion 

Six cities in China are vying for this year’s ¥1 trillion prize, namely Dalian, Tangshan, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Xiamen and Xuzhou. Jiangsu’s northern economic...

Wuxi Finds itself with another 2.4 Kilometres of Beautiful Waterfront

Known as the birthplace of industry and commerce from a century ago, the revitalized space occupies 66,000 square metres along the Grand Canal...

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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