Briefings from Jiangsu

Runners Come from all Around for 100 KM Relay Race in Nanjing

23 November saw the 2024 5th Lishui "Coral International" 100km relay race take place in Nanjing’s Lishui District. The Lishui Month by Moon...

“China Smart Car Future Challenge” Held in Suzhou’s Changshu City

76 teams from universities, enterprises and research institutes participated in the autonomous-driving challenge on 22 and 23 November which included a focus on...

Cathay Pacific to Add Additional Flight to Nanjing to Better Serve Southeast Asia

The new flights to and from Nanjing, slated to commence 30 March, 2025, shall operate as CX305 from Nanjing to Hong Kong, departing...

Students in Huai’an Drilled on How to Tackle Terrorists & Rioters

Students at the Huai'an Campus of Nanjing Forestry University on 21 November received training on the use of shields, waist forks, foot forks...

61 Year Old Nantong Security Guard is Internet Sensation for Singing Bel Canto

Li Ribo, a native of Hai’an, joined the army's theatrical performance troupe when he was 19. Amazing his teachers at Nanjing University of...

1st Container Ocean Route out of Nantong Begins Operation

It was the Panamanian-flagged container ship OVP ARIES loaded with 42 heavy containers which marked the commencement of the route, from Tongzhou Bay,...

Reporters on Board for 1st Train Operating on New Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou Line

The much touted new route saw its first train depart Shanghai Hongqiao Station on 23 November at 09:27, with the lengthy number, G55505....

Don’t Miss the Vibrant Colours of Autumn at Yanque Lake in Nanjing

Located in the City’s eastern suburbs, crowds have flocking to Yanque Lake which is ablaze with green, orange and yellow and crimson in...

41st Antarctic Scientific Expedition Support Ship Sets Sail from Zhangjiagang

The YONG SHENG departed on 20 November to join the SNOW DRAGON and SNOW DRAGON 2 polar scientific research ships for over 7...

China’s Space Teacher Visits School in Yancheng; Takes Q&A from Students

Sheyang Middle School As a national national defence education demonstration school, Sheyang Middle School was visited by China’s first female astronaut, Wang Yaping,...

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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