Briefings from Jiangsu

6,500 Paintings on Display in Yancheng Children’s Calligraphy & Painting Exhibition

Opened on 9 November at the Yandu Art Musuem, the paintings drawn from almost 100 schools throughout Yancheng cover various forms, including Chinese...

85YO Yangzhou Barber Awarded after Fame Acquired due to Shanghai TV Show

The just concluded China (Nanchang) International Hairdressing and Beauty Festival awarded Qiu Qingfang of the Violet Hair Salon on Guoqing Lu in the...

South Koreans Flying from Jeju Island are 1st Arriving in Nanjing without a Visa

The passengers on Spring Airlines flight 9C6150 of 8 November joined ordinary passport holders from Andorra, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Slovakia...

Nantong Coastguard Escorts Car Ferries to Secure China International Import Expo

Not one person or product is being missed on ferries headed to Shanghai for the Expo by Changhang Nantong Public Security Department in...

Old Lady in Nanjing Hospitalised after being Run over by Wild Boar

The incident took place in the afternoon of 6 November near to exit 1 of Xiaolingwei Metro Station. The Senior had been on...

Lianyungang Man Awarded for 28 Years of Retirement Spent Helping Disabled Children 

By cycling from village to village to collect data, and breaking 6 bicycles in the process, Li Zhenjia has been awarded “Good Jiangsu...

Singing & Dancing Talents Shown off at Didi Drivers’ Festival in Suzhou 

Taking place on 8 November in 22 cities across China, the annual Festival this year has made it easier for drivers to find...

Low Pressure Oxygen Chamber opens in Nanjing for Tourists Headed to Tibet

While high-pressure chambers are commonplace, that opened in the Eastern Theater’s Air Force Hospital is a first. The facility is able to combat...

4,106 Angus Breeding Cattle Worth over ¥40 Million Land in Yancheng

Steak fans can rejoice at the departure of a ship carrying the cattle from Portland, Australia, and its arrival at Yancheng Dafeng Port...

Chip Equipped Smart Rubbish Bins for Restaurant Waste Enter Service in Nantong

700 catering businesses in Nantong are now able to open an app on a mobile phone to initiate a refuse collection truck’s arrival...

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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