Briefings from Jiangsu

Money Making Sanya-Nanjing-Osaka Flight Returns to Operation 

27 October saw the Juneyao Airlines flight HO1611 take off smoothly from Sanya Phoenix International Airport at 08:19 headed for Osaka, Japan, via...

International Symposium Held in Yangzhou on 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s Death

With foreign experts and scholars in attendance on 26 October, the aim of the Second International Symposium on Marco Polo was to promote...

“Flying House” Suspended over Atrium of  Olympic Sports Centre Mall in Suzhou

The old Suzhou house built of paper and tape is an initiative by the Museum of Contemporary Art Suzhou that conducts in-depth excavations...

QR Code as Arrival Card Rolled out for Foreigners Flying into Wuxi

On the Jetstar flight 3K833 from Singapore, flight attendants showed the QR code to passengers for a speedy entry into China, while on...

Nanjing’s Culture on Proud Display at the Louvre Museum in Paris

24 October saw “Nanjing week” get underway in France, with highlights being a Cloud Brocade Yunjin Haute Couture dress and the launch of...

Zhenjiang Port Docks Ship with 12 Metre Draft; Biggest Ever in its History

The Greece-registered bulk carrier, SIBYLLA, is 299.95 metres long and 50 metres wide, with a DWT of 207,992. Its docking on 25 October...

Nutrition Maker becomes Taizhou’s 1st Ever Unicorn Company

The "2024 Jiangsu Unicorn Enterprise and Gazelle Enterprise Evaluation Results" includes Jiangsu Aland Nutrition Co., Ltd., the predecessor to which was Jiangshan Pharmaceutical, producer...

“Black School Bus” with Seats Removed Stuffed with Students in Yangzhou

Used by by a man surnamed Zhu, owner of a local evening-care institution, for pick up and drop off, Yangzhou traffic police seized...

Media Exposes Baby Trafficking in Wuxi; Genders can be Purchased to Order

The story, now being heavily censored, exposes an incident on 19 October in which a baby changed hands for ¥78,000, complete with birth...

Man Stabbed to Death after Mocking NEV Owner for Showing off in Nantong

Laughed at for driving his Xiaomi SU7 to a motorbike/coffee shop shop on Chaoxia Lu on 24 October, the 23 year old man...

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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