Briefings from Jiangsu

Station Beautification Attempts to Pacify Impatience over Nanjing Metro Line 5

Nanjing’s Municipal Construction Committee is pointing to Line 5’s clever integration of historical, cultural and landscape elements, and in particular the pillar-free design...

Yangzhou Tests Helicopter Transfers Flying from Nanjing Lukou International Airport

In the first test of Yangzhou's intercity low-altitude passenger route on 23 October, a Bell 505 helicopter, capable of carrying three or four...

3,000 Cockroaches Intercepted upon Arrival in Suzhou on Ship from Abroad

The live cockroach activity inside the ship was detected while Taicang Customs was implementing procedural boarding and quarantine on all inbound ships. The...

1 Junior High School Student Dead after 4 Trapped by High Tide in Suzhou

Stuck on Shuangshan Island in Zhangjiagang in the Yangtze River on 19 October, the students’ call for help was answered by a giant...

Elderly Man Pulls Pregnant Women from Her Seat on Nanjing Metro to Sit down

Surrounding passengers were able to dissuade the senior during the 22 October confrontation. The public are reminded that the policy of special seats...

Local Residents’ Crowdfunding Fixes Dilapidated Roads in Nanjing Community

Several veteran party members led more than 60 owners of properties within the community to invest ¥630,000 to make repairs to their road....

Li Auto in Changzhou is 1st NEV China Producer to Reach 1 Million Cars Milestone

The L9 model that rolled off the assembly line on 14 October was emblematic of Li Auto’s explosive growth; September saw a delivery...

Music Festival to Rock Ecologically Sensitive Area in Yancheng Next Month

Respected indie-rock group Penicillin is among the 31 outstanding bands from across China constituting the line up for the Maze Deer Music Festival...

Wuxi PSB Holds Centralised Destruction of Illegal Firearms & Explosives

The past year, Wuxi has seen a total of 214 cases involving guns and explosives, 275 suspects have been punished, with 611 illegal...

Nanjing Opens World’s 1st 20 Metre Fully Acoustically Transparent LED Movie Screen

The main screen in the Zhongguang & Lopu LED Movie Park is being touted as “by far the best cinema in China and...

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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