Briefings from Jiangsu

Police Give Traffic Safety Lecture in Fluent English to Foreign Students in Zhenjiang

Nearly 200 foreign students from more than 50 countries were in attendance at Jiangsu University on 20 September to hear officer Zhou Shuai,...

Former Metro Train Driver Saves Old Man on Station Escalator in Nanjing

Chen Simin, a driver on Metro Line 1 from 2005 until this year, wasted no time when the senior fell on the Zhujiang...

Wuxi Pivotal to Satellite Launched on 32nd Anniversary of China’s Manned Space Program

For one of the four satellites which blasted off on a single rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on 20 September, Jiangsu...

1,300 Boats Brought into Nantong Docks to Shelter from Typhoon

At around 15:00 on September 20, Typhoon “Prasang” swept into Nantong. The boats had been notified the day prior that they should dock...

Snake Goes AWOL in Nanjing after Shedding 3 Metre Long Skin

The snake’s ecdysis in a residential community in Nanjing left behind a skin that stretched across two floors dangling beside an electric meter...

Carnage outside School in Suqian; 2 Dead as Car Careers into Students & Parents

Sihong County PSB reports a 31 year old man was driving a car to send his sister to school when he suddenly fell...

200+ Athletes Participate in National Beach Volleyball Championship in Yancheng

A total of 54 men's teams and 47 women's teams are taking part in the competition from 19-22 September on the beach of...

71YO in Huai’an with Diarrhoea for 43 Days Finds out it was Constipation

After an operation, the senior lady found herself having over 20 bowel movements a day and needing to wear nappies. Fecal impaction was...

Yancheng Hosts 8th National Beach Cleaning Public Welfare Event

Hosted by the China Ocean Development Foundation, the Event will see participants evaluate scientific research papers on ecological environmental protection as well as...

6 Stitches for Wuxi Father after He & Son Rescue Woman Trapped in Sinking Car

Huang Jianlong and his son Zhihong were driving past a culvert and found a car submerged with a person trapped inside. The two...

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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