Briefings from Jiangsu

3.4 Magnitude Earthquake at Sea Narrowly Avoids Impacting Yancheng

The quake, which struck 25 kilometres off the coast of Yancheng’s Dafeng District at 33.54 degrees north latitude and 121.20 degrees east longitude,...

Red Envelope Money Laundering in Yangzhou Reminds Prison Time a Possibility

The habit of grabbing a red envelope initiating the transfer of funds confused judicial organs to the extent that police in Jiangdu District...

Fire Obliterates Minsk Aircraft Carrier in Nantong; Renovation Project in Doubt

The fire in the afternoon of 16 August destroyed much of the Minsk’s bridge and island superstructure. One of four Kiev class carriers...

Court upholds Death Penalty as Victim’s Wife Leaves Funeral Home with Urn

Jiang Chengqin’s husband Tu Guorui was stabbed multiple times with a 30cm-long knife by Cao Youchong in September 2022 and died on the...

“Old Brand, Wonderful Night” Returns to Changzhou for 3rd Consecutive Year

Singing and dancing brought the unique skills, stunts and flavours of 30 old Changzhou brand names to life along Damiao Lane and Qingnianli...

Woman in Suzhou Lying on Road to Sunbathe Run over by Car

It was the 7th time Ms Yang chose to sunbathe on the road in her residential community in Zhangjiagang. Ms Min, who backed...

Nanjing Metro Line 7 to Resume Complete Operations from 18 August

Closed since 10 July to allow for the central section of Line 7 to be fully connected, work permitting the northern and southern...

French Pompousness Comes to Nanjing in form of Galeries Lafayette!

Europe’s biggest department store chain is to be situated on the former Dajiaochang military airfield that is now Nanjing’s Southern New City. To...

Operations Shut Down at Hospital in Lianyungang for Owing ¥4 Million in Wages

Employees of Hemejia Hospital, which started operations as a confinement centre, are claiming its registered capital was recently adjusted from ¥150 million to...

Huai’an Urban Management Drives Unlicensed Private Car to Enforce Law

Food vendors’ suspicions grew when the plateless car, allegedly from Huai'an Economic Development Zone, was on the scene of urban management’s attempts to...

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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