Jiangsu

Construction Schedule for Taizhou South Railway Station Released

Taizhou South Railway Station building is planned to start construction in October this year, comprising six storeys, of which four shall be above platform level. The Station shall be one along the North Yangtze River High-speed Railway. Full story...

Taizhou Mayor Personally Inspects College Entrance Exam Preparations

Inspecting examination rooms and arrangements for confidentiality on 6 June, Mayor Wan Wenhua said that the college entrance examination concerns thousands of families; all localities and departments must take a higher political stance. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Half a Million Pufferfish Released into Yangtze River in Wuxi

The fish were released on 6 June by representatives from Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, who then carried out joint patrol inspections on fishing ban waters in Jiangyin, all in the name of conserving aquatic life and promoting YRD...

Wuxi Moves to Clean up Disgusting Public Toilets which Damage City Image

From 3-4 June, some 1,013 public toilets in Wuxi were inspected and 494 were found to have problems, comprising hygiene issues, incomplete facilities and serious odours. Rectification is planned to be ongoing until the year end. Full story (in...

International/Regional Flights out of Changzhou up 150%; Domestic Tickets Priced ¥300

May saw 359,000 passengers use, Changzhou Benniu International Airport, a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percent, while the low-cost tickets have been available to Dalian, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Changsha, Hohhot, Xiamen and other places. Full story (in Chinese) via this link;...

Turn off the Screen! Myopia Rate in Jiangsu Falls for 4th Consecutive Year

“Anti-myopia guards” patrol the corridors of Xincheng Primary School in Nanjing to urge students to go outdoors. While the School’s “prevention and control responsibility list” is hung on the wall, the myopia rate of each class is also publicised....

12 Taxi Hailing Drivers Offer Candidates Free Rides to Exam Sites in Lianyungang

With their logo of "Love for Exams, Escort for Dreams”, he Eurasia Travel Love Team are providing free pick-up and drop-off services to and from University Entrance Exams sites in Ganyu District. In the interim, medicine deliveries. Full story...

4 in Huai’an Sentenced to 4-5 Years for Hunting Oriental White Storks

Xuyi County Court found on 5 June that the defendants Yang, Liu, Li, and Xiong, of Huai’an City, had agreed to hunt wild game using air guns. Having shot two storks, they were discovered trying to bag the protected...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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