Jiangsu

Work Commences on World’s Longest Underwater Highway Shield Tunnel

39.07 kilometres long in total, with a 11.185-kilometre underwater section, the 16.64 metre wide cutter head of the "Jianghai" shield machine for the Haitai Yangtze River Tunnel in Haimen of Nantong began to rotate on the morning of 10...

¥500 for Every Winner in Photography Competition Celebrating High Speed City

60 works will be selected in the competition that celebrates Changzhou High-speed Rail New Town, with many winners to be offered the chance to join the Changzhou or Jiangsu Photographers Association. Works may be submitted until 24 August, 2025....

Nanjing South Railway Station Makes getting a Taxi Easier; P7 with the Answer?

The revamped part of P7 is equipped with an exclusive parking area for online car-hailing. Nothing new about that but this one has a large screen matching ride-hailing vehicles’ entry and parking positions in real time, getting people to...

Placenta Snacks for Sale! Store in Changzhou By TCM Hospital Concocts Capsules for ¥300

The business involved was previously involved in confinement services, and unbelievably, a restaurant. Images shared online show the firm processing placenta and 100g of American ginseng powder together, to then be filled into capsules. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Visitors to Yancheng Scenic Spots over Tomb Sweeping Festival up 70% on Last Year

The "NICE Yancheng” promotion that began a year ago is now bearing fruit, as the City's A-level scenic spots and key tourism and leisure blocks received a total of 3.539 million tourists during the recent holiday. Camping among the...

Japanese Bullets among Finds at Grand Bao’en Temple in Nanjing

Three iron cans and a military sabre joined the bullets, irrefutably remnants from the Japanese army’s time in Nanjing, discovered in a well that were presented to the annual meeting of the Jiangsu Provincial Archaeological Society on 28 March....

NEV Production in Jiangsu for 2024 Accounts for 55.7% of Total Car Output

The impressive NEV production rate for Jiangsu is also some 14.5 percentage points higher than the national average. Some 1.017 million NEVs were registered province wide, for a total number of electric cars on Jiangsu’s roads of 2.691 million....

840 Soiled Kimonos Seized by Jinling Customs in Nanjing Smuggling Attempt

A subsidiary of Nanjing Customs, Jinling Customs seized the batch of old kimonos in the inbound mail, accompanied by a pungent smell, stains and mildew thereon. The Customs Department has temporarily refused to release such used clothing. Full story (in...

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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...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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