Jiangsu

60 Countries Compete in BRI Youth Sports Meet Held in Suqian

Lasting until 3 June with 400 competitors, the 2024 Belt and Road Youth Sports Exchange Week (Jiangsu) includes a 3×3 basketball invitational, the Youth Outdoor Sports Challenge and the International Youth Orienteering Training Camp. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Where in Nanjing did 3 Platinum Studded Hermès Bags Sell out in Minutes?

Costco Nanjing opened at 07:20 on 28 May with its anticipated popularity such that a time-divided reservation system is in operation for the first 3 days. Shoppers are limited to 20,000 people per day. Full story (in Chinese) via...

3 Dead after Steel Platform Collapses in Warehouse in Suzhou

The accident happened at 09:54 on 25 May in Wengjiazhuang Village of Changshu City. While emergency and fire departments were able to rescue the three people who were trapped, all died later in hospital after efforts to rescue them...

1st Ever 11.6 Metre Draft Ship Sails out of Nanjing Port; bound for Brazil!

The Singapore-registered Ionic Kizuna became the ship with the biggest draft to sail out of Nanjing on 26 May. The 229-metre-long bulk carrier is loaded with 57,000 tonnes of fertilizers from Anhui, Hubei and Jiangsu provinces. Full story (in...

Wuxi Opens New 8.16 Kilometre Long Park along Grand Canal

Offering scenery which changes with every step, the 33 hectare Grand Canal Xinyun Left Bank Park is located on the left bank of the Canal in Xinwu District, starting from Gaolang Road in the north and ending at Tongxi...

Fined ¥230,000! Eye Hospital in Wuxi Suspected of Commercial Bribery

It is argued that Aier Eye Hospital misdiagnosed a patient without a comprehensive examination after introduction by a third party in order to charge for and perform surgery which resulted in worse vision and retinal detachment. Full story (in...

Changzhou Students want to Change School Name; Principal makes it a Research Project

The students arguement is, “We are obviously a branch of Changzhou High School, but we are called Changzhou Qishuyan Senior High School, which sounds weird”. Principal Ren Huiyu awaits the students’ research results. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

¥10 Coffee Auntie Speaks out; “No one in Nanjing can Sell more than Me”!

Han Suzhen has been enjoying her sudden celebrity status, acquired for her cheap coffee that has even attracted people to Nanjing from other cities. She made her claim while wearing a cheongsam to go to a Guang Liang concert...

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China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

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...

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