Jiangsu

¥176 Million Raised Helps 1.5 Million Women and Children in Jiangsu in 2023

The Jiangsu Women and Children Welfare Foundation reported its income on 31 January, with the funds representing an increase of 7.89 percent over 2022. The Foundation was also awarded “Public Welfare Group of the Year”. Full story (in Chinese)...

11cm Tumour in Woman’s Mediastinum; Nanjing Medical University Steps in

With large blood vessels located behind the tumour, surgeons used an ultrasonic scalpel to separate them. 2 hours later, they had removed the 500 gram tumour, with the patient losing only 100ml of blood. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Taizhou Builds Country’s 1st Highway Biodiversity Observation Station

The Jianxing Expressway Biodiversity (Bird) Observation Station in Xinghua City will strengthen biodiversity protection and carry out targeted ecological redress during highway construction. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Taizhou via this link.

Huai’an Police Remind: No Hairspray in Cans over 120ML Permitted on Trains

Officers have been on patrol in Huai’an’s two main railway stations, reminding passengers as to that which cannot be taken on trains while assisting to ease the flow as the New Year travel peak hits. Full story (in Chinese)...

National Food & Drink Awards in Suzhou Gives Best Chef to an American

Michael D. Rosenblum, chef at Langbanxuan in Guangzhou, took the top honour at the second “Food & Drink” Awards, held at the Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou. That venue took “New Restaurant of the Year”. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Outburst by Changzhou School Headmaster over Parents’ CNY Classes for Kids

Gu Xihong, Secretary of Changzhou Open University, said in part, “Why is it useless to make up lessons ? Because there is no learning atmosphere, no learning environment, no learning requirement”. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

Signs of Hope for Nanjing Real Estate; 2nd Hand Homes Sold in January = 8,004

The average transaction price of second-hand houses in Nanjing for January was ¥28,439 per square metre, a slight increase of 1.9 percent month-on-month, but a significant year-on-year decrease. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced...

JD.com Chairman & Founder Sends Gifts to His Hometown Village in Suqian

Richard Liu has Guangming Village for his hometown to which he recently sent more than 1,000 down jackets & CNY gift boxes. Liu founded JD, that would become the Fortune Global 500 massive online retailer, in 1998. Full story...

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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"),...

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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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