Jiangsu

As a relatively young city compared to many others, Changzhou dates back only a little more than 2,000 years, to the beginning of the Qin Dynasty. Historical records put a date for the first settlement in the area at 221 BCE. While...

Once upon a time, Suzhou typified the water towns of Jiangnan, the area south of the Yangtze River home to villages interlaced by canals, rivers and lakes. Today, at the far end of the spectrum, what was 30 years...

In the history of modern China, Nantong set records as a kind of “city of firsts”. The new nation’s first museum, first textile school, first embroidery school, first drama school, and the first Chinese-run school for the blind and...

Lianyungang City in northeastern Jiangsu derives its name from Lian Dao, the largest island in Jiangsu, and Yuntai Mountain, the highest in the province. The former is remarkable, the latter less so, for it being eclipsed by the home to...

Smack bang in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the city of Huai’an has witnessed the birth of the truly great; the most famed and respected of Chinese leaders, as well as the author of one of the nation’s most...

Former Dean and Painter of the Nanjing Academy of Arts, Bao Bin (保彬), passed away at 09:48 on 2 January, 2023. He was 87. The Baidu Baike (China’s Wikipedia equivalent) entry for Bao has today been made greyscale in...

Known for its salt, Yancheng’s name in Chinese literally means “Salt City”. Here, humans carved out salt and timber works over 2,100 years ago as mudflats formed along the coastline.  Yancheng takes up approximately half of the Jiangsu coast along...

Nanjing’s neighbouring city of Yangzhou is stereotypically famed for two things; pretty ladies and fried rice. While there is a lot to be said for both, in the bigger scheme of things, the city of Yangzhou was, historically, one...