Jiangsu

Zhenjiang is Jiangsu’s smallest city jurisdiction, at just 3,840 square kilometres. But size is no measure of quality; Zhenjiang was in fact capital of Jiangsu Province between 1928 and 1949, when Nanjing served as the capital of the Republic of China. Located...

Sleepy may be perhaps once have been the best word for laid-back Taizhou in Jiangsu Province. More than 700 years ago, Marco Polo toured Taizhou and praised as a city which is is “not very big, but where there is...

With its vehicle license plate prefix being 苏N, Suqian ranks bottom in Jiangsu Province from an administrative and historical perspective. Indeed, the city was largely forgotten about until the 21st century, except that is, for those with a taste...

Comparisons to toilets are something of a recurring theme in the 2022 list of architectural eyesores in China, as voted for by the general public and released at the end of each year. And the outright winner this year...

China’s done it again, delivering another world-record breaking construction effort. This time around, it floats, and is at present on its way from Jiangsu to the North Sea where it will help in delivering renewable energy to millions of...

Young people and alcohol. Yes, that thorny issue is back in the headlines, but not for rowdy, reckless behaviour on account of one too many, but rather students’ studies of how to make the stuff, right here in a...

Nantong in our very own Jiangsu Province will tomorrow enrol in the club of cities in the Province with a metro system and at least one line therein. It shall join five others, including Nanjing of course, in bringing...

Some of us will, by now, be absolutely aching for a holiday abroad. And of course, there is nothing stopping us, other than the dreaded quarantine upon our return. Now, however, there is an alternative. It’s nothing other than...