News from around Jiangsu Province in eastern China and its 13 cities therein; Nanjing, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Lianyungang, Huai’an, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Taizhou and Suqian.
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...
Heard one recently? Or two or three? Those exceptionally loud throaty growls from the car exhaust of joyriders out to impress with their dangerous, evening antics on our cities’ roads. Of course it’s not impressing anyone actually, especially law...
These trees are old. Really old. Older even than the city of Xuzhou in northwest Jiangsu. That it be the oldest city in the Province, dating back 6,000 years as a civilisation and over 2,600 years as a city,...
With its controls over foreign currency, the practice of the illegal exchange thereof in China is decades old. But now, it’s all caught up with some individuals whose ¥200-million scam was operating in Shanghai and beyond, including our very...
Stem-cell donation is not to be taken lightly. It is therefore noteworthy and highly commendable that a young man in our very own Jiangsu Province successfully donated stem cells for a positive match with a patient he had never...
When did you last hear of someone not yet a teenager performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to save a senior from cardiac arrest? Never, right? Yet that’s what happened in Jiangsu recently and now the hero has been recognised for his...
Water levels are low at present in the numerous lakes and rivers that make our very own Jiangsu known as “The Water Province”. As a result, many usually-unexposed sands and mud flats can look like a fun distraction. But...
China’s propensity for surveillance has become infamous worldwide. On the country’s roads in particular. Now, in addition to cameras tracking drivers’ every move at intersections, Jiangsu police have unleashed a new anti-crime weapon, one that flies and shouts.
It was...
