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.
Mid Autumn Festival is coming, and this year it’s early. And that’s compounding the problem that is hairy crabs vs heatwave. Turns out we won’t have enough of them, because they’ve already been literally roasted.
Falling this year on 10...
She received some flowers. Then a rather threatening message. But she still did not go out with her boss’ son. Then she was fired for “not adapting to the company’s culture”. It’s the unfair-dismissal case today gathering the headlines...
Wishing for winter? With the heatwave set to continue, many in east China are dreaming of December. But don’t forget the role that humidity has to play; that oppressive damp has the power to make us feel both hotter...
Night owls in an east China city are up in arms after a local bar’s attempt at a publicity stunt went not quite according to plan. Flaunting every rule in the Bible of Politically Correctness, the bar restricted entry...
A man from our neck of the woods in eastern China has made a gruelling bike trek of over 2,000 kilometres, all in the name of a summer school holiday with a difference and an unsurpassable life experience for...
This summer’s heat persists, and if current predictions are correct, it’s going to stay this way until the end of next month. Finding ways to keep cool remains the priority for both humans and animal kind, while there is...
Tornados may be most commonly associated with the USA, but recent events are bringing to light the fact that here in Jiangsu, we live in another of the world’s hotspots for cyclones. A look at the historical record also...
Somewhat inevitably, children are at some point going to be left to their own devices during the long summer holiday. And coincidentally, that’s exactly the time they come up with the most outlandish ways of keeping themselves entertained, including...
