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.
Not too hot, not too cold; perfect for sitting outside enjoying BBQ and beer. And our part of China is pretty much perfect for doing so, for much of the year, meaning people in Nanjing and Jiangsu get through...
Jiangsu is visited by more tornados than any other part of China. July of last year saw four occur on just one day. But why? And where are the Province’s tornado hotspots? And what should we do if we...
Under the gaze of today’s super-tall wind turbines transitioning us from fossil fuels, in Jiangsu there has been discovered evidence of our first polluting efforts 7,000 years ago; a friction-based, fire-making device from the now earliest known Neolithic site...
This year marks the 10th anniversary of China’s Belt & Road Initiative, with the Middle East as an important node along it. In our own Jiangsu, Wuxi has of late been busy stepping up its increasingly-solid economic and trade...
Judging by the number of frenzied shutter-happy onlookers, the celebrity must surely have been gracefully exiting a stretched limousine. But she wasn’t. She was getting out of a bread van. But on her face was still the same smile...
Consumers have turned out to be the real winners in recent days, as a war between milk tea brands in Suzhou’s top mall brought chaos, pandemonium and more than a few bargains to the throngs drawn in by the...
Travellers in east China are today being forewarned of one of our airports taking the near-unprecedented step of closing in its entirety for a 3-week period. That means all flights are cancelled; affected travellers are being urged to contact...
Six cities in China are vying to be next to join the so-called “Trillion Renminbi Club”, by having a 10-figure annual GDP, based on recent data accumulated by looking at the economic performance of cities during the first half...