Regarded by some as the “Athens of the Orient” on account of its profound historical heritage and numerous historical sites, Xuzhou is today an important communications hub and a node city in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. 徐州因其深厚的历史遗产和众多的历史遗迹被一些人视为“东方的雅典”，如今是中国“一带一路”倡议的重要交通枢纽和节点城市。 Surrounded by mountains on...

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.  盐城以其盐而闻名，中文名字字面意思是“盐城”。 在这里，当沿着海岸线形成泥滩时，人类在2100多年前雕刻了盐和木材工程。 Yancheng takes up approximately half of the Jiangsu coast...

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...

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...

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,...