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Briefings from Jiangsu

Changzhou Breaks their Football Duck Scoring First Goal in Jiangsu City League

With many a public area packed out for the game on the hot evening of 16 August, it was number 11 Zhao Lianping...

Make a Date for 7th Grand Canal Culture and Tourism Expo in Suzhou

To be held 15-17 August at the Suzhou International Expo Centre on an area of approximately 35,000 square metres, the signature event has...

Attention! China begins Transition to Airline Style Security; Items can be Confiscated!

Shanghai Railway Station is amongst those to be asking passengers to open their bags after X-ray inspection. This correspondent had his shaving foam...

New BMW Centre in Nanjing to be Biggest IT Focused R&D Hub in Asia 

With the German auto giant’s establishing of its first such R&D centre in China in Nanjing’s Jianye District on 18 July, a future-facing,...

Nanjing Gripped by Mysterious Lightning Strikes without Rain or Thunder

Nearly 3,000 lightning strikes in Nanjing over a short period were widely shared of late, with the lack of rain and thunder prompting...

Jiangsu City League Inspires Village Football in Guizhou with 8,000SQM of Grass 

Twice recently flooded, the stadium in Rongjiang of Guizhou faced cancelling their village cup. But Jiangsu Weiteng Sports Industry Co. of Jiangsu stepped...

Boeing 777 in Dedicated Livery Marks Debut of 1st Direct Nanjing-Paris Flight

In part decked out in the elegant and fresh spring greens of the Jiangnan region, the weekly MU845 flight took off from Nanjing...

Aldi to Open 2nd Superstore in Wuxi, Jiangsu, on 19 July, 2025

The German retail behemoth continues to go head to head with Sam’s Club and Fresh Hippo with further penetration into China and its...

60,396 Spectators at Historic Football Clash for Arch Rivals Nanjing vs Suzhou

The record-breaking crowd for the amateur Jiangsu City League match had snatched up their tickets in just 10 seconds. Their enthusiasm not dampened...

Passengers Forced to Walk through Tunnel to Airport after Nanjing Metro Train Fails

The Line S1 train in the afternoon of 1 July was held up after passengers heard an explosion. With another loud bang later...

Local Reviews

Paying Awe Struck Respect to Departed Royalty in Nanjing

Such a contrast could not be starker. On one side of the road; billions of dollars churning away at...

Poor Man’s KFC; is Change in China as Good as a Rest?

Wallace Burger & Chicken was No. 2 on a China Daily Top 10 fast-food list a decade ago. And so...

Names is for Tombstones, Baby! But not Maybe Nanjing’s Top

Initially skeptical of Fennel & Laurel due to its pretentious name, The Nanjinger was pleasantly surprised by exceptional carrot...

Location, Tick; Design, Tick; Attitude, Tick x2; Taste, Ummm…

We’re going to start out by saying, for the record, that you’re not going to like this. That is,...

Surprises all Round as Culinary Superlative Lands in Nanjing

They brought us a bowl of rice. And that was it. Fortunately, by the time we got over how...

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