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Briefings from Jiangsu

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...

MAC Cosmetics “Musical Spaceship” in Nanjing Celebrates Sophisticated Chinese Consumers

Justifying the new 110-square metre store’s deconstructed piano styling in Deji Plaza, Senior VP at MAC Cosmetics called the Chinese consumer “one of...

Nanjing Receives Emergency Landing of Shandong Airlines Flight from Qingdao to Shanghai

Passengers aboard SC4677 flight night of 27 June reported an engine ingesting a foreign object following by bangs, a burning odour and the...

Shot in the Arm for UK-China Education Ties as Nanjing Inks Deal with Swansea

The deal sees Nanjing Tech University joining forces with Swansea University to commence double undergraduate and postgraduate engineering programs in September, 2025, with...

China’s 1st Coffee Train Debuts in Nanjing; Book a Cup + Free Ride on Meituan!

Featuring coffee-bar style seating, the customised tram operates daily from 09:00 at 2 hour intervals from Yuzui Station to Olympic Stadium East Station,...

Nanjing-Swiss Developed Anti Insomnia Drug both Revolutionary & Approved for Sale

Speaking of their collaboration with the Swiss company Idorsia, CEO of Simcere Pharmaceutical said, "Quviviq represents a groundbreaking innovation in global sleep medicine”....

Attendance at Jiangsu City League Match Tops 30,000; they’re just Teachers & Programers!

With 30,823 spectators at the recent match between Xuzhou and Zhenjiang, so the popularity of the Jiangsu City League is also being explained...

New Timetable Gives Lianyungang Direct Rail Link with Hohhot; 11 Hours

The new national timetable operating from 1 July shall see Lianyungang linked with Hohhot by the D1683/4 service, with a departure of 09:28 and...

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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