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Briefings from Jiangsu

Metro Station and Road Closures around Confucius Temple for Lantern Festival

From 3-5 February, between 17:30 and 21:00, trains will not stop at Sanshanjie or Fuzimiao, plus Changfu Jie and Wuding Men between 18:30 and 21:00. Full story via this link.

Suzhou’s Imports & Exports Rank it Number 3 in China in 2022

Suzhou was number 3 in all of China last year in terms of foreign trade, some ¥2.572 trillion, accounting for 6.1 percent of the...

Rare Bird Seen for First Time May Sadly Just be Lost

A grey-chinned minivet has been spotted by bird watchers in Dafeng County of Yancheng for the first time. Speculation is the bird got lost on its...

Hotel & Air Ticket Prices Plunge after Chinese New Year

It’s a good time to travel, with average prices for hotels in popular tourism cities down by as much as 35 percent, and...

Contempt of Court! Plaintiff Fined after Violence Erupts in Jiangsu Courtroom

During a hearing over a partnership contract dispute in Suqian, an angered plaintiff grabbed a stool and threw it at the defendant, earning...

Pre COVID Levels of Tourism Return as Visitors Flock to Jiangsu

Over the 7 days of CNY 2023, Jiangsu received 21.8 percent more visitors than last year, some 41.35 million people, who spent ¥28.23...

China & Singapore Kick Start Kuncheng Lake Industrial Park

Four Fortune 500 companies head up ¥50 billion of investment in the Kuncheng Lake Industrial Park in Changshu of Suzhou. Construction began on 29 January. Full...

Pregnant Women Urged to Control Oil & Sugar Intake, Avoid Soup High in Fat

Hospitals in Nanjing have been recently treating increased numbers of pregnancies complicated by acute pancreatitis. Avoiding dietary indulgence is recommended. Full story via...

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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