Tests of the air-raid warning system on 18 September coincide with the anniversary of the 1931 event staged by the Japanese military for their invasion of Manchuria. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about...

Tilt-shift filters, increasingly-common on cameras and a trend in photography, were employed to capture in miniature many of the biggest bridges in Jiangsu. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Jiangsu via this link.

Fishermen in ports such as Lianyungang are trying to remain optimistic after prices returned to more or less normal since a bought of panic buying began on 24 August. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute...

On 20 August, the province sent a total of 1.134 million passengers, setting a new record for daily summer passenger volume, with an average of 685.9 pairs of trains per day. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

In the 24 hours from 05:00 on 27 August, the cities of Huai’an, Yancheng and Suqian experienced over 50 mm of rainfall. Top was Meihua Town in Suqian with 227.9 mm. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read...

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...