Jiangsu

From Wikitravel

Jiangsu (江苏; Jiāngsū) is a province in East China. It has some coast on the Yellow sea North of Shanghai and extends inland along both sides of the Yangtze.

Its population, at 84 million, is larger than many countries. It is one of the great centers of Chinese culture and recently of industry.

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• Nanjing - the capital of Jiangsu Province and a former capital of China

• Gaoyou
• Jiangyin
• Nantong
• Suzhou - famous for gardens, a major tourist destination
• Wuxi
• Xuzhou - the largest city in Jiangsu
• Yancheng
• Yangzhou
• Zhangjiagang
• Zhenjiang
• Zhouzhuang

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Jiangsu is well connected by road and rail to the rest of the country. In particular, the comfortable new high speed CRH trains connect Hangzhou and Shanghai to cities in Jiangsu — Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing as of the end of 2007. Service is expected to be extended to Xuzhou and beyond at some point.

Shanghai has many international flights and Nanjing some, including a new direct service to Frankfurt on Lufthansa.

There are also boats along the Yangtze and the Grand Canal.

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There are good bus and train links within the province, plus some boats on the Yangtze and other waterways.

The roads are good so you could consider renting a car and driver, or even driving yourself. See Driving in China.

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