Visitors who are taken on the requisite trip to Guan Qian Street (观前街), the main pedestrian shopping area in Suzhou, are often taken aback at the surging hordes there. In contrast, Shi Quan Street (十全街) is a peaceful lane for shoppers, but the stores ... Read More>>

Pizza lovers are in luck in Suzhou, as there are dozens of options ranging from classic Italian to high-speed delivery. Pizza is so popular in town pretty much every restaurant has it, including German-owned Blue Marlin and Casa Zoe, the Mexican restaurant. ... Read More>>

A guide to escaping Suzhou and spending the day in Tongli, one of Suzhou’s most beautiful water towns. Read More>>

Now that the dark, cold winter months loom ahead for the unforeseeable future, many begin to dream of exotic holidays on tropical beaches, sipping cocktails under the scorching sun. However, since this remains an unfulfilled dream for most of us pitiful ... Read More>>

Suzhou has a long tradition of very distinct local foods, and the city is flush with restaurants reflecting the tastes of people both rich and poor. Suzhou food is of course pretty traditional, and the most famous dishes have remained unchanged for decades ... Read More>>

Suzhou is host to a robust foreign restaurant and bar scene that gets larger and more diverse every year. With cuisines ranging from Indian to Spanish to Mexican, there's already a lot to choose from, and increasing competition means the quality of the food ... Read More>>

Epermarket is an online expat supermarket that delivers to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. They only provide the freshest produce! Read More>>

Suzhou is known around the world as a city full of beautifully laid-out classical gardens. What’s often overlooked in this green paradise, however, are the multitude of city parks and public spaces that add to the city’s charm. Unlike their touristy ... Read More>>

Over the past few years, Suzhou’s New District (苏州新区) has budded into a cultural hot-spot, full of great venues for eating and drinking, while still maintaining an unassuming charm all but lost in the more westernised sections of Suzhou. SDND is home to... Read More>>

Suzhou is a beautiful city filled with lovely gardens and old style canals with men in boats paddling and canopying old style Chinese bridges. You can spend your days wandering around the city and checking out the parks, but in the evening you just want to ... Read More>>

Honey, can you take the kids today? When you hear these words… don’t panic! The October break is coming and the colder, wetter weekends of winter are on their way… and you have the kids. What are your options in Suzhou? Answer: plenty! Your teenagers can ... Read More>>

Where can you go and see 20 colours of red peppers, have an anatomy lesson on pigs and taste fresh cooked local delicacies all in the same place? Try your local wet markets in Old Suzhou. In spite of the incursion of multi-nationals such as Auchan, Metro, ... Read More>>

By now almost everyone in the world has heard about China’s impressive growth and development in the last decade. Countless articles and documentaries report about the ever-expanding cities, China’s increased multiculturalism, the raised standards of ... Read More>>

Ever notice how it feels like you can only get one or two errands done a day in China, especially when you’re using public transportation? What once were simple, everyday tasks can easily turn into an entangled web of wants vs. obligations:... Read More>>

As a premier online grocery store based in Shanghai, FIELDS combines convenience with safe, fresh and healthy foods that it serves to thousands of customers each day in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang province. Read More>>

Suzhou’s burgeoning live music scene has never enjoyed more venues or a greater following. Within just the last year or so, we’ve seen a steady rise of music-friendly spaces all the way from downtown to east of Jin Ji Lake. No matter what your taste in ... Read More>>

Summer's finally here and that means heat in Suzhou. Temperatures are consistently in the 30's, and with the kind of humidity that only comes with a city permeated by canals, it can be difficult to be outside for a few minutes before you start to sweat. ... Read More>>

Often referred to as the “Oriental Venice”, Suzhou’s abundance of canals and gardens makes the city the ideal place to sit outside on a sunny day indulging in a good book. But with airlines’ increasingly stingy luggage allowances, most of us can’t ... Read More>>

One thing expats love to do is talk about the weather – not least in Suzhou. Suzhou’s weather is fairly predictable throughout the year. In terms of climate, it is “humid sub-tropical”, but an expert would add “neo-maritime eastern seaboard”. Sound a ... Read More>>

Suzhou hosts a large number of Western restaurants, with plenty of places serving hamburgers. The lion's share of burger joints, however, are pretty disappointing, perhaps because there are no places that specialise only in patty-based cuisine, or more ... Read More>>

Suzhou has a long history of refinement. It has been a centre for visual and performing arts for centuries while Shanghai and Singapore were still muddy backwaters and mangrove swamps. In the field of visual art, including painting, sculpture, ceramics and ... Read More>>

Long a famous destination for viewers of classical Chinese gardens, Suzhou is also home to dozens of specialized museums that try to capture some of the millennia of history that has run through this city. Large and small, each facility seeks to focus on ... Read More>>

One of the classiest, most satisfying ways to eat in China has manifested itself through the swift, popular rise of 5-star hotel buffets. Most 5-star hotels have them, and though comparatively pricey in China, the variety and quality of the food is among ... Read More>>

“Work is the curse of the drinking man,” my grandfather always says. It’s true that the cost of going out and enjoying your favorite drink can whittle away at your paychecks. Fortunately, there’s no better way to save a few bucks on drinks than to get ... Read More>>