Changshu

Changshu is a county-level city in Jiangsu province, in eastern China, administered by the prefecture-level city of Suzhou and lying within the Yangtze River Delta. It sits on the southern bank of the Yangtze, facing the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the river. The mild climate and the terrain have made it an agricultural place since ancient times, and the name reflects this: the first character, meaning always or often, is paired with a second character meaning ripe. The neighbouring county-level city of Taicang takes its own name from a phrase meaning great granary. Changshu is crossed by a national highway and several expressways, and it has one Yangtze crossing, the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge. It is also home to a technical institute and a United World College campus.