Suzhou is one of China’s most vital electronics manufacturing centres. However who cares about that? On June twenty ninth nothing was extra vital to the town than its crew beating close by Yangzhou in a soccer match. The fierce rivalry stretches again greater than 1,000 years to when the cities competed for pre-eminence alongside the Grand Canal. For hundreds of years in addition they sought to outdo one another’s chic gardens. Suzhou, the bigger and richer of the 2, was victorious throughout the Track dynasty. It continued its profitable streak in 2025, comfortably beating Yangzhou 3-0.