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The Nanjinger arose from a dream that a city with a history as long, and a status as important, as Nanjing, deserves a world-class English media outlet. Beginning life in 2009 and evolving into being the city’s English media of record, The Nanjinger brings the international and English-speaking community a wide and varied selection of news and features about Nanjing, its surrounding area, and Chinese culture, while adhering to international journalistic standards as to both impartiality and objectivity.

Money Talks

Money Talks (xi); Behavioural Finance & its Impact on Women

Chris Golding -
The science of behavioural economics suggests that women, compared to men, need much more knowledge and want to understand products better before they invest. Apparently, a common theme is that many women subconsciously think, “There’s no way I should...
Local Music

Inside Nanjing’s Music Scene; Meeting the Movers & Shakers (Part 8)

Emma Fang -
I had the honour to invite Gao Chuanzi, a Nanjinger like me, as our guest for this month. He is the lead singer of the band “Frozen Street” (冷凍街). But he has another identity; Gao is an art teacher...
Building the Best; Architectural Highlights of Nanjing

The Building of Nanjing (28); Statue of Sun Yat-sen

Frank Hossack -
Just as compasses do in China, the statue of Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing’s Xinjiekou that marks the very centre of our City, faces south. Perhaps out of respect for the accepted way of doing things, but more pragmatically so...
Feature Stories

Nature, Nurture, Psychopaths; Made or Born that Way?

Emma Schneider -
The dichotomy of the “nature vs. nurture” debate has been a key topic of conversation within the realm of psychology and philosophy for centuries on end. How, you may ask, do genetics and/or our environment contribute to the development...
Feature Stories

Looking up; At China’s Cultural Incongruities

Samuel Wilson -
It seems almost unfashionable now to point out that China's rapid modernisation over the past few decades has led to some intriguing cultural incongruities, where ancient traditions coexist almost symbiotically with contemporary lifestyles. But it’s still one that fascinates...
Feature Stories

Theories of Humour; Incongruity Resolution

Triona Ryan -
Have you ever asked yourself, “What’s the funniest joke in the world?” Well, Richard Wiseman, holder of Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire has for his experiment Laugh Lab, 2002. He created the...
Feature Stories

Welcome to Incongruous, with Terry Pratchett & John Keats

Nic Gibson -
The idea of incongruity carries a bad rep. It's right there, in the word itself. “In” often implies something ineffective, inefficient or incompatible. But the picture becomes muddier when we consider inventiveness, ingenuity and incredibility. Hold that incongruity in...
Fiction

Mia; Fermenting a Future

Cindy Hua -
Once upon a time, on the outskirt of a European country, there was a moderately-sized town. Its dwellers had been living on the export of beer for centuries and there was a prestigious family who had taken a monopoly...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

Tasty Solutions on the Menu at Shanghai Climate Week

Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...
Frank Hossack -

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...
Frank Hossack -

Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

News Snippets from Jiangsu