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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.

Strainer

Belt-Tightening Beckons; Before the Penny Pinching

Matthew Stedman -
I need to cut back. We’ve overspent this month. When I look back, I don’t know whether it’s the newly-printed poster board on my wall which I’ll point to as “peak-splurge”. Maybe it will be the sailing sun-hat from the French...
Coding Creativity

Kal-A.I-doscope 0; What Turns our Gears?

Rain Zhong -
As long as 27 years ago, the chess computer Deep Blue beat the then world champion and chess grand master Garry Kasparov. Post-defeat, people, including Kasparov himself, suspected the AI of cheating with the help of a human, as...
Building the Best; Architectural Highlights of Nanjing

The Building of Nanjing (27); Nanjing Railway Ferry

Frank Hossack -
Getting a train onto a ferry is a big deal, even today. Apart from the fact that trains are just plain heavy, they require the building of trestle bridges for the embarking/disembarking of locomotives and carriages. All very well,...
Money Talks

Money Talks (x); Bitcoin Halving; What is it, Why is it & What Happened Before?

Chris Golding -
Before explaining this recent Bitcoin event, I would first like to affirm that I do not personally endorse Bitcoin investment, it as a haven for illicit money, its “pyramid” style mechanics and the amount of energy burned by Bitcoin...
Local Music

Inside Nanjing’s Music Scene; Meeting the Movers & Shakers (Part 7)

Emma Fang -
The lead singer of the band “Bloom on the Bar” (杠上开花) regards the core of his music as being durable, psychedelic and alternative. Speaking of the band’s name, it is in fact a term used in mahjong. Readers who are...
Destinations

Stray Cats, Five Leaf Clovers & Lakes of Magnificence, in Huai’an

Frank Hossack -
Huai’an in our very own Jiangsu has as its biggest claim to fame that it was the home of Zhou Enlai, China’s first and longest-serving Premier. Rightfully revered to this day, history buffs will therein revel in a grand...
Fiction

Running on Empty; The Marathon Guide to Homicide

Bobbie Ali -
What had happened was…”, Troy began, betraying his Georgia country boy roots. Milla cringed. She was so sick of his antics, excuses, and the way he stressed the accent thinking that it made him seem cute to her.  He was...
Building the Best; Architectural Highlights of Nanjing

The Building of Nanjing (26); Nanjing South Railway Station

Frank Hossack -
Nanjing South Railway Station perhaps might have never become a reality. And at the heart of the matter was a 3-year-long disagreement between the Ministry of Railways and the Nanjing urban planning authorities.  It was in December of 1994 that...

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...

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