The Supplement

In the summer of 2019, I attended a discussion panel at Shanghai Jiaotong University’s School of Design. The subject: artificial intelligence (AI) and its future implementations in creative industries. Among the presenters were a Greek Computer Sciences Professor conducting...

Innovation. That’s a word which in Nanjing is bantered around like baozi. But slapping the label “innovative” on something doesn’t make it so. To find the genuine article, The Nanjinger first asks the question, what does Africa’s number 1 music...

Thinking of things to do over the National Day holiday in Nanjing? How about some culture with a twist? At least one of these museums should appeal to all, with “unusual” and “lesser known” our watchwords for this list...

Nanjing Forest Music Festival 2022 fell on 8 September, taking place in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage, providing music fans with an enjoyable audio-visual experience in a beautiful and truly unique setting. With doves and fireflies flying up...

With the world today mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, what of Nanjing’s links to royalty? One thing stands out above all else. To some a humble piece of cloth, brocade, an icon of our city, was once...

China’s appetite for crayfish (longxia; 龙虾) is now well known all over the world. But the side effects of this enormous industry can be surprising, but just as appetising. And one in particular makes a visit to Xuyi worth...

As we welcome the sunshine and summer breeze, some of us will be saying goodbye to friends we’ve met along the way who will be leaving the city of Nanjing. So why not take this opportunity to say a...

Today is Children’s Day in China. And so it is appropriate that a collection of the supposed first colour photos of Nanjing featuring the faces of young ones from more than 75 years ago is today doing the rounds...