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Online Booking Needed for Fuzimiao Lantern Festival and Laomendong

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Thinking of heading out to see the Chinese-New-Year lights and lanterns at Confucius Temple or Laomendong? Advance reservations are now necessary, as authorities attempt to keep both numbers and COVID at bay. It’s been a crazy time of year since...
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Nucleic Acid Testing Booths Repurposed as Chinese New Year Market

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Noticed a change in the urban landscape? Not additions thereto, but rather the absence of structures which were, until recently, a disconcerting reminder of COVID. That's right, those nucleic-acid testing points. Assuming one testing booth for every 5,000 people, China...
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Hugely Popular Night Tour of Yangzhou Lake Returns Tonight!

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Fans of Slender West Lake in Yangzhou will be delighted that the area's popular evening tour returns tonight, as a Chinese New Year holiday draw sure to bring the pleasure seekers. Just wrap up warm; it’s going to be...
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Phuket! Flights from Nanjing to Start at Chinese New Year

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Waiting here in Nanjing for news of flights to exotic destinations has become tedious to say the least; many locals now have expired passports! So there is joy at news there shall very soon be flights between Nanjing and...
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Free Entry to Tourist Attractions in Jiangsu this Chinese New Year

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There’s a lot of money to be saved on a family day out or 3 this Chinese New Year, as a slew of tourist attractions and scenic areas across Jiangsu Province will have their entry barriers raised for the...
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Money & Paying for Stuff in Nanjing

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Linguistically, here in the south, when referring to monetary amounts, Nanjingers will not verbally refer to “yuan” and “jiao”. Instead, they say “kuai” and “mao”. Next, despite all the modern conveniences of mobile payments, it should first of all be...
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Communication & Using the Internet in Nanjing

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Hopefully, by the time most read this, the concept of VPN will not be news. Without it, there shall be no Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Whatsapp. And may others as decreed by the Chinese government. In their place, Microsoft...
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Nanjing Basics; Introduced as Never Before

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For let no one tell you different. Nanjing is the rightful capital of China. Our city has enough experience to back up that claim; arguably China’s greatest architecture, past and present; a rich history of engagement with other countries;...
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About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host and voice-over artist who has worked in China for the past 32 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal and The Times, appeared on the BBC and LBC, and been cited by CNN, China Daily and the New York Times, among many others.
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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...
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Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

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Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

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