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Nantong; No Stopping China’s First Modern City

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In the history of modern China, Nantong set records as a kind of “city of firsts”. The new nation’s first museum, first textile school, first embroidery school, first drama school, and the first Chinese-run school for the blind and...
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Miracle Escape after Curious 1 Year Old Swallows Caustic Soda

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A 1-year-old old baby boy has had a near-miraculous escape after swallowing one of the most toxic substances available; caustic soda. The baby, who could have been maimed for life, was lucky enough to be seen to just in...
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Lianyungang; Perfect Sand & Port Perfecting Links with Europe

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Lianyungang City in northeastern Jiangsu derives its name from Lian Dao, the largest island in Jiangsu, and Yuntai Mountain, the highest in the province. The former is remarkable, the latter less so, for it being eclipsed by the home to...
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Hundreds Line Streets as Trafficked 4 Year Old Girl Returns Home

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Crowds have lined the streets in a village in faraway Guangdong Province to welcome home a 4-year-old girl who was abducted and taken north to be sold to a man from our very own Jiangsu, in an ordeal concluding with...
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Huai’an; From Presidents & Writers to World Crayfish Capital

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Smack bang in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the city of Huai’an has witnessed the birth of the truly great; the most famed and respected of Chinese leaders, as well as the author of one of the nation’s most...
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In Memoriam Bao Bin; Obituary to Designer of Nanjing “Logo”

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Former Dean and Painter of the Nanjing Academy of Arts, Bao Bin (保彬), passed away at 09:48 on 2 January, 2023. He was 87. The Baidu Baike (China’s Wikipedia equivalent) entry for Bao has today been made greyscale in...
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Yancheng; Jiangsu’s Biggest Boasts of Weddings, Tulips & Deer

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Known for its salt, Yancheng’s name in Chinese literally means “Salt City”. Here, humans carved out salt and timber works over 2,100 years ago as mudflats formed along the coastline.  Yancheng takes up approximately half of the Jiangsu coast along...
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China says 88 to A380; Last Super Jumbos Depart Middle Kingdom

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China’s borders reopening has come a little late for the biggest passenger airliner ever made. Scrap? Or spare parts? What fate awaits the last of the Super Jumbos to be flown by a Chinese airline? Today, it seems now...
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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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