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Building the Best; Architectural Highlights of Nanjing

The Building of Nanjing (8); The Nanjing Eye

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The timing and purpose were perhaps not the most fortunate. Opened in time for the 2014 Youth Olympics, named the Nanjing Eye and hot on the heels of the London Eye opening for the 2012 Olympics, comparisons and criticisms...
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WeChat Rocks; What’s Behind the World’s First Super App?

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Jiangsu TV-dating show, “Fei Cheng Wu Rao” (非誠勿擾), occasionally gets a foreigner on there for a bit of extra spice. Then Kevin Shimota turned up with his bike and tent. Every single prospective girl ditched him.  Not so fast, ladies....
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Moments to Savour (but the Restaurant’s in the Back of a Semi)

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Given school had a half day as it broke up for the summer holiday, The Nanjinger chose to celebrate with a lunch at the recently-opened Focaccia Pizza Bar. Americans call it a semi. Us an articulated truck. Whether real or...
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Woman Fired for Refusing to be Her Boss’ Son’s Girlfriend

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She received some flowers. Then a rather threatening message. But she still did not go out with her boss’ son. Then she was fired for “not adapting to the company’s culture”. It’s the unfair-dismissal case today gathering the headlines...
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No Hotel Charges! Stranded Hainan Tourists Return to Nanjing

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Signs are emerging that the trouble in paradise is nearly over, at least for some Nanjingers stranded in southerly Hainan Province and the beach-side, resort city of Sanya, in particular. Their "extended holiday" is at an end and they’re...
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Nanjinger Helps Revive Youthful Future for Calligraphy

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Today is World Calligraphy Day, as it has been on the second Wednesday of August since 2017. The Day brings experts and beginners together to discuss, practice, and learn about the ancient craft. But the cloud on the horizon...
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First Time Ever; Fire Outbreak on Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

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For the first time in its nigh-on, 74-year history, a serious, structural accident has taken place on the iconic Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. A fire, and the subsequent delay of train services which depend on the Bridge for their...
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Lufthansa is Back! Flights to/from Nanjing Resuming September!

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It’s another little sign that the end is somewhere in sight; the imminent resumption of one of the principal air links for Nanjing with the western world. After more than a year, Lufthansa will next month be once again...
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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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