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“520” Does Not Sound Like “I Love You”; Actually it Does!

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Visit literally anywhere remotely referring to the Chinese language on the internet today and be told that this day is (yet another) Valentines Day in the Middle Kingdom, on account that the pronunciation of this date sounds like “I...
Nanjing News

Why Did Nanjing Man Marry Four Women And One Commit Bigamy?

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A Nanjing man and one of his four former spouses are in hot water after it has emerged they were involved in a fake marriage scam the man was operating that helped out of town women to buy real...
Nanjing News

US$310 Million in Nanjing Foreign Investment, but Beware Numbers

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Since COVID, we have all despaired as one business after another was shuttered, permanently. But there are bright spots, as illustrated by the enormous injection of foreign investment into Nanjing just announced. It’s the vote of confidence in Nanjing...
Feature Stories

Don’t Mess with Mr. Zero; The Names Chinese People Choose for themselves

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Know anyone with a dog named “Coca Cola”, shortened to “Cola” (可乐 )? Turns out that is also in fact a real life surname for a human in China. Now everywhere has weird names. In the western world, many are...
Great Nanjingers

Left Wing Movie Director who was Critics’ Darling; Shui Hua

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Shui Hua (水华) was a film director and screenwriter who maintained artistic integrity while also appealing to the general public with his simplicity and a subtle but clear personal style. Born in Nanjing on 23 November, 1916, Shui devoted himself...
Building the Best; Architectural Highlights of Nanjing

The Building of Nanjing (6); Deji Plaza

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Consummate shoppers among our alert readers will know all too well that China’s top-performing shopping mall is SKP (新光天地) in Beijing, with yearly sales of ¥13.5 billion. And the only other mall in China in that club with a...
Local Reviews

What’s Yellow, Tall and Cool? Soho in Nanjing’s Xinjiekou!

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Soho is its official name, as decreed by The Nanjinger. But it’s not the local equivalent of today’s Soho in London, so full of tourists that it has lost the trendy allure it once had. No, Nanjing’s version is...
Big Reads

50 Photos from 50 Days in Shanghai as City “Lifts” Lock Down

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Shanghai is back in business. Not quite though, but that’s what authorities might have us believe. And of course it has come with a tremendous economic loss, not least that of an entire season. Marking the day, 50 photos...
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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? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...
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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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