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The Nanjinger arose from a dream that a city with a history as long, and a status as important, as Nanjing, deserves a world-class English media outlet. Beginning life in 2009 and evolving into being the city’s English media of record, The Nanjinger brings the international and English-speaking community a wide and varied selection of news and features about Nanjing, its surrounding area, and Chinese culture, while adhering to international journalistic standards as to both impartiality and objectivity.

Capital Constructs

The Building of Nanjing (32); Confucius Temple (Fuzimiao)

Frank Hossack -
Intended as a place to worship and consecrate Confucius, Fuzimiao in Nanjing has seen its share of violence, the area around it having gone through ravishing epochs of change. The essence of Qinhuai River scenery and one of Nanjing’s two...
Money Talks

Money Talks (xiv); Adviser vs. DIY Investing; Consider a Self Test

Chris Golding -
There's no foolproof way to measure your success as a self-appointed financial planner. You may never know how your portfolio would perform if you paid a professional to manage it versus doing it yourself. But you can assess to...
Strainer

Teenage Kicks for a Rotten Old [Green] Fart

Matthew Stedman -
It’s teenagers who enjoy it the most. It’s there in so many of the snacks they eat. It is a horrifying rottenness. They love it. They are wrong to love it. Of course, many of these snacks of rottenness contain...
The Supplement

Ming Dynasty Baijiu Tech Breaks Records in Fertile Lands

Frank Hossack -
The sprawling plains of northern Jiangsu belie that which lurks under foot; millions of years of geological change at work resulting in a superlative diamond in the world of liquor production. It’s one recently come to be officially recognised...
The Supplement

Wuxi; A Metropolis of Music Materialises in Birthplace of Legend

Frank Hossack -
Known for boasting the beginnings of China’s Wu culture brought about Wuxi people’s reputation for being smart, making them an employer’s dream. That indeed spurred the region’s industrial development, but it also gave rise to their having a diverse...
Capital Constructs

The Building of Nanjing (31); Nanjing Zhongshan Men (Gate)

Frank Hossack -
Few others, if any, have been given a funeral procession such as this. Not only was it long, from Zhongshan Wharf in Nanjing’s northwest all the way to Purple Mountain, it was wide. Roads along the entire route were ripped...
Feature Stories

The Alternative (& Superior) Nanjing QR Code Treasure Hunt

Samuel Wilson -
Your usual tourist traps would litter any typical QR Code Treasure Hunt route for Nanjing; Purple Mountain, Fuzimiao, the City Wall and some sort of stopover in Xinjiekou at some point.  Been there, done that.  Therefore, I attempt an alternative QR...
Feature Stories

Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink; China’s QR Code Debacle

Frank Hossack -
I think I’m becoming allergic to QR codes… I had a dream. It was full of vertical black and white lines. Some of the lines then morphed into an odd haze of dots; some square, some circular. Some even, it...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

Nanjing Metro Line 7; Complete, Open & Very Very Deep

Today marked another milestone in the evolution of our City’s mass transit system, as the Nanjing Metro network put...
Frank Hossack -

Earthrise @56; and the Role Played by Nanjing & NASA in it

This day, 56 years ago, a remarkable photograph was taken. The photographer was a man who’d spent time in...
Frank Hossack -

Anniversary 87; Nanjing Massacre Victims’ Families Centre Stage

With its traditional ceremonial solemnity, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders’ annual recognition...

News Snippets from Jiangsu