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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.

Feature Stories

Tiering Up;China’s Tier System All Smoke & Mirrors?

Laura Schmitt -
“We often hear of China’s first or second or third tier cities, yet what actually makes a city tier? The terms are so often used, yet there is no official formula for determining what tier a city falls in....
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Talking Shop; International Brands with a Local Flavour

Chase Stewart -
“Dude, KFC?? I told you I wanted Chinese breakfast! And it’s not even eleven, are they even open?” “Just wait,” I said to Gary. “Once you get inside you’ll see why we’re here.” I had met Gary a...
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Digging For Treasure; How Taobao Won the ECOM Race

Shahnaz Mouhamou -
“Okay, everyone,” Jack Ma said, clapping his hands and rolling up his sleeves. “Let’s all get up and stand against the wall.” Everyone stood up from their chairs, wondering what sleight of hand their boss would show. ...
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Macro-Localisation; See you in Suguo

Frank Hossack -
Localisation is a term that sounds rather, well, global. Indeed, without the latter there would be none of the former. However, there is more to it than simply varying the menu in differing countries according to local tastes. In...
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Internet Killed the Literary Star

Laura Schmitt -
The rise of the Internet has many merits, connecting the globe and making information available to anyone with the technology to go online. The figures speak volumes. Cracking the benchmark of over 3 billion users in 2014, online penetration...
Feature Stories

Death of the Empress

Laura Schmitt -
When the One-Child Policy was introduced in 1979, no one could have foreseen its side effects that would drastically change the face of China, leading to the advancement of women’s position in society.  In the early...
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Retail Royalty

Frank Hossack -
So the baby boom that many were expecting since the introduction of the so-called Two-Child Policy has not come to be. That boom is being felt elsewhere; not in the belly but in the pocket of parents and grandparents...
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The More Things Change; Education in One-Child China

Emily Walz -
Since the implementation of the one-child policy some thirty years ago, entire generations of singletons have grown up in the Middle Kingdom. Concerns that only children end up spoiled and socially maladjusted for lack of siblings seemed to be...
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Latest News

Frank Hossack -

Costco Nanjing Low Down; Grand Opening on 28 May

That we had heard the rumour was enough; discounted pumps are already flowing at the petrol station of soon-to-be-opened...
Frank Hossack -

Where was Capital of Jiangsu in History? Nanjing just 1 of 9!

Nanjing, the capital of numerous ancient dynasties and even the nation itself previously, is also capital of Jiangsu Province....
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Hi 5! Nanjing’s Newest Metro Line Opens; 8 Years in the Making

They chose to do it on a Sunday. For it has been 8 long years since a spade was...
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