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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.

Money Talks

Money Talks (vi); Expat Choices; Property vs Pension

Chris Golding -
When it comes to retirement, you may often hear expats say, “My property is my pension”. But what does this mean? Usually, it’s one of two things. Either buying the biggest house they can afford and downsizing later or...
Feature Stories

When was the Last Time You Saw a Turtle Walk Backwards?

Rain Zhong -
We are all on the move. The Earth orbits the sun, spins around on its own axis. The wind blows, trees waver in its breeze; waves rise and fall, seawater evaporates into the clouds, and drops back down in...
Best of The Nanjinger

All Change Here for Nanjing Metro’s most Ridiculous Interchanges

Frank Hossack -
Stepping off a Nanjing Metro train that has come into Nanjing South Railway Station from Lukou International Airport, there is immediately noticeable the several individuals who sprint the 15 metres or so across the platform to board an awaiting...
Feature Stories

On the Move with an Existential Crisis

Samuel Wilson -
Let me set the scene…  I’m sitting outside Nanjing Railway Station on a slightly chilly November morning sipping on my Americano; too hot and bitter but I need it at this time of morning; and munching down my morning “baozi”....
Fiction

The Rider; When a Mysterious Stranger Takes to the Silk Road…

Marc Belisle -
The porter opened the caravanserai gates reluctantly. The rider was unusual. Caravans rode on a relay. They loaded priceless porcelains and sensuous silks in crates, onto the humps of Bactrian camels, rode west for days or weeks to the nearest...
Building the Best; Architectural Highlights of Nanjing

The Building of Nanjing (22); Former British Embassy

Frank Hossack -
With Nanjing as capital of China prior to Beijing, so too it was home to the embassies of many countries during the Republican era. Some are well preserved, still standing strong to this day and open to the public,...
Strainer

Leaky Logic; How Britain Tried to Ruin the Teapot

Matthew Stedman -
The tea was oolong, with just a hint of Formosa-perfume-tanginess. Or was it a hint of detergent? Anyway, this was a nice restaurant, too nice for pouring spilt water onto the floor.  This was a rare lunch with my teenage...
Destinations

Macau; Convergence of Catholicism & Global Cardinal to 100% Unashamed Capitalism

Frank Hossack -
John Waite was belting out, “Missing You”, as we stepped into a taxi outside Macau International Airport. That, along with the fact that the vehicle was a Toyota Crown, affirmed that Macau is similar to Hong Kong, the Philippines...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...
Frank Hossack -

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...

News Snippets from Jiangsu