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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

Numbers & their Impact on Society

Emma Schneider -
Have you ever noticed how large of an impact “numbers” have on our daily lives? We rely on numbers for the simplest of activities such as reading the time on the clock, to vast, complex mathematical algorithms which have...
Feature Stories

So Very Superstitious; Numbers on the Wall

Nic Gibson -
Ah, numbers and superstitions. An area we are familiar with, although you might not think about it on any sort of analytical level. With the slightest spotlight, it doesn’t make much sense; why do many Western cultures consider 13 unlucky...
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Chinese Whispers & Simple Arithmetic; It’s a Numbers Game

Frank Hossack -
This correspondent’s dear spouse has a favourite expression; (我给你讲过了一百八十遍你知道), meaning, “I’ve told you, like, a hundred times already, you know” (in the Chinese version, the number is actually “180”, presumably because we have to get the number “8” in...
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In the Game of Desire and Shame; Keep Count

Rachel Benham -
The Artist makes ceramic tea pots, but he drinks coffee. He makes espresso mugs and a soap dish for his new apartment. He makes an ashtray and then quits smoking before he’s fired it in the kiln. She asks...
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Rehabilitating Poetry; Weddings, Exclusivity and Keeping it Crystal Clear

Nic Gibson -
Poetry gets a bad rap. No, not poetry is bad rap. Let me explain what I mean.  Poetry is older than the novel, can be shorter than a song, and asks only to be read to be experienced. Other forms...
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Poetry; The Forgotten Form of Media?

Rain Zhong -
Imagine a time without YouTube videos, without movies, film, and TV shows; before the days of blogs, magazines and newspaper articles. How were people supposed to express their emotions and thoughts on the world, around the world? It wasn’t...
Feature Stories

Stone; The Tale of a Compulsive Rhymer

Daniel L. Mayers -
I can tell you diary, for this will not breakThe promise I was made to make,This poetic flair was fun at the startEveryone thought I was really smart,Now they think I’m doing it in spite,Even now it affects the...
Best of The Nanjinger

China’s Unwritten Rules & The Population Time Bomb

Frank Hossack -
News of China’s rapidly-aging population will not have escaped The Nanjinger’s alert readers. That’s right folks, people aren’t making enough babies. The problem of course, is the herd effect. And given China is an aspirational society driven by the concept...

Latest News

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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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