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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

Delighting in a Slow Walk through Water Towns of Enlightenment

Triona Ryan -
“Life can only be understood backwards, and must be lived forwards.” . I Googled my old English teacher recently. She died in a road accident 20 years ago. A Dutch driver wandered into the path of the car in which...
Feature Stories

Jiangsu Food Carvings; More than Edible Decoration

Nohemi Gutierrez -
Jiangsu cuisine is one of China's eight main cuisines. It is known for its mild flavour and fresh ingredients. Due to its unique geographical advantage, a wide array of crops can grow in Jiangsu.  Although commonly known as the land...
Feature Stories

Oh Deer Me! What on Earth Happened to You?

Frank Hossack -
Have a close look at this beast. Notice anything out of the ordinary? Its antlers are facing backwards. Part deer, part horse, part cow, part donkey; say hello to the “Milu” (麋鹿), or “Père David's Deer”. Outside of China, it was the...
Great Nanjing Women

A Life of Public Service for Women; Pauline Woo Tsui

Frank Hossack -
Pauline Woo Tsui was at her core an anti-discrimination activist who sought to correct the wrongs brought on the female sex in many theaters, from the USA to China. Born in Nanjing on 2 October, 1920, Woo’s father in fact...
Strainer

Chasing the Black Dragon; Orientation by Oolong

Matthew Stedman -
I take the glass out of the fridge and sip on the dark, ice-cold liquid. The coldness is a comfort in this fast-tracked summer. And the flavour is transportational. It takes me back to Japan and my first brush with Asia;...
Feature Stories

Living in a One-Sided World of Beauty; I am who and what I am

Ada Sun -
“Your eyes aren’t big enough.”“Your nose bridge isn’t high enough.”“You are flat.”…the phrases repeated to me over and over again growing up in a mostly western-dominated culture. I grew up in America, spending the majority of my tween and early...
Feature Stories

5 Ridiculous Things You’ll See in Chinese Gyms & Swimming Pools

Frank Hossack -
For if you go down to the gym today, you’re sure of a big surprise. Given the little physical exercise of late, many of us have about a year of flab to burn off. Gym memberships in many parts...
Feature Stories

Alone in Our Anxiety? The Interesting Times in which We May Live

Triona Ryan -
We interupt our regularly scheduled program of aaaaggghhhhhh..... To feel accepted. To feel secure. To flourish in life is a common goal for one and all right now. That which fuels the soul is a valued commodity these days, in...

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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