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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.

Great Nanjingers

China’s Territorial Key Opinion Leader (KOL); Li Shengjiao

Frank Hossack -
Li Shengjiao (厉声教) was a famed university sports star who went on to be advisor to China’s first Premier and key contributor to China becoming party to the International Law of the Sea. Born in Nanjing on 7 January, 1935,...
Strainer

My Hipster Tea Glass; Confessions of a Tea Opinion Leader

Matthew Stedman -
There are things I might perhaps do differently if I were starting the Strainer column for the first time in 2021. I’m not saying I would be right to do them differently; I’m not saying the results would be better....
Destinations

Jiuhua Shan & Chizhou; Female Buddahs & Negative Oxygen Ions

Frank Hossack -
Should we, or should we not, ascend Jiuhua Shan to pay homage at a Buddhist shrine? Tough decision. After all, we’re from Nanjing and therefore know a thing or two about climbing hundreds of steps to see a dead...
Feature Stories

Evolution; Never Ever Will I Ever Miss…

Triona Ryan -
I, for one, will miss Prince Philip’s fabulously frank commentary on the century that best represents Humanity’s cognitive evolution as a species. His assertion to Malala Yousafzai, Human Rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, that children, “go to...
Feature Stories

Chinese Women’s Fashion; An Evolution in Ancient Style

Chesna Goel -
A historical relic. A cultural theme park. Xi’an, the ancient capital… Recently, I had the chance to visit the incredible, historical city of Xi’an and see its many wonders. Many of its most prized locations are all deeply rooted in the city’s...
Great Nanjingers

China’s Leonardo da Vinci Seeking Daoist Transcendency; Tao Hongjing

Frank Hossack -
Tao Hongjing (陶弘景) was the Daoist Buddhist who invented an elixir which made the body weightless, a protoscientist who taught princes and drew supernatural talismans, known to many as the “Grand Councillor of the Mountains”. Born in Nanjing in then...
Strainer

Long Before the Water-Boarding; The True Agony of the Leaf

Matthew Stedman -
Take a trip to a tea plantation. Nanjing is surrounded by mountains where tea grows. You’ll bump into one soon enough if your eyes are open to it. If you already know one, go to that one. Steal a handful...
Feature Stories

Do the Chinese Believe in Evolution (or their Version of it)?

Frank Hossack -
A much coined phrase of recent years is that the centre of the civilised world is moving eastward. And that may not just be true for today, it may also turn out that this part of the world is...

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...

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