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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.

Destinations

Yinchuan; Pearl of the Silk Road

Nikita Hayward -
Perhaps the most striking thing about Yinchuan is the sense of negative space; the lack of things which are a common sight in other provincial capitals (such as Nanjing). The centre of town does not feature a McDonald’s, the...
Best of The Nanjinger

Lies, Damned Lies; Fake Character is China’s Latest Big Business

Shawn Li -
Many of our alert readers will know of the expression, “Me and my yacht”. They will also be aware of the limits to the actual truth contained therein. Turns out that in China, this is a concept that has...
Feature Stories

World Ready; Global Perspectives Educate New Chinese Character

Steven Yeh -
Today, China is flourishing with an evolving education which propels the quality of the population and in turn, promotes social solidarity. Since arriving in Nanjing at the age of 2, I have personally felt the leaping social progress of...
Feature Stories

In the Name of Morality; Key Influencers of Chinese Character

Josefa Meng -
Social debate of so-called “moral abduction” has become popular in recent years in China. In the name of morality, people use excessive or even unrealistic standards to demand, coerce or attack others, and to influence their behaviour. Have you ever...
Strainer

Perfect Median; China’s Take on Earl Grey

Matthew Stedman -
It’s pomelo season in Jiangnan. That pleases me. Even if you don’t know its (obscure) English name, you know the fruit. It hangs, moon-like, from trees in parks and campuses everywhere. You can eat the windfalls, but they’re a little...
Big Reads

A Player’s Heaven in Nanjing; the Tennis Academy of China

Josefa Meng -
Nanjing is home to the only national-level special tennis academy, the Tennis Academy of China, located in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area on Purple Mountain and built on the former site of the nation’s Central Stadium in Republican...
Feature Stories

You’re on CCTV! China’s Ambivalence to the Surveillance State

Frank Hossack -
According to the good book, Matthew, Chapter 7, Verse 3, states, “Before examining the splinter in my eye, first remove the rafter from your own”. So it goes with privacy. Could it be that many who are quite vocal about...
Feature Stories

China’s Safety Culture; Grounded in Myth, Fact or history?

Josefa Meng -
Taboo, originally the native language of Tonga Island in the South Pacific Polynesia, has two meanings; 1. "sublime", "sacred" and "inviolable"; 2. "dangerous", "prohibited" and "untouchable." According to the second, only if people believe and abide can their...

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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