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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

Tianmuhu; 3 Provinces Meet in a Sea of Bamboo

Frank Hossack -
It is often said that Zhuhai should never be confused with Zhuhai, and that pinyin is a lousy replacement for fully-fledged Chinese characters. This year, the Zhuhai (珠海) in Guangdong Province was linked to Hong Kong by the world’s...
Big Reads

Their Home Expatria; Third Culture Kids & their Global Impact

Renée Gray Beaumont -
To be born and raised in the same town, attend the same school and continue on to a local university is fast becoming a thing of the past. Further more so than attending a university not local to your...
Strainer

Like Broccoli, Love Tea; Hate Cabbage, Love Coffee!

Matthew Stedman -
I have speculated in this very column whether it is correlated with a liking for cats or dogs. I have asked what Chinese teas/infusions I would recommend for a coffee lover to try; wheat tea (大麦茶) or burdock-root (牛蒡茶) tea....
Feature Stories

Human on the Inside; Phoenix Man #RichKidofChina

Angela Chen -
As the rough equivalent of the Gatsbies of the West, the Chinese term, “Phoenix Man”, usually refers to Chinese men who were born into poor families, but worked extremely hard in school and went to university, then stayed in...
Feature Stories

Sino Gatsby; Disposable Culture’s Flickering Green Light

Triona Ryan -
Fitzgerald’s enigmatic anti-hero in “The Great Gatsby” has seen a resurgence in popularity at the dawn of the 21st Century as a poster child for optimism, tenacity and the power of a bit of hard slog. Yet, it is...
Best of The Nanjinger

Nanjing’s Former Embassies; Reliving Republican Glamour

Renée Gray Beaumont -
It is so hard to imagine China’s flapping days of luxury; Nanjing’s pockets of glitz and glamour, before it all took a turn for the worse, only to revel in its renaissance a century later. All too often, modern...
Big Reads

The Evolution of Nanjing’s Xinjiekou

Renée Gray Beaumont -
As the Central Business District (CBD) of Nanjing, Xinjiekou endlessly pumps life into the city’s economy, and acts as, not only the CBD, but also an important area for political and governmental exchange, as well as entertainment. As many...
Big Reads

Flight Attendants; Purses to Automatic & Shop Check

Frank Hossack -
A Chinese-UK couple, who met in university, have succeeded in their dream of building a Boeing 737 flight simulator here in Nanjing. Now they just have to sell it to the Chinese airlines. At least it’s cheap, sort of. For...

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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