The Nanjinger

Every time Apple is about to introduce a new iPhone product, fans of the products will remark that the season for selling a kidney is coming. It is no joke, and it comes from a real and sad story....

Chairman Mao famously said, “Women hold up half the sky”. If by “sky” he was in some small way also referring to the “Chinese art world”, then unfortunately the saying holds a little less truth. Historically,...

I was hanging a bit of washing the other day when it struck me. What we've actually done is to bring the proverbial coals to Newcastle. Two suitcases packed with labels proclaiming "made in China". All...

Most foreigners fall in love with China and all its “charms”. Indeed, I must put my handup to having had a brief affair with the country from when we arrived early last October to, um, let me think now…..about...

This month I have decided to focus on an ingredient that even the most well-mannered diners struggle to eat without looking ridiculous; noodles. My first experience of the street staple is something I will always remember. To start, I...

Twenty-eight million euros was the winning bid for the two bronze animal heads. Once prized imperial treasures of Emperor Qianlong, the two heads, one rabbit and one rat, featured at a Christie’s sale in Paris in 2009. ...

Freedom of speech, also called freedom of expression, is the right to impart one’s opinions and ideas through any media without fear of government retaliation or censorship, or social sanction. Such a freedom is a basic...

According to the 39th China Statistical Report on Internet Development issued by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on January 2017, there are some data that look like simply massive: the netizens of the P.R.C. had reached 731 million...