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Difference between Scottish Bank Notes & Chinese Calligraphy?

When the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) recently held the launch party for its new £20 note, one of the designers responsible who should have been in attendance felt her time would be better spent giving a talk on...

Jiangsu “Teacher Mums” Help Nurture Left-Behind Kids

Teachers in a Jiangsu town practice being a Teacher Mum, a phrase that has been coined to a number of teachers who have taken on an additional more nurturing role for the children who are “left-behind”. 江苏一个小镇的教师正在实践“教师妈妈”这个词,这个词是指一些为“留守”孩子承担更多抚养角色的教师。 After China opened...

Yangzhou 24; Slender by Name, Slender by Nature

West Lake, over in Zhejiang province, is synonymous with Hangzhou. Slender West Lake, on the other hand, is an entirely different kettle of fish. For after just 1 and a half hours’ drive from Nanjing, or 40 minutes on...

The “Modeng” Women; Republican Era Posters Art Exhibition

Smoking, to the women of 1920s and 30s Shanghai, was terribly classy. It was the epitome of “modeng” (摩登), a transliteration of the English “modern”, which nodded to a radically transformed urban lifestyle amidst a wave of new found...

Feeling the Current on the Needle

As the medical community along all points between the East and West is still divided between whether or not acupuncture indeed has any sound scientific evidence at all as to its results, The Nanjinger was referred to an acupuncture...

Cantina Identity Crisis; but Solid Mexican Fare

Nanjing has had more than its fair share of bad luck when it comes to Mexican restaurants, an opening statement perhaps best illustrated by a 2014 TripAdvisor review of the now-defunct, long timer Behind the Wall, calling it “Maybe...
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Nanjing Could Put Canberra on a New Flight Path to China

Travellers between China and Australia may soon have another part way across the Pacific. Nanjing has emerged as the...

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Shanghai’s 21 Year Metro Fare Freeze Finally Faces a Hearing

Commuters across Shanghai are to see a fare structure tested for the first time in over two decades. On...

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