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Great Nanjingers

Dreamer of Damsals in Red; Cao Xueqin

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Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹) was a free-spirited individual with a fondness for the bottle. But he was also a visionary with a keen eye for the human condition, largely the result of his family’s fall from grace in the eyes...
Nanjing News

Flood Season Arrives in Nanjing; City, Citizens Prepare and Drill

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Heavy rains came to Nanjing this afternoon, marking the start of the region’s annual flood season. Prudently, city authorities have been preparing for the inevitable by conducting a series of flood-fighting and emergency-rescue drills, while citizens shall do well...
National News

Aerial Silk Road Inches to Reality with Launch of New Airline

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While airlines the world over clamber to avoid bankruptcy by focusing their operations on cargo, a new operator in China has just been launched that shines a light on the country’s ambitions for an “Aerial Silk Road” that will...
National News

Tobacco Wuhan’s Only Growth as City Records 40.5% Slump in GDP

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A sobering statistic emerged this morning in the form of figures for Wuhan’s economic activity during the first quarter. The worse-than-feared 40.5 percent drop in GDP over the same period last year comes as another forewarning to virus epicentres...
Nanjing News

Mass Extinctions the Fault of Volcanoes Say Nanjing Scientists

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Geological scientists in Nanjing are back in the international headlines, this time for assertions that the Earth’s mass extinctions were likely caused by volcanic activity, rather than asteroid collisions or other events proposed by media or popular culture. 252 million...
National News

“Look & Drink” Tops May Day Deals; Sanya Bookings at 2019 Levels

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With the extended May Day holiday just around the corner and the threat from Covid-19 as good as gone, Chinese people are set to take advantage of the 5 day holiday by once again travelling. Most, however, are not...
Nanjing News

Nanjing Massacre +80 Years; Favour Returned to Rabe’s Grandson

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There can hardly be a foreigner in Nanjing unaware of the story of John Rabe. Yesterday, his grandson, Thomas, received medical aid in Germany to assist the European country’s fight against Covid-19. The supplies were a donation made by...
National News

Fast Track for Foreigners Coming to China in the Works

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News has leaked in the last few days that China is preparing to open her borders to foreigners once again. It emerged during a regular press conference on Tuesday that ongoing discussions could see South Koreans and Singaporeans as...
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About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host who has worked in China for the past 30 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine and The Times, appeared on the BBC and LBC, and been cited by CNN, China Daily and the New York Times, among many others.
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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue”...
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Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9...
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Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties...

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