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Police Need Intervene as “Mummy’s Boy” Weeps outside Station

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Chinese men are kind of known for "running home to mamma". While many would point to the “little emperor syndrome” as being the culprit, this part of the lads’ character recently gave rise to a teenage outburst of an...
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I Grew Opium because “It Gives Meat Roasts more Flavour”

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This was the claim of a man in Nanjing who recently came afoul of the law for growing opium poppies on his rooftop and balcony. He'd been dobbed in by his neighbours, fearful that something more sinister was in...
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A4 Paper License Plate used by Nanjing Man to Avoid Parking Fee

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Some people will do anything to avoid paying one trifling fee or another. Take parking for example. One Nanjing man has been handed the maximum penalty possible for covering his car’s license plate with a homemade equivalent to simply...
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“520” Does Not Sound Like “I Love You”; Actually it Does!

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Visit literally anywhere remotely referring to the Chinese language on the internet today and be told that this day is (yet another) Valentines Day in the Middle Kingdom, on account that the pronunciation of this date sounds like “I...
Nanjing News

Why Did Nanjing Man Marry Four Women And One Commit Bigamy?

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A Nanjing man and one of his four former spouses are in hot water after it has emerged they were involved in a fake marriage scam the man was operating that helped out of town women to buy real...
Nanjing News

US$310 Million in Nanjing Foreign Investment, but Beware Numbers

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Since COVID, we have all despaired as one business after another was shuttered, permanently. But there are bright spots, as illustrated by the enormous injection of foreign investment into Nanjing just announced. It’s the vote of confidence in Nanjing...
Feature Stories

Don’t Mess with Mr. Zero; The Names Chinese People Choose for themselves

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Know anyone with a dog named “Coca Cola”, shortened to “Cola” (可乐 )? Turns out that is also in fact a real life surname for a human in China. 认识谁养了一只叫“可口可乐”的狗吗？ 事实证明，这实际上也是中国人在现实生活中的姓氏。 Now everywhere has weird names. In the western world, many...
Great Nanjingers

Left Wing Movie Director who was Critics’ Darling; Shui Hua

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Shui Hua (水华) was a film director and screenwriter who maintained artistic integrity while also appealing to the general public with his simplicity and a subtle but clear personal style. 水华（水华）是一位电影导演和编剧，他保持了艺术诚信，同时以他的简单和微妙但清晰的个人风格吸引了公众。 Born in Nanjing on 23 November, 1916, Shui devoted himself...
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About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host and voice-over artist who has worked in China for the past 32 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal 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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