Renée Gray Beaumont

Nanjing yesterday saw a severe crackdown on drug offenders in a very publicised trial. Eighteen men were on trial for various offences, ranging from trafficking and possession to drug abuse and re-offending. Of those on trial,...

The theatre was packed, half foreign, half Chinese, all eagerly awaiting the start of the show as we sat intimately around the stage. A tiny living room made up the stage; just enough space for the four actors to...

Whether you are aware already or not, today on the 3rd Sunday of June, we in China celebrate Fathers Day, a day and tradition we mostly assume has been a direct influence of the west. While...

A visiting Chinese researcher has been missing in the American state of Illinois for four days. 26-year-old Zhang Yingying from Fujian was last seen getting into a black car on Friday afternoon, after only a brief...

Residents of Dafang, Gulou district were abruptly woken this morning by a factory boiler blast that sent a shock wave through many neighbouring residential complexes reportedly burying one person and injuring a number of others. The...

We at The Nanjinger often spend a vast amount of time contemplating, discussing and analising Chinese sociology. Laid out on the table this month is societal reflection and what that means for China. So often do...

Just as avocados helped lift the social status of Britain’s newly affluent middle class of the 1970s, it is now beginning to rain down prestige on China’s new middle class in the same way. It acts...

Japanese food in Nanjing is not difficult to find; an array of good, authentic and affordable Japanese food is. That is why we at the Nanjinger absolutely loved our visit to the newest kid on the block; Fujiwara. ...