Feature Stories

News of China’s rapidly-aging population will not have escaped The Nanjinger’s alert readers. That’s right folks, people aren’t making enough babies. The problem of course, is the herd effect. And given China is an aspirational society driven by the concept...

Unwritten rules seem natural and unquestionable. Commit a rule to writing or speak it out loud, however, and it can be probed at with logic, illuminated through debate, or, as parents and teachers will often be all too aware,...

Found taped to a life insurance advertisement adjacent to the escalators of exit 1B, XXX Road Metro Station, 13 October, 20:32. If you are the man, height 170-175 cm, full head of hair but some strands of gray, who takes...

Foundations. That’s the watchword in the world of charity in China today. Their rise is the manifestation of an unprecedented shift embracing philanthropy in the Middle Kingdom. Factors such as an increasingly international outlook, more disposable income, changes in...

I spun around and made a beeline straight for the blue man. My excitement bubbled up as I neared him and envisioned the stream of likes I’d get if I managed to snap a picture with him, right here,...

Caring, benevolence and philanthropy have in some ways taken a back seat during this era of epidemic. But there are those who won’t quit, people who care about saving lives other than their own. Time to find out how...

Ever heard that Nanjing is commonly known as one of the “three furnaces” of China? Ever heard others say, “No, China has five furnaces; not just Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, but also Xi’an and Changsha”. Still there are others who...

World Capitals (WC). The thought of them, all of them, brings a tear to my eye. There are several cities that I would give more than an eye to see, it is true. Foreign metropole, glittering with nostalgia and...