Feature Stories

In came the doc, accompanied by a small troupe of medical students who had pounced on the opportunity ever since discovering there was a foreigner in the hospital a few days prior. I was hoping to be out of...

Each country has their own birthing rituals and practices that shape their health industry, influencing its very nature as well as bringing forth institutions hitherto unheard of in the other parts of the world. In China, one needn’t look...

That Chinese people have a passion bordering almost on obsession for food is no secret, and as many of us quickly discover upon arriving, the variety of “local” dishes is about as plentiful as this country’s population, taking us...

Long term residents of Nanjing will be very familiar with Jiangxinzhou, commonly referred to in non-Chinese speaking communities as Grape Island; famed for its vineyards and an associated annual festival plus a way of life altogether more rustic in...

Clay taken from the Mississippi and Yangtze rivers is set to unite contemporary artists from the twinned cities St. Louis and Nanjing. With just two weeks until the exhibition “River to River” opens, The Nanjinger was invited into the...

The selection of books regarding China in any given library is, generally speaking, diametric in nature. The opinions expressed by authors range from those predicting China will surpass the United States and be crowned the sole world power to...

“We often hear of China’s first or second or third tier cities, yet what actually makes a city tier? The terms are so often used, yet there is no official formula for determining what tier a city falls in....

“Dude, KFC?? I told you I wanted Chinese breakfast! And it’s not even eleven, are they even open?” “Just wait,” I said to Gary. “Once you get inside you’ll see why we’re here.” I had met Gary a...