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For most of August this year Beijing was unusually, eerily beautiful. Famous for the Forbidden City and China’s most prestigious universities, the capital city of China also holds a dubious reputation as a hotbed for pollution. And yet, for...

Good for Business is Good for Us

  When the West thinks about China, the first things that come to mind are negative stereotypes; an uncontrollable hyper-capitalist economy wreaking havoc on the environment, corruption, and product and food safety scandals. The recent blasts in Tianjin have...

While Abroad, Treat Yourself!

Despite teeth-grating airport security, Twitter-worthy traveller bad behaviour, and the occasional horrific lost-in-translation story, travelling and living abroad continues to be an eye opening, social media brag-worthy blast. Things can take a turn for the worse, though, when you...

Doctor Doctor, Please

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...

Born in Style; Chinese Obstetrics

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...

Chinese Regional Cooking Styles

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...

Eco-Urbanisation;Reinventing the City, Jiangxinzhou Style

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...

River to River

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...
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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”...

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...

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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