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The Nanjinger arose from a dream that a city with a history as long, and a status as important, as Nanjing, deserves a world-class English media outlet. Beginning life in 2009 and evolving into being the city’s English media of record, The Nanjinger brings the international and English-speaking community a wide and varied selection of news and features about Nanjing, its surrounding area, and Chinese culture, while adhering to international journalistic standards as to both impartiality and objectivity.

Money Talks

Money Talks (vi); Expat Choices; Property vs Pension

Chris Golding -
When it comes to retirement, you may often hear expats say, “My property is my pension”. But what does this mean? Usually, it’s one of two things. Either buying the biggest house they can afford and downsizing later or...
Feature Stories

When was the Last Time You Saw a Turtle Walk Backwards?

Rain Zhong -
We are all on the move. The Earth orbits the sun, spins around on its own axis. The wind blows, trees waver in its breeze; waves rise and fall, seawater evaporates into the clouds, and drops back down in...
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All Change Here for Nanjing Metro’s most Ridiculous Interchanges

Frank Hossack -
Stepping off a Nanjing Metro train that has come into Nanjing South Railway Station from Lukou International Airport, there is immediately noticeable the several individuals who sprint the 15 metres or so across the platform to board an awaiting...
Feature Stories

On the Move with an Existential Crisis

Samuel Wilson -
Let me set the scene…  让我来设置场景...... I’m sitting outside Nanjing Railway Station on a slightly chilly November morning sipping on my Americano; too hot and bitter but I need it at this time of morning; and munching down my morning “baozi”....
Fiction

The Rider; When a Mysterious Stranger Takes to the Silk Road…

Marc Belisle -
The porter opened the caravanserai gates reluctantly. The rider was unusual. Caravans rode on a relay. They loaded priceless porcelains and sensuous silks in crates, onto the humps of Bactrian camels, rode west for days or weeks to the nearest...
Destinations

Macau; Convergence of Catholicism & Global Cardinal to 100% Unashamed Capitalism

Frank Hossack -
John Waite was belting out, “Missing You”, as we stepped into a taxi outside Macau International Airport. That, along with the fact that the vehicle was a Toyota Crown, affirmed that Macau is similar to Hong Kong, the Philippines...
Money Talks

Money Talks (v); New Year Resolutions & Your Financial Workout

Chris Golding -
If you are looking to improve your finances as part of your new year resolutions, looking at the most common mistakes and then how to improve them is a great place to start. In my experience, most expats do not...
Fiction

The Builders of Churches; A Love Measured in Mozzarella

Mathijs -
Credo in unam sanctam et pathologicam ecclesiam The church was coming along nicely, we all thought it was. The town of Ferington had its own opinions but we always let it. It were never our business to judge no one's...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...
Frank Hossack -

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...
Frank Hossack -

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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