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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.

Feature Stories

The Bard! Street Food of Every Ailment Shall it Rid Thee

Jonathan Alexander Smith -
Those of us called to teach are anything but stereotypes. We teachers are all strong, independent, free-thinking and unique in our approach to life; and the fact that we can be easily categorised, branded, classified, catalogued and labelled not...
Feature Stories

Taxi! Nausea, Check; Body Odour, Check; Both Kidneys, Check

Triona Ryan -
E-bike season starts as spring arrives, ending winter hibernation and car reliance Pre-app taxi hailing was risky; scarce cabs, haggling fares, and urban legends Didi revolutionized transport with GPS, app bookings, and premium, sensory-friendly options Taxis improved with accountability, though occasional odd...
Feature Stories

3 Taxi Drivers, 3 Journeys; Connecting Us, Connecting Our City

Samuel Wilson -
High time we put down our phones and looked through to the front of the taxis we’re sat in. Behind the wheel, every driver has a story; a reflection of resilience, adaptation, and the pulse of a changing China....
Feature Stories

Death & Taxis How Close Have You Come to Dying?

Jonathan Alexander Smith -
Death and taxes. Taxes and death. Taxed until you die. Perhaps we don’t remind ourselves enough of Benjamin Franklin’s words; that these are the only two true things certain in life. Hearing this as a teenager, I recall wondering...
Feature Stories

China Taxis then & Now; The Hardware’s Changed but the Software?

Frank Hossack -
I should have seen it coming. In fact, I did, quite literally; it happened right before my eyes. 我本应该看到它的到来。 事实上，我做到了，真的；它就发生在我眼前。 That’s why if you ask me whether to take a taxi or the metro, my answer will lie in the latter....
Fiction

Back to the Future; “You Have a Fare…”

Felix Campbell -
I looked out of the window as I drove. The road wasn’t a road as such, though I liked to think of it that way. It certainly took away the monotonous feeling of empty desolation that bubbled over every...
Chinese Opera

Chinese Opera Demystified (2) Make Up; Art on the Face

Xinlei Yuan -
Unique to Chinese opera is its 500-year-old colour cryptography; eye-catching make-up, also called the pattern, that is a feature of the art form with a history dating back to the sacrifices of ancient times. The development of make up in...
Destinations

Chengdu; Pandas, Poets & Lost (Extra Terrestrial) Worlds

Frank Hossack -
Fully a month has passed since I took in Sanxingdui, yet, to be honest, the potential magnitude of that I saw is still sinking in. But then, I’m a believer… 进入三星堆已经过去了整整一个月，但说实话，我所看到的潜在的规模仍然在不断加深。但是，我是一个信徒…… The Nanjinger’s recent visit to Chengdu for business happily afforded...

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:...
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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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