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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

Your Attention Please; We are Now in an Epidemic Situation

Nic Gibson -
I like to start these articles with a consideration of the topic.  “Noise” seems to carry some hefty negative connotations.  We think of blaring sirens, random shouting, unexpected bangs that grind the patience or jolt the nerves.  “Noise” implies...
Feature Stories

White Noise; The Silent Noise, The Deafening Sound of Nothing

Rain Zhong -
You are on a beach. Swish- Swoosh- the waves wash up and down the sandy shore.  你在海滩上。 嗖嗖-嗖嗖-海浪在沙滩上上下下。 You are indoors on a pouring day. Ta- ta- ta- ta- the raindrops beat down on the roof of your house. 在下大雨的日子里，你在室内。 塔-塔-塔-塔-雨滴打在你房子的屋顶上。 You are...
Big Reads

Rethinking Creativity! Look Out AI; We’re Not Done Evolving Yet

Ronald Paredes -
In the summer of 2019, I attended a discussion panel at Shanghai Jiaotong University’s School of Design. The subject: artificial intelligence (AI) and its future implementations in creative industries. Among the presenters were a Greek Computer Sciences Professor conducting...
Feature Stories

Numbers & their Impact on Society

Emma Schneider -
Have you ever noticed how large of an impact “numbers” have on our daily lives? We rely on numbers for the simplest of activities such as reading the time on the clock, to vast, complex mathematical algorithms which have...
Feature Stories

So Very Superstitious; Numbers on the Wall

Nic Gibson -
Ah, numbers and superstitions. 啊，数字和迷信。 An area we are familiar with, although you might not think about it on any sort of analytical level. With the slightest spotlight, it doesn’t make much sense; why do many Western cultures consider 13 unlucky...
Feature Stories

Chinese Whispers & Simple Arithmetic; It’s a Numbers Game

Frank Hossack -
This correspondent’s dear spouse has a favourite expression; (我给你讲过了一百八十遍你知道), meaning, “I’ve told you, like, a hundred times already, you know” (in the Chinese version, the number is actually “180”, presumably because we have to get the number “8” in...
Feature Stories

In the Game of Desire and Shame; Keep Count

Rachel Benham -
The Artist makes ceramic tea pots, but he drinks coffee. He makes espresso mugs and a soap dish for his new apartment. He makes an ashtray and then quits smoking before he’s fired it in the kiln. She asks...
Feature Stories

Rehabilitating Poetry; Weddings, Exclusivity and Keeping it Crystal Clear

Nic Gibson -
Poetry gets a bad rap. 诗歌名声不好。 No, not poetry is bad rap. Let me explain what I mean.  Poetry is older than the novel, can be shorter than a song, and asks only to be read to be experienced. Other forms...

Latest News

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Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...
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China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...
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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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