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Poetry; The Forgotten Form of Media?

Imagine a time without YouTube videos, without movies, film, and TV shows; before the days of blogs, magazines and newspaper articles. How were people supposed to express their emotions and thoughts on the world, around the world? It wasn’t...

Stone; The Tale of a Compulsive Rhymer

I can tell you diary, for this will not breakThe promise I was made to make,This poetic flair was fun at the startEveryone thought I was really smart,Now they think I’m doing it in spite,Even now it affects the...

China’s Unwritten Rules & The Population Time Bomb

News of China’s rapidly-aging population will not have escaped The Nanjinger’s alert readers. That’s right folks, people aren’t making enough babies. 《南京人》的警惕读者不会错过中国人口迅速老龄化的消息。 没错,伙计们,人们没有生足够的孩子。 The problem of course, is the herd effect. And given China is an aspirational society driven by the...

Controlling our Environment; Thou Shalt Not Murder

Unwritten rules seem natural and unquestionable. Commit a rule to writing or speak it out loud, however, and it can be probed at with logic, illuminated through debate, or, as parents and teachers will often be all too aware,...

From XXX Road Metro Station

Found taped to a life insurance advertisement adjacent to the escalators of exit 1B, XXX Road Metro Station, 13 October, 20:32. 10月13日20:32,在XXX路地铁站1B出口的自动扶梯旁边的人寿保险广告上发现。 If you are the man, height 170-175 cm, full head of hair but some strands of gray, who takes...

From B2B to B2C; True Innovation Made in (Nanjing) China

Innovation. That’s a word which in Nanjing is bantered around like baozi. But slapping the label “innovative” on something doesn’t make it so. 创新。这个词在南京就像包子一样被人们戏谑。但给某件事贴上“创新”的标签并不意味着它就是这样。 To find the genuine article, The Nanjinger first asks the question, what does Africa’s number 1 music...

10 Unusual Museums to Soak in some Culture this National Day

Thinking of things to do over the National Day holiday in Nanjing? How about some culture with a twist? At least one of these museums should appeal to all, with “unusual” and “lesser known” our watchwords for this list...

Why does Nanjing’s Music Stage Sound so Perfect?

Nanjing Forest Music Festival 2022 fell on 8 September, taking place in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage, providing music fans with an enjoyable audio-visual experience in a beautiful and truly unique setting. 2022南京森林音乐节于9月8日在中山陵音乐大舞台举行,在美丽而独特的环境中为乐迷提供了愉快的视听体验。 With doves and fireflies flying up...

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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...

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:...

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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