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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.

Big Reads

A Perfect Goodbye; Saying Farewell to Nanjing

Lillian Paetzold Chen -
As we welcome the sunshine and summer breeze, some of us will be saying goodbye to friends we’ve met along the way who will be leaving the city of Nanjing. So why not take this opportunity to say a...
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Blast from the Past; Check out Amazing Old Photos of Nanjing!

Frank Hossack -
Today is Children’s Day in China. And so it is appropriate that a collection of the supposed first colour photos of Nanjing featuring the faces of young ones from more than 75 years ago is today doing the rounds...
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How to Pick up Your “Kuaidi” Packages Faster than Anyone Else

Frank Hossack -
You know those codes you receive when it’s time to pick up your parcel? They go something like "8-8-8888". Wanna say to them, “Bye bye”, or, “88”? Well, The Nanjinger has a way to beat the system, one which...
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“520” Does Not Sound Like “I Love You”; Actually it Does!

Frank Hossack -
Visit literally anywhere remotely referring to the Chinese language on the internet today and be told that this day is (yet another) Valentines Day in the Middle Kingdom, on account that the pronunciation of this date sounds like “I...
Feature Stories

Word Nerd; On Names and Naming

Triona Ryan -
“To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To...
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My Beautiful Fragrance; Chinese vs. Korean Naming Traditions

Nahee Kim -
“Smith”. “Kim”. “Li”. “Devi”. These are all surnames from different parts of the world. I was never very interested in names, or the meanings that are behind them. I merely believed that names were labels meant for identifying who...
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Don’t Mess with Mr. Zero; The Names Chinese People Choose for themselves

Frank Hossack -
Know anyone with a dog named “Coca Cola”, shortened to “Cola” (可乐 )? Turns out that is also in fact a real life surname for a human in China. 认识谁养了一只叫“可口可乐”的狗吗？ 事实证明，这实际上也是中国人在现实生活中的姓氏。 Now everywhere has weird names. In the western world, many...
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My Double “E”; A Story of Surnames, Identity & Formula 1 “Pilots”

Rita Andreetti -
Surnames stick to you. Like skin, you can’t actually change them. You get tanned or bitten by insects, but cells are always there to remind you that this is your shape for ever and ever. 姓氏留在你身上。 就像皮肤一样，你实际上无法改变它们。 你被昆虫晒黑或咬伤，但细胞总是在那里提醒你，这是你的形状，永远是。 Surnames just stay...

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Baby on Board in High Speed Train Emergency Delivered by Urologist into Nanjing

Mid-journey between Shanghai and Nanjing, a routine high-speed train service turned into an improvised delivery room, when a lady...
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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...
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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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