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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

My Mum’s Favourite Things in Nanjing, this Mother’s Day

Lillian Paetzold Chen -
In honour of Mother’s Day, I’m here to reveal some of my mother's favourite places in Nanjing. After living here for 5 years and having thoroughly explored this city, these are the spots that have stood the test of...
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When Locals Say they Know Better; it’s “Luhe” not “Liuhe”!

Frank Hossack -
Everyone knows it’s hard enough to learn Chinese in the first place. But then regional dialects impact upon the way things are spoken as opposed to how they are written. And to make matters worse, the Romanisation of Chinese...
Feature Stories

Hydrogen or Haircut? “I Do Practical things for the Masses”!

Frank Hossack -
Something which is often forgotten about China in the global discussion is the way it is fundamentally organised; for the people. After all, it is the People’s Republic of China, the People’s Liberation Army, the Municipal People’s Government, etc. 在全球讨论中，中国经常被遗忘的一件事是它的根本组织方式；为了人民。...
Feature Stories

Flight of the Starling; Pure Reaction to the Situation at Hand

Triona Ryan -
Once upon a time, at this very self-same time of year, a tiny starling flew in through my classroom window in Nanjing's Xianlin. It began to flap a frantic, feathery circle around the room; some of the kids ducked...
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Recharge; On Low Battery-Life in a High Energy World

Casey Mayer -
They say the ones who seek constant crowds are but nothing alone. Their souls lie in the masses, existing only as a part of something bigger. An organism of its own, born from an unspecified quantity that despite broken...
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Vintage Vinyl and Venerable Classics amid Nanjing’s Backstreets

Lillian Paetzold Chen -
The backstreets of downtown Nanjing have now become a burrow known for their second-hand books and vintage vinyl. Scattered along Hankou Lu, you’ll find bookstores and miscellaneous shops replete with items of the ages. 南京市中心的后街如今已成为以二手书和老式黑胶唱片而闻名的洞穴。汉口路沿途散布着书店和杂货店，里面摆满了古老的物品。 “Scholar Bookstore”, located at 48 Hankou...
Feature Stories

Dream Weaver; Fly Me High through the Starry Skies

Triona Ryan -
My dog dreams. I watch him, micro spasms of muscle power him through heroic dog epics of the ectoplasm of consciousness, barking at dream squirrels in dream trees. I also dream, but these bubbles of subliminal thought vanish at...
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Chinese Dream Theory; the First Sage of the Nation Interprets

Chesna Goel -
In China, dreams mean different things today compared to before. 在中国，与以前相比，今天的梦的意义不同。 When our societies were tribal, it was thought that dreams were instructions from the gods or even evil spirits seeking to do harm. 当我们的社会是部落的时，人们认为梦是来自众神甚至寻求伤害的恶灵的指示。 In ancient China, people believed that every dream...

Latest News

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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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