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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

Ballistic Response; One Ball too Many to Keep in the Air?

Triona Ryan -
Stereotypes exist because the human brain is a meaning making machine. It creates patterns, even where ostensibly, none are to be found. This ability to recognise and retain patterns allows us to recognise faces, understand language, read, and appreciate...
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What was the Gender Relationship in China? And what about Now?

Wu Tianhao -
"This is the word ‘emperor’, and this is what Europe looks like on a world map, and here is China, your majesty."  这是'皇帝'这个词，这就是欧洲在世界地图上的样子，这是中国，陛下。 Talking back and forth, practising everyday English with his tutor, the young Emperor, Guangxu, was said to spend...
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Girls Just Wanna have Fundamental Rights

Nahee Kim -
In South Korea, which is where I was born, there is a larger gender discrimination issue compared to other highly developed countries. Many have treated women unfairly over hundreds of years; women were only able to compete in the...
Feature Stories

Who Ate all the Pie? Gender, Loaves & Fishes

Triona Ryan -
Ten years ago, my daughter was born in the early morning of a cold and dark November. I was quietly confident. I had been mothering for 15 months by then; I was cured of frights, like the saying goes....
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Yangzhou Fried Rice; The Legend & How to Make it!

Frank Hossack -
Search “Yangzhou” on Google and among the top options thrown up will be “Yangzhou Fried Rice”. That’s how ubiquitous this dish is. And for excellent reasons; it’s delicious, uses commonly available ingredients and is a cinch to make. 在谷歌上搜索“扬州”，在最热门的选项中，将是“扬州炒饭”。 这就是这道菜的无处不在。...
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Black Holes of Emotion; The Witchery of Empaths

Triona Ryan -
Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear.  快乐、悲伤、愤怒、厌恶和恐惧。 Paul Eckman defined six universal emotions in the 1970’s, including Surprise on the list, and was named as one of the 100 most influential people of the 21st century for this work on emotions...
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A Dichotomy of Chinese Emotion; Pressure Cooker or Placid Calm?

Frank Hossack -
Whatever you do as a Chinese, keep a poker face (喜怒不形于色). Because it’s not about experiencing emotions. It’s about not expressing them. 作为中国人，无论你做什么，都要保持扑克脸（喜怒不形于色）。 因为这不是关于体验情绪。 这是关于不表达它们。 But in a society which glorifies non-verbal implications, there should be no need to express any...
Destinations

Little Tibet, Vultures & the Café at the End of the World

Frank Hossack -
It’s pretty difficult to take photos on a train from Nanjing to Lanzhou, largely because the blessed thing spends most of its time in tunnel after tunnel after tunnel. 在從南京到蘭州的火車上拍照相當困難，主要是因為受祝福的東西大部分時間都在一個又一個的隧道中度過。 At least it does on the interesting part of the journey. 至少在旅程中有趣的部分做到了。 Truth...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

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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