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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.

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A Player’s Heaven in Nanjing; the Tennis Academy of China

Josefa Meng -
Nanjing is home to the only national-level special tennis academy, the Tennis Academy of China, located in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area on Purple Mountain and built on the former site of the nation’s Central Stadium in Republican...
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You’re on CCTV! China’s Ambivalence to the Surveillance State

Frank Hossack -
According to the good book, Matthew, Chapter 7, Verse 3, states, “Before examining the splinter in my eye, first remove the rafter from your own”. 根据好书《马太福音》第7章第3节指出：“在检查我眼中的碎片之前，先把椽子从你自己的椽子上移开”。 So it goes with privacy. Could it be that many who are quite vocal about...
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China’s Safety Culture; Grounded in Myth, Fact or history?

Josefa Meng -
Taboo, originally the native language of Tonga Island in the South Pacific Polynesia, has two meanings; 1. "sublime", "sacred" and "inviolable"; 2. "dangerous", "prohibited" and "untouchable." According to the second, only if people believe and abide can their...
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Practical Tips to Fight Six Internet Safety Traps in China

Shawn Li -
In today's society, it can be said that cybersecurity is closely related to every citizen. Nowadays, a mobile phone can make the road congestion situation clear at a glance, and you can buy pretty much everything without leaving your...
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From Kerosene to LED; 70 Years of Lighting up Nanjing’s Streets

Shawn Li -
Alert readers will have picked up on the fact that China today celebrates her 70th birthday. Authorities up and down the land, in every field of public service, have been clambering over each other to be seen to be...
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Smart Gyms Point the Way for Future Fitness

Shawn Li -
Fitness is in, as you may have noticed. But its future is smart. Just as well, since there is quite a lot of Chinese people, and they increasingly have very little time for fitness in their busy lives. 你可能已经注意到，健身是有的。 但它的未来是明智的。...
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4,000 Years of Fitness; Workouts Invented by the Chinese

Josefa Meng -
We see our grandmothers go square dancing; young people retreat to gyms in every corner of the city. Is fitness in China therefore an import?  我们看到我们的祖母跳广场舞；年轻人退到城市各个角落的健身房。 因此，在中國健身是重要的嗎？ Rather not. 宁可不。 Long ago, in the absence of gyms, people needed to improvise in order...
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“Ghost Stations”; Nanjing’s Forgotten High-Speed Rail Stops

Frank Hossack -
China’s high-speed railway network, as we all know, is nothing short of a marvel. Yet, it is also not without criticisms. Among them, so-called “ghost stations” that, for one reason or another, see more trains pass through than stop...

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German Chemical Giant BASF to Make Chip Materials in Nanjing by 2028

German chemical giant BASF will build a semiconductor materials plant in Nanjing, with start-up expected by the end of...
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China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...
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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

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