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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

The Evolution of Nanjing’s Xinjiekou

Renée Gray Beaumont -
As the Central Business District (CBD) of Nanjing, Xinjiekou endlessly pumps life into the city’s economy, and acts as, not only the CBD, but also an important area for political and governmental exchange, as well as entertainment. As many...
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Flight Attendants; Purses to Automatic & Shop Check

Frank Hossack -
A Chinese-UK couple, who met in university, have succeeded in their dream of building a Boeing 737 flight simulator here in Nanjing. Now they just have to sell it to the Chinese airlines. At least it’s cheap, sort of. For...
Feature Stories

A Celebration for the Single & Married Alike

Frank Hossack -
Super skeptics label it as a form of commercialism on steroids that has lost all hint of its true roots in contemporary Chinese culture. Inescapable for the month leading up to the celebration itself, the airwaves and Internet saturated...
Big Reads

What’s in a Name? The Big Bear Cat, aka Panda

Filippa Rui -
In China, the panda is known today as "daxiaongmao" (大熊猫) which literally translates as "big bear cat". In English, it is the giant panda bear. However, when looking closely at the Chinese name, one would be forgiven for questioning...
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Along Beijing West Road Beats the Very Heart of Nanjing

Renée Gray Beaumont -
Steeped in history, Beijing East and West Roads have since 1949 been home to the city’s most important government bodies and military bases. Considered to be the centre of Nanjing, sits the splendid Nanjing City People’s Municipal Government, located...
Destinations

Nepal; Trekking through Cloud Nine

Francesca Leiper -
I began my trek in Nepal at a height of 1,070m. Where I come from, in Scotland, we’re very proud of our mountains over 914m (or 3000 feet) called Munros. Here I was, just shy of Scotland’s tallest peak,...
Feature Stories

Building Our Own Little Tribe in China; Our Race to Follow the City’s Day

Emily Holder -
The clock is wound, the City is waiting, Ready to begin its day before dreams have ceased; Slowly the sun rises, the City is waiting, eagerly hovering, Breathe held, counting down... 时钟在缠绕，城市在等待，准备在梦想停止之前开始一天；太阳慢慢升起，城市在等待，急切地徘徊，屏住呼吸，倒计时...... Breathing dew into the air Winding the engines of...
Feature Stories

The Mosuo Tribe; Progressive or Oppressive?

Renée Gray Beaumont -
A common trend dominating pop culture of the West is the emergence of exclusively women-only groups, who refer to themselves as tribes, dress as gypsies from the 60s, worship Egyptian symbolism, bathe in crystals under the moonlight and worship...

Latest News

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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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