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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

China’s Active Aunties; Square Dancing a Hit in Melbourne

Renée Gray Beaumont -
Early morning China is when you see it the most: Tai Qi, Qi Gong, badminton, swimming, square dancing and more. Before the young'uns roll out of bed, their parents and grandparents have already spent 1 to 2 hours outside...
Economic Development Agencies

Out of My Element; and Thrown in China’s

Tara Tadlock -
Every one who comes to China has some sort of reason for being here. 每个来中国的人都有某种理由来这里。 Some are saving money, some are Sinophiles. That was my first mistake; coming to China with no clear objective. Looking back at that naive girl who...
Feature Stories

Qigong; the Next Big Thing

Renée Gray Beaumont -
Abilify (aripiprazole) is a drug that is subscribed to patients who suffer from suicidal thoughts; here’s the company’s warning list at the end of its American TV commercial: “Abilify is not for everyone, call your doctor if your depression...
Destinations

Wooed by Wuyishan

Frank Hossack -
Confucius may be China’s best known scholar, especially on a global level, but he was not her most influential. That is a title that falls better to Zhu Xi, he being but one of the many reasons for a...
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Dating Market; Tamed to Tether; Whackos and Wusses

April Jin -
Earlier in 2018, Sammi Zhao, a returnee and a holder of Australian permanent residence, slurped her drink and thudded the tall glass on a table at The Loop, a favourite hangout spot in Nanjing. Complaining about “the hell” she...
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Cat Cafés; Cute or Commiserable?

April Jin -
The world’s first cat cafe, Cats’ Garden, was opened to the public in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998. 世界上第一家猫咖啡馆“猫花园”于 1998 年在台湾台北向公众开放。 The concept soon gained international attention and blossomed in Japan, where a dense population in urban areas huddles in the...
Big Reads

Bevy of Shopping Holidays in Nation of No Vacation

April Jin -
Webster defines holiday as “a day on which one is exempted from work”. Academic rigour should only be to be taken with a grain of salt in a country where all rules are flexible, if you have the right...
Big Reads

Grand Courtyard of Gan; Lost Time Reconstructs a Cultural Demise

April Jin -
This is not the first time I have visited the Grand Courtyard to Gan in Xinanli, a crossroad north of Sanshanjie metro station. On a balmy weekends nearly 20 years ago, way before Line 1 thundered beneath Nanjing for...

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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