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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

Famine to Feast; Chubby China’s Bulge Battle with Killer Apps

Renée Gray Beaumont -
In 1982, a mere 7 percent of China’s population was obese. By 1992, that had risen to 15 percent and in 2012, the number of people clinically obese reached 300 million, according to the Chinese Ministry of Health. Famously lean...
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Inter-Personal Communication in an Era of Dystopian Convenience

Frank Hossack -
Wow, your Chinese is very good”, remarked the supermarket checkout employee. “Your pronunciation is very standard, better than ours”, chimed in her giggling colleague on the adjacent cash register.“How long have you been in China?” “Longer than you”, I...
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Feng Shui Masters; The Architecture of China’s Temples

Melissa Morgernstern -
Anyone who has visited more than two temples in China will have noticed that most are architecturally and structurally similar. While the reasoning behind this goes unbeknownst to many, it was the director of my Chinese language program who explained...
Destinations

Dali! And Why it’s the Cool Kid of China

Renée Gray Beaumont -
“How much is this?” I asked the shop keeper, holding a handmade leather bag. It smelled raw and felt smooth, styled rustically. It brought me back to Chiapas, in the mountains of southern Mexico. A place that, just as...
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Reshaping Our Desires with International Mindedness

Cade Wilburn -
Motivation is the hunger that each of us have to go out and get what we desire. Each of our desires point us in the direction of our own individuality and purpose. Having a purpose gives us moral meaning...
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Dreams that Come True; China’s Mellenial Homeowners

Frank Hossack -
A Nanjing lady, slightly advanced in years, was recently overheard to have asked her mixed-race grand daughter what she thought of her house in New Zealand. The little girl replied, “Well, it’s quite nice, but it’s a bit small,...
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Fake Plastic Friends; True Love in Modern China

Renée Gray Beaumont -
A contestant on Jiangsu TV dating show “If You Are The One”, shocked China a few years back when she famously said she would rather cry in a BMW car than laugh on the back of a bike. As...
Destinations

Puerto Galera; off the Philippines’ Beaten Paths

Frank Hossack -
The crowds may flock to Cebu, but amid this tropical yet contradictory Asian paradise that comprises over 7,000 islands, much more is to be had off the Philippines’ beaten paths. For The Nanjinger, the more ramshackle the shanty town,...

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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