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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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E.T. On a Mission to Clean (Nanjing)

Megan Fisher -
I found myself in a strange place; a city called Nanjing. The air was thick, and the dark sky was alight with explosives. I am pretty sure those things rocketing into the air and shattering into pieces of colour were...
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English Names = More or Less Economic Opportunity for Chinese Youth?

Geoff Gibson -
Picture the following scenario: A girl gets sent to the best school in Shanghai; then to the best university there; then does a master’s in Melbourne, Australia. After graduation in Australia, she sends out forty resumes to companies there...
Feature Stories

Truly Tricked Out Of Trust; Bamboozling the Chinese Consumer

Renée Gray Beaumont -
We at The Nanjinger often spend a vast amount of time contemplating, discussing and analising Chinese sociology. Laid out on the table this month is societal reflection and what that means for China. So often do...
Feature Stories

Fiat Justitia Ruat Cælum; Forgiveness & Vengeance in Modern China

Angela Chen -
I have wondered on many occasions if all Chinese people are born with a special type of DNA that contains a passive-aggressive brand of retaliation. To simply put it, we are a nation innately talented at holding grudges. ...
Feature Stories

Avocado Affluence; Nutritional Lauraceae’s Rapid Growth in China

Renée Gray Beaumont -
Just as avocados helped lift the social status of Britain’s newly affluent middle class of the 1970s, it is now beginning to rain down prestige on China’s new middle class in the same way. It acts...
Big Reads

Soar into the Skies with Uni Students’ Stunt Kites

Vicky Liu -
Stunt kite-flying is a fashionable sport, and quite a physical one, requiring much strength and energy. It was for these reasons that Li Jianzhong, a Nanjing university staffer, opened up the Kite Association of Nanjing University to students in...
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Cartoon Character Colours City Calling Card

Sherry Lin -
A little boy with sausage lips, small eyes and a school uniform is the unofficial city face of Nanjing. His name is “A Mei” (阿槑) and he is the main character in a video called “Memories of South Nanjing”....
Feature Stories

China’s Metabolism; Taking it Slow Amid Frenetic Change

Senaash Devasenathipathy -
Inside of each and every one of us, organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. Our bodies can be understood in many different...

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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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