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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.

Money Talks

Money Talks (xiii); Forget Cats’ Lives; 9 Ways to Sabotage Your Financial Freedom

Chris Golding -
According to a US Federal Reserve survey, about a third of American citizens who own their own homes do not have a retirement account for when they can’t or won’t be employed any longer. Nor do about two fifths...
Destinations

Exploring Cool Highlands; 2,000KM by Bike in Western China

Udo Looser -
How do you best combine fresh air, green pastures, ancient Buddhist grottoes, Tibetan culture, mountain passes and physical activity with photography? On a bike trip through Gansu and Sichuan. And here I was.  如何最好地将新鲜空气、绿色牧场、古老佛教石窟、西藏文化、山口和体育活动与摄影结合起来？骑自行车穿越甘肃和四川。我就在这里。 Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, can easily...
Coding Creativity

Kal-A.I-doscope 2; Van Gogh’s The Starry Night vs. Stability

Hubert Chau -
With its deep symbolism, swirling colours and captivating imagery, Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” exemplifies that two-dimensional art remains a human specialty incomparable with AI amateurism.  After an emotional outburst when he cut off a piece of his left ear,...
Feature Stories

2 Wheeled Navigation; E-Bikes & Urban Adventures Beyond the City

Samuel Wilson -
As Chinese cities grow more congested, e-bikes have emerged as a popular, efficient and (slightly more) ecofriendly means of transportation. For years now, I’ve been a huge proponent of hopping onto an e-bike as a fun, practical yet sometimes...
Feature Stories

I Swear by, I Swear at; An E-State of Zen

Triona Ryan -
Nanjing, the city I have called home from home for the last 11 years is the place where I learned to do something I swore staunchly never to do – ride an e-bike. Now, this daily transportation adventure is...
Feature Stories

The E-Bike Entitlement; Are Pedestrians a Thing of the Past?

Frank Hossack -
I was almost killed today. Or at least close to spending a considerable amount of  time at the pleasure of the Nanjing health authorities. I had made the dreadful mistake of stepping out onto the pavement. A delivery rider...
Fiction

More than Just a Lifestyle Accessory; An Accessory to Murder

Rhoda -
If you’re human and reading this, there’s a 35 percent chance your pets and the equipment you use daily hate you.  Most of us love our owners but I was blessed with the misfortune of being owned by an idiot....
Best of The Nanjinger

Life Hacks 101; Organised Chaos

Triona Ryan -
It’s been quite some time now since I discovered that my particular brand of organisation has a name; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now, I could fill tomes with how and why this name is not only inappropriate, but...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

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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