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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

Land of the 土u

Frank Hossack -
As in most countries, in China there is a significant chunk of culture devoted to landowner hatred. Just as they look down upon their subjects, so in China the common people shall pour ridicule on their outlandish, pretentious ways....
Big Reads

Highly Educated Ayi in China; Supply & Demand Mismatch

Zhou Xiayue -
For a long time in China, ayis (nannies) has been considered to be an inferior group who has low social status and low educational background. Few people with college diploma or above are willing to engage in this job....
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Big Data… Big Money… Big Brother

Frank Hossack -
2016 is set to be the year of big data. Given its implications and the population of China, this means very very big data. It also means different things for different people. China Daily is content...
Feature Stories

When Team Building Ends up Meaning Kissing Rubbish Bins

Han Dou -
While some may complain about being fed up with clichéd team-building activities; starting the day with a scavenger hunt, spending the afternoon in a boring keynote speaker session and heading home with cheap coffee mugs emblazoned with a company...
Feature Stories

Building a Chinese Team

Frank Hossack -
“Recover a top secret isotope from a crashed spacecraft and along the way set off an explosive while nobody is inside the indicated blast radius.” Such was the challenge laid down by “Now Get Out of That”, a BBC...
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NJQR; Scanning Nanjing’s Street Signs

Han Dou -
“Wandering around in Nanjing is like shopping in a boutique”, Zhu Ziqing, a famous Chinese essayist from the Republican era, once said. Indeed, 2,500 years of history over ten dynasties has made Nanjing a city like no other. ...
Big Reads

Cultural Literacy; the Patron Saint of Ayi

Zhou Xiayue -
For a long time in China, the nanny (locally referred to as “ayi”, meaning “auntie”) was considered to be an inferior group with low social status and educational background, while few people with college diplomas or above were willing...
Feature Stories

Cooking Up Collectivism

Han Dou -
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. But not in China. Once upon a time in Chinese history, there was not only free lunch but also free meals everyday, for everyone. 没有免费的午餐。 但不是在中国。 从前，在中国历史上，不仅有免费午餐，而且每天都有免费餐食。 The People’s Commune was the highest...

Latest News

Frank Hossack -

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...
Frank Hossack -

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...
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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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