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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

Collective Camouflage

Kia Jia Xi -
As I cycled along the roads of Xianlin campus on my way to class, I was caught by the sight of students donned in military uniforms from head to toe. They were standing to attention with...
Feature Stories

Branding Collectivism

Frank Hossack -
China’s insatiable appetite for luxury items and brand names feeds the very nature of collectivism. For the phenomenon itself to survive however, it shall need to weather a more challenging storm; that of the growing generations of younger people...
Feature Stories

Confused Confucius

Melissa Morgernstern -
The Rise of Individualism in a Collective Society For those of us who have yet to venture east to China, Chinese society brings about traditional collective images such as the filial child or the sacrificing parents....
Big Reads

Surrogacy U Turn Ignites Ethical Debate

Emma Ge -
At the end of last year, the Chinese government last month enacted a new strict prohibition of buying or selling sperms or eggs and a ban on any form of surrogacy. According to the data by...
Big Reads

Mobile Phone Nightmares; Where Did My Data Go?

Stephanie Dong -
On the first day of every month, do you check how much data service you can use in the next thirty days? Do you always exhaust your data quota by the end of month? Have you ever wondered where...
Feature Stories

Oh No! It’s another Delivery on a Bad Hair Day!

Han Dou -
They know what time you go to work and what time you get home. They never stop phoning you or sending you texts until they see your face. They wait for you all the time. Sometimes they catch you...
Feature Stories

Didi Vs. Uber

Shahnaz Mouhamou -
It was 10:30 pm on a Friday night. I’d been walking around for 30 minutes in the streets of Shanghai’s Former French Concession. My cheerful and optimistic demeanor from a delightful night out with the girls was quickly overshadowed...
Feature Stories

Roll Up Roll Up! Come Get Your Parcels!

Xintong Wang -
It was seven o’clock in the evening, good and dark. There should be nobody in the self-pickup station in Nanjing University. However, the light was all on and the staff were busy with their packages. “Since...

Latest News

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...
Frank Hossack -

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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