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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.

Big Reads

Kaoyan; Much Feared Successor to Gaokao

Ann Feng -
On the morning of November 9th, 2015, Zhu Yaruo, a senior student of School of Journalism and Communication in Nanjing University, was still studying hard in the library of Gulou campus. The sun cast a golden glow over Zhu’s...
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I Drive, Therefore I Am

Cher Wu -
Watched by about twenty people who awaited the examiner’s instruction at line 9, one of the 12 test lines, I got out of the car and couldn’t restrain myself from smiling. Finally, I passed the examination of subject 2...
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From Producer to Player; the Lives of Gamers

Li Ziwei -
Different from some western countries, people in China have different views on electronic games. Although some people agree that games are good if moderated, it is common that many people, especially parents, think those games are dangerous for the...
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Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag

Zhou Xiayue -
If walking along the street or hanging out in shopping mall in China, you will find an unusual phenomenon compared with western countries – when a couple appears, women seldom have handbags in their arms while a number of...
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The Great Wall and Not Being Scammed Along the Way

Michael Anclam -
“He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man” said Mao Zedong, who, according to Deng Xiaoping, was right 70 percent of the time, after all. Of course, Beijing and the Great Wall are far...
Feature Stories

Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object

Frank Hossack -
Within the realm of the Middle Kingdom there are countless codes of culture; immovable objects if one will, that the unstoppable forces of progress glance off at best. Many, to the outsider resident in China for a short period,...
Feature Stories

A Face in the Code

Julia McBurney -
Tradition and hierarchy form the deep-rooted historical foundation of China’s cultural codes. As a result, shame and honor function as extremely powerful motivational forces in this collectivistic, interdependent nation. Because group harmony is of paramount importance, avoidance of confrontation...
Feature Stories

Temple of Duality; Cultural Codes to Live By

Shahnaz Mouhamou -
Much like the Warner Brothers cartoon featuring Tweety and Sylvester upside-down in China, living here can leave one disoriented, confused and with a long-list of story worthy cross-cultural faux-pas under the belt. But, rather than noticing, discussing, and over...

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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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