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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

Utterly Loathsome Announcements

Frank Hossack -
Q: What’s the first thing people do after stepping onto the escalator that leads to Suguo and upon hearing the instruction not to look at their phone while on the device? 问：人们踏上通往Suguo的自动扶梯后，听到指示不要在设备上看手机，首先做什么？ A: Look at their phone. A：看看他们的手机。 My teenage daughter has a...
Feature Stories

An Ambivert’s Guide to Announcements

Nic Gibson -
Ambivert: someone with qualities of introversion and extroversion, finding comfort and energy in both social interaction and solitude depending on the situation. Ambivert：具有内向和外向特质的人，根据情况，在社会互动和孤独中都能找到舒适和能量。 Growing up with the internet, as my generation did, I should be comfortable with knowing when to make...
Feature Stories

Phones, Phears & Phriends: Announcements through the Ages

Triona Ryan -
Sharing is caring, as the old adage goes. Communication is at the heart of what it means to be human. Sharing stories, experiences, and information brings us closer together, allows us to progress as a species and keeps us...
Fiction

Plotting & Revenge; English Teachers vs. AI

Bobbie Ali -
Despite all the talk of AI replacing human beings in the job market, it had seemed like a concern for a distant time. Perhaps this was the main reason the principal’s announcement still had her reeling.  “As of this semester,...
Coding Creativity

Kal-A.I-doscope 1; ChatGPT Meets Ted Hughes

Rain Zhong -
This month, we dive into the poetic pool of mid-19th century English poet Ted Hughes and reinstate a nightmare of many IGCSE students (including me) worldwide. An analysis of one of Hughes works in particular serves well to set...
Money Talks

Money Talks (xi); Behavioural Finance & its Impact on Women

Chris Golding -
The science of behavioural economics suggests that women, compared to men, need much more knowledge and want to understand products better before they invest. Apparently, a common theme is that many women subconsciously think, “There’s no way I should...
Local Music

Inside Nanjing’s Music Scene; Meeting the Movers & Shakers (Part 8)

Emma Fang -
I had the honour to invite Gao Chuanzi, a Nanjinger like me, as our guest for this month. He is the lead singer of the band “Frozen Street” (冷凍街). But he has another identity; Gao is an art teacher...
Feature Stories

Nature, Nurture, Psychopaths; Made or Born that Way?

Emma Schneider -
The dichotomy of the “nature vs. nurture” debate has been a key topic of conversation within the realm of psychology and philosophy for centuries on end. How, you may ask, do genetics and/or our environment contribute to the development...

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...
Frank Hossack -

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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