The Funniest EVER Stories from The Nanjinger

Earlier in 2018, Sammi Zhao, a returnee and a holder of Australian permanent residence, slurped her drink and thudded the tall glass on a table at The Loop, a favourite hangout spot in Nanjing. Complaining about “the hell” she had for Spring Festival, she said that her mother had...

I found myself in a strange place; a city called Nanjing. The air was thick, and the dark sky was alight with explosives. I am pretty sure those things rocketing into the air and shattering into pieces of colour were what shot me down in the first place. My barrel-sized...

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 running downstairs in pyjamas on a bad hair day. They...

Listen closely to the vocabulary employed in everyday use by many a Nanjinger and you would be forgiven for imagining a preoccupation with Dante’s vision of the afterlife. I’m starving to death! I’m dying of thirst! I’m freezing to death! These expressions are about the only examples of hyperbole employed in...

Stepping off a Nanjing Metro train that has come into Nanjing South Railway Station from Lukou International Airport, there is immediately noticeable the several individuals who sprint the 15 metres or so across the platform to board an awaiting Line S3 train that will take them to our City’s...