The Nanjinger

And the award for “Smallest Restaurant in Nanjing” goes to... Burger Shop, the recently-opened hole in the wall that is quickly winning the hearts, minds and stomachs of Nanjing’s locals and foreigners alike. Burger Shop first open its door last...

Retro might be the fashion in general these days, but sitting in Miss Tasha’s Shop one gains the overall impression that this is the real deal. And one with quite the backstory. Financial muscle for setting up shop was provided...

The Chinese Zodiacal sign, Ox, occupies the second position in the Chinese Zodiac. An Ox’s personality comprises a diligent character that is dependable, strong and determined. Having great patience and a desire to make progress, Oxen can achieve their...

Bilingual just isn’t enough. In his latest book, “Bug’s Poetry”, Nanjing artist, Zhu Yingchun, gathers the munching marks and twisting trails of twelve insects from around his studio, arranging them into lines of poetry that are incomprehensibly wonderful and...

With every successful movement that has come to fruition to date; the Women’s Liberation Movement, voting rights, LGBTQ movement, Black Lives Matter movement, and the Me Too movement to name a select few; so public opinion on the matters...

You know it’s business when morsels of pink tuna piled onto a seaweed crisp come carved directly from an entire beast that’s sat chilling at the bar in front of us. Added to that are cubes of sweet mango...

Marriage is the mainstay of the modern contemporary family. In the relationship between husband and wife, that which we usually call “honesty” is actually the principle of good faith found within the Chinese Civil Code.  We know that in the...

The basin of the Yellow River (Huang He), the “mother river of China”, was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilisation and the centre of Chinese politics, economy and culture for over 3,000 years.  Unfortunately, the river is also known as...