The Nanjinger

On this Day in Chinese History; 24 March

This day, 24 March, in 2014, President Xi Jinping attended the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, and delivered a speech in which he proposed for the first time that a rational, coordinated and progressive nuclear security...

On this Day in Chinese History; 23 March

This day, 23 March, 2013, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Moscow Institute of International Relations during his state visit to Russia entitled, “Follow the Trend of the Times and Promote Peace and Development in the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 22 March

This day, 22 March, 1928, Mao Zedong issued the “3 Major Disciplines and 8 Points for Attention” to the revolutionary army units in Jinggang Shan. As the earliest of Chinese Communist military regulations, the discipline became an important part...

On this Day in Chinese History; 21 March

This day, 21 March, in 1960, South African police shot and killed 69 people who were participating in a peaceful demonstration against apartheid’s “pass laws” in Sharpeville. 6 years later, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March as...

On this Day in Chinese History; 20 March

This day, 20 March, in 1127, Emperor Jin Taizong of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict to depose Emperor Song Qinzong and Supreme Emperor Song Huizong of the Song Dynasty who had both been captured in the Jingkang Incident....

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 March

This day, 19 March, in 1985, China officially became a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Believing that intellectual property protection is of great significance in promoting scientific and technological progress, China regards the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 18 March

This day, 18 March, in 1983,  the Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve, aka the “Home Town of Pandas” was established. A comprehensive nature reserve that mainly protects rare wild animals and plants such as giant pandas and alpine forest...

On this Day in Chinese History; 17 March

This day, 17 March, in 2017, the concept of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” was written into a United Nations Security Council resolution for the first time in Resolution 2344 on Afghanistan, which also emphasised...

Latest News

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...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

Best of The Nanjinger