The night of 1912 is not quiet. The noisy bars, the colourful Ferris wheel, the flashing neon and fashionable people make for a splendid city scene. Yet Shi Wang Fu stands as still as the nearby lake’s waters, displaying...
The term, “flatscreen TV”, continues to be used in 2023. I sometimes wonder why. Seems to denote value, luxury, modernity. “Police seized 15 stolen flatscreen television sets”; “The room features a mini-bar and flatscreen TV”.
It’s actually been impossible to...
Normally, The Nanjinger writes about another kind of pint. This month, though, we turn our attention to the old-fashioned, but equally-important, milk.
As with most other products, China has a bewildering array of options from which to choose something as...
Standing as the tallest building in Nanjing for 14 years, the Jiangsu Nanjing Television Tower even today remains distinctive as an imposing pillar of modern-Marxist architecture that dominates the northern Hexi skyline by the Qinhuai River.
江苏南京电视塔作为南京最高的建筑站了14年，即使在今天，它仍然是现代马克思主义建筑的雄伟支柱，在秦淮河旁主宰着河西北部的天际线。
Plans for the 318.5...
It used to be a somewhat rickety affair. And then in recent years it got a facelift. Well, more of a complete reconstruction job, really. For many though, it’s just not the same as it was back in the...
You know what they say; “You can’t teach an old fish new tricks”. It’s an apt descriptor too, when talking about Nanjing’s Old Fish Elite Brewing Fresh Beer Workshop.
For this particular old fish stands out from the competition for...
When it comes to a halal diet, people will always think of a series of delicacies made from beef and mutton. However, there is such a restaurant that uses the most common fish, duck, prawns and eggs in Nanjing...
You don’t need to come to Asia to encounter bamboo; it’s there on the steering wheel of the E-Type Jaguar, on umbrella handles, there on that corporal punishment device once kept behind teachers’ desks.
Even edible bamboo was a concept...
