Some 10 years ago I visited the first Boxing Cat Brewery in Shanghai and I have happy memories of that time. Establishments like it were then far less common in China. Shanghai currently boasts four Boxing Cat bars and,...
Up there in the total top three of Nanjing’s premier tourist destinations, the Presidential Palace is a sprawling complex housing a myriad of architectural styles. Those, together with a sizable chunk of China’s republican-era history. The Nanjinger’s Capital Constructs...
George Macartney (马继业) was initially a translator, but one who went on to become a consummate diplomat as Consul General in Kashgar at Britain’s first diplomatic office in the region.
乔治·麦卡特尼（马继业）最初是一名翻译，但他后来成为英国驻喀什总领事的外交官，担任英国在该地区的第一个外交机构。
Born in Nanjing on 19 January, 1867, to a British...
The everlasting gobstopper is of course the invention of Roald Dahl. It’s his hero, Willy Wonka, who manufactures the boiled sweet that keeps on giving.
Well, everlasting flavour is something that appeals to anyone who’s been stuck with flavour-faded chewing...
In this month's issue of The Nanjinger, Matt concludes his reviews of no less than 21 of the Northern Capital’s craft beer bars that he visited over the week-long National Day holiday.
Peiping/Beiping Machine Brewing and Sour Tower (46 Fangjia...
They’re calling it brunch, but there’s little in the way of the breakfast end of that definition. That said, it’s Christmas. Who on Earth wants breakfast?!
Yes, it’s the December stop for “Tour Around the World” from The Ritz Carlton,...
Zhou Xuexi (周学熙) was a late Qing Dynasty industrialist who, as Minister of Finance, became one of the most powerful men in country and to latterly use that influence in bringing about social welfare and industrial reform which earned...
Especially here in Asia, it’s common to hear how smoking is good for stress. Men, particularly, face stress in their lives which needs a remedy. Tobacco, though not intrinsically healthy, at least helps to assuage that greater health threat;...
