Editorial

All Would Envy

The Nanjinger begins each year with a holiday. And why not? With much of the foreign population departed to faraway lands, we forgo an issue each July and January.

Like many, we will be simply concentrating on keeping warm.

Which brings us to this issue.

This month, Josefa Meng finds out about the provision of warmth in China though the ages, together with a staggering archeological discovery in Nanjing which revealed that conducive to a sumptuous life (p11-13). Elsewhere, while today’s statements of splendor comprise the holidays we take, the phones we use and coffee we drink; in 1980s China, extravagance was defined as the size of our cassette collection, as Shawn Li reveals (p14-15).

Finally, we turn our attention to the fight between the high-end western brands and their Chinese counterparts for dominance of the local marketplace. Chesna Goel portends that the former’s days of glory may we’ll be numbered, thanks to a toothpaste (P16-17).

Welcome to “Luxury” from The Nanjinger.

Ed.

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