Frank Hossack

UAV Completes High Voltage Line Inspections 10 times Faster than Traditional Methods

The single vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing UAV completed its first flight mission on 19 March out of Shangzhuang Town of Yandu District in Yancheng City, inspecting eight kilometres of lines and 16 base towers within 15 minutes. Full...

Gorillas! Who wants to Go See Nanjing Zoo’s Newly Arrived Primates?!

Four Western lowland gorillas, N’akouh, Nukta, N’kato and Madiba, arrived in Nanjing from the Netherlands after a 10.5-hour flight.   The gorillas, accompanied by Dutch keepers, underwent quarantine and now reside in Hongshan Forest Zoo’s African Rainforest Pavilion.   They receive 40kg of fresh...

Three Gorges Launches Tourism Promotion Campaign Aimed at Nanjingers

An 18 March promotion conference saw tourism enterprises in Yichang and Nanjing sign an agreement on the exchange of tourists. Yichang, of much significance to the Yangtze River Economic Belt, aims to be a world-class tourist destination city. Full...

19 Young Germans Arrive in Nanjing to Enter Local Primary and International High School

Nanjing Jinling Hexi School had made careful arrangements for the students week-long visit in order that they may integrate into study and life in China, providing them with one-on-one student volunteers to assist in absorbing the Chinese curriculum. Full...

1st Lithium Battery Energy Storage Cabinet Departs Container Port in Nantong

The lucky first cabinet, destined for Nagoya Port in Japan, was the first of its kind for Nantong Tonghai Container Terminal, while also being illustrative of new business areas and the promoting of high-quality development for the local economy....

New Tickets Offer Savings of up to 29% per Month Commuting Nanjing-Hangzhou

Taking second-class tickets from Nanjing South to Hangzhou East as an example, one trip per day for 1 month will save approximately ¥500, while two trip per day will save approximately ¥2,000, as compared to single ticket purchase prices....

Huai’an Police Appeal for Bystanders who Lifted 2 Tonne Car off Bicycle Rider

Police ask that those who joined the effort after the 14 March crash at the junction of Shantou Lu and Fuzhou Lu in Huai'an Economic Development Zone contact officer Wang on 18852390898 in order that they may receive appropriate...

1990s China; Better, Worse or Different (as in “Way Different”)

On 22 June 1993, I flew first class to Shanghai, starting a 3-month contract to produce Western pop radio shows. My role was to sell coffee through radio programs, but I initially questioned if moving to China was a mistake. A...

About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host and voice-over artist who has worked in China for the past 32 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal and The Times, appeared on the BBC and LBC, and been cited by CNN, China Daily and the New York Times, among many others.
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