Frank Hossack

Farewell to Xuzhou Sports Centre; the Largest in China in 1995

With a primitive internal layout and many safety hazards, the demolition of the Xuzhou Sports Center Training Hall has in recent days got underway. Nostalgic citizens have been visiting to show their respects. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

镇江烧烤店开始烧烤了!

2月5日凌晨4点,丹徒区爱民路一栋两层砖混建筑起火,面积超过 20 平方米,据认为是煤气泄漏造成的。消防队员在20分钟内将火扑灭。全文通过此链接;通过此链接(英文)阅读有关镇江的绝对要点。

Barbecue Restaurant in Zhenjiang Gets Barbecued!

Gas leaks are thought to be behind the 04:00 blaze of 5 February over 20 square metres in the two-story, brick-concrete structure on Aimin Lu in Dantu District. Firefighters had extinguished the fire in 20 minutes. Full story (in...

2023年扬州游客突破1亿元 仅次于南京和苏州

去年扬州接待游客1.03亿人次,其中57家A级景区累计接待游客6149万人次,比2019年同期增长33.4%。全文通过此链接;通过此链接(英文)了解前所未有的扬州介绍。

Yangzhou Surpasses ¥100 Million Tourists in 2023; Behind only Nanjing & Suzhou

Among the 103 million visitors to Yangzhou last year, some 57 A-level scenic spots have received a total of 61.49 million visitors, an increase of 33.4 percent over the same period in 2019. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

Wear Hanfu or Ethnic Minority Costumes to Ride Suzhou Metro for Free

From 9 to 17 February, passengers wearing full the traditional costumes can enter Suzhou Rail Transit stations for free. Staff will confirm and open the access accordingly, without the need to swipe cards or scan codes. Full story (in...

Nanjing Woman Takes 6 Years Making Origami Dragon with Thousands of Scales

Without a single cut, Huang Xiaoxian took a 3 metre square piece of gold backed paper as the material for her dragon. She had first the idea back in 2018; despite being an origami expert, the project took years...

40 Years of Reform Charted by Xuzhou Writer in “The Railway Triology”

From the railway police department to the railway television station, Yang Hongjun gradually fell in love with his profession but did not give up his pursuit of literature and art. Critics are praising “The Railway Triology”. Full story (in...

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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