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Frank Hossack

8 Dead; 8 More Injured after Dump Truck Smashes into Mini Bus

Tragedy unfolded yesterday evening close to Nanjing as a dump track crashed into a mini bus, killing eight people and injuring eight more. It is believed most of the victims to be women working as express courier handlers in...

Up to ¥500,000 Reward for Grassing up Catering Offenders

Nanjing is mobilising its citizens to be alert and assisting in efforts to crack down on violations in the catering and food industries as regards food safety. And by way of incentive for potential informants, rewards of up to...

Nanjing-Built Monorail for “Anhui’s Happiest City” Now Open!

Know the joke, “What’s the happiest city’s in Anhui?” “Wuuu Huuu!”. Those contented citizens now have another reason to be cheerful, with the opening of a driverless monorail line that shall speed those smiling faces around on trains that...

Slaughtered Chicken Stall Set up by Woman on Nanjing Metro

This past weekend got off to an unusual start on the Nanjing Metro network, when a woman boarded the day's first train with a collection of slaughtered chickens to then create a makeshift stall in attempts, to sell the...

15cm all it Takes to Stop Take-Out Delivery E-Bike Riders

Completely pedestrianising a whole street may not seem like much of a challenge, but it is one that has left authorities in Nanjing scratching their heads in frustration for some time. That was until now. And the solution was...

Hungry Woman in Nanjing Caught Seven Times “Eatlifting”

Shoplifting or "eatlifting"? It probably happens a lot more than we know. But now one Nanjing woman has been caught in the act. Namely, having a meal in a self-service convenience store and leaving without paying. Seven times. Yesterday, 8...

Art World’s Brazilian Big Ticket Opens Exhibition in Nanjing

With her global appeal, in just a year, prices for the works of Marina Perez Simão have risen by a factor of up to 15. Now, contemporary art lovers in Nanjing have a chance to enjoy the rising, Brazilian...

Primary School Teacher in Physical Fight with Parent over Toys

Children simply playing with their toys in Nanjing has recently resulted in physical conflict between their mothers. And as if that wasn’t ridiculous enough, it turned out that one the parties involved is a teacher at a local primary...

About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host who has worked in China for the past 30 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine 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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