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Frank Hossack

#MeToo Ming! A Shining Star among Qinhuai’s Debutantes; Ma Xianglan

Ma Shouzhen (馬守真) was the foremost product of the #MeToo movement of the late Ming Dynasty. A courtesan, party animal and a hopeless romantic, she was known as a prolific painter, a benevolent citizen and one of the eight...

Moulded Ice Cream is New Big Thing but first Gimme Some Sunshine

With the cold and rain set to continue for quite some time across much of China, it may not have been the best of conditions for an annual ice cream expo. That was until the star of the show...

Night Economy Now Accounts for 60% of Chinese Consumption

The power of youth is being crediting as adding the fire to the Chinese economy that has propelled the country’s night economy to now be where the majority of consumption takes place. And they are no longer spending it...

Citizen’s Arrest for Security Guard Photographing Women’s Legs

A public-spirited woman in Nanjing has brought to light some of the nefarious acts taking place on a daily basis of which we may be unaware, by calling out a security guard for his taking of multiple photos of...

Taking Shape in Nanjing; World’s Largest Underground Space?

The superlatives just keep on coming. We’re just a few years from Nanjing having a new tallest building, and it’s going to sit on the largest underground space in China. And by extension, there is a good chance that...

Delivery Boxes are Latest Attempt to Locate Missing Children

Had any bulky deliveries recently? If so, and had you purchased from one particular online retailer, then you may well have noticed the latest innovation in attempts to locate missing children in China; printing their essential information on the...

Official! This National Day Holiday was Hottest in History!

Yes, it was a record breaker. The week-long break that was this year’s National Day was the hottest ever. As much of China experienced a heat wave, in our own Nanjing and Jiangsu Province, temperatures rose to their highest...

Just Where on Earth Did 8 Million Pesky Tourists Come from?

They came from all over China, and they left a chunk of money behind them too. Numbers are out already as to the impact of this year's National Day on the Nanjing economy. And where all those visitors went....

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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