Frank Hossack

Heavy Duty Power Banks to be Banned on Nanjing Metro from 8 January

The restrictions on items containing lithium batteries will apply to power banks with power ratings greater than 100Wh, as well as personal transporters, etc. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as never before via this...

Doc with Acute Appendicitis Completes 3 Lumbar Spine Operations

Continuing to warm people’s hearts with his sincerity, love and skill, is a local doctor whose dedication to treating his patients recently saw him perform no less than five operations while in tremendous pain himself. The following morning, he...

Ride Free on the Nantong Rail Transit System for 3 days as Line 2 Opens

Until 10 December, passengers can pass through all station gates without purchasing tickets; Line 2 is 20.85 kilometres long with a total of 17 stations. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Nantong via this...

Symposium Sees Taizhou Hitting up Shanghai for Investment

Mayor Wan Wenhua expressed her thanks to those already invested in Taizhou, while reps from firms such as Nestlé Health Sciences spoke glowingly of the city. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Taizhou via...

Educational Equipment Exhibition to Open in Suzhou from 15-17 December

To be held in the Suzhou International Expo Centre, the expo will showcase the latest in everything from school uniforms and science experiments to mental health. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suzhou via...

Huai’an Internet Celebrity with 1 Million Fans Refuses to Pay Landlord Rent

Hundreds of thousands went online to watch the action unfold after the Huai’an District court issued an execution reward via the celebrity’s Douyin account. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Huai’an via this link. 在淮安区法院通过这位名人的抖音账号发布处决奖励后,数十万人上网观看了行动的展开。...

Magnitude 3.8 Earthquake Hits Lianyungang at 23:01 on 7 December

A local resident said, “When I was about to go to bed, I felt the bed shake twice. I thought it was an hallucination because I had a cold and went to bed too late”. Full story (in Chinese)...

Student Backlash at Uni Plan for Bodycam Checks in Dormitories 

Students enrolled in a university in Jiangsu are up in arms, citing invasions of privacy, at proposals that inspectors wear body cameras that record both audio and video during their evening tours of dormitories. But there are two sides...

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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