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Frank Hossack

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Wednesday 4 August

A lot has transpired in the last 24 hours in Nanjing, especially in the COVID hotspot that is Jiangning District. And it is restaurants, rumour mongers and the elderly which are in our spotlight for today, as the main...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Tuesday 3 August

What’s it like to live near the airport in Nanjing these days? “Frustrating” and “anxiety inducing” were the words used by one to whom The Nanjinger has talked. But now Lukou people are rallying together, albeit after a bit...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Monday 2 August

Many not-so-early risers in Jiangning District today got their start to the week by the megaphone blaring up once again. Yep, we are back at it, but a few of us will be spared from queuing up three times...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Friday 30 July

Nanjing’s COVID outbreak came from Russia. That’s the fact confirmed today by local authorities as nucleic-acid testing for the entire populace nears its conclusion and the swell in the numbers of new cases also continues to shrink. Time for...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Thursday 29 July

Nanjing’s third round of nucleic-acid testing for the entire populace got underway this morning, and with a marked difference in efficiency, after much criticism of the first two rounds for a lack in basic epidemic prevention practice. There were a...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Wednesday 28 July

They’ve made it official. The strain of COVID circulating in Nanjing is indeed the Delta variant. The confirmation comes as case numbers continue to rise and the populace asks, “Just why on Earth are people still going to work?”. Yesterday,...

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Tuesday 27 July

Shutting it all down. As Nanjing finds COVID’s spread to be consistent rather than exponential, more steps are nevertheless being taken to further restrict the virus’ reach, to stop it in its tracks and, to a degree, our personal...

25 Medium Risk Areas & Closed Scenic Spots Start Nanjing’s Week

With the double threat posed by rising COVID infections and typhoons bearing down on us, Nanjing’s citizens have been keeping off the streets today; even the usually packed-to-the-gunnels city of centre of Xinjiekou was deserted. It’s all a bit reminiscent...

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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