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Frank Hossack

World’s Largest 3D Printed “Thing” Lands in Nanjing

They call it a pavilion. We call it a thing. But not a thing as in fashionable, happenin’ or “in”. No, it’s a structure recently completed in Nanjing. And it’s also an architectural and mathematical marvel that is the...

Pilot Lashes out at Maintenance Crew; Says Nanjingers are Stupid

A regional Chinese airline is in hot water after one of its pilots poured verbal abuse on ground staff before flying out of Lukou, while in its subsequent statement of apology, the airline used language considered by many to...

Ride Your Bike to Baguazhou! Pedestrian Lane Comes to New Bridge

A biking opportunity with a difference has come to be in the form of access to the islet of Baguazhou in the Yangtze River, via a wide new pedestrian lane which has just been added to one of the...

Outcry at Police Dogs Qualifying by Walking Tightrope Blindfold

Canine friends in China now command a special place in many people’s hearts. And so when almost three score of police dogs were fired for failing the qualification test, that resulted in much debate and criticism of the test...

Why We Have More Cities with Metro Lines than Anywhere in China!

The province of Jiangsu, our home, is also home to the most cities with metro lines in all of China. And if that’s not enough, recent openings together with those on the horizon shall soon also put the province...

China’s Wettest Week Reminds of 1931; Could it Happen Again?

With few places in China to escape the heavy rainfall forecast for the coming days, it’s worth a sobering reminder of events this time 90 years ago, when millions perished in devastating floods in Nanjing and across east China. According...

10 Years of Nanjing South; the Station that Almost Never was

This has been a big week for birthdays. In addition to the CCP centenary yesterday, the high-speed railway line between Beijing and Shanghai turned 10 on Wednesday, while the week got of to a start with the 10th birthday...

CCP Centenary Marked in Unusual Ways and Unlikely Places

The glory of today has been inescapable. But aside from the national pomp and ceremony, it has been the activities on a more local level that have played just as important a role in delivering the story of the...

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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