Frank Hossack

Meet the Huai’an Surgeon with Broken Leg who Operates on Crutches

Shuffling around, Wang Yaqin, Director of Thoracic Surgery at Huai’an Second People's Hospital, said, “If I am hospitalised, what should my surgical patients do?”. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Huai’an via this link. 淮安第二人民医院胸外科主任王亚琴走来走去,说:“如果我住院了,我的手术患者应该怎么做?”。...

Snagged by Cable, Yancheng Fisherman with Chest and Abdominal Injuries

Sheyang Maritime Department needed 4 hours of racing at full speed to meet the fishing vessel and transport the injured to an ambulance back on shore. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Yancheng via...

Dance Drama Debuts in Wuxi; Pays Tribute to China’s Deep Sea Divers 

The “10909” drama, a key play in the 2023 Taihu Culture and Art Season, artistically reproduces touchdown of the "Struggle" submersible on the Mariana Trench seabed. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Wuxi via...

Wild Boars Terrorise Aircraft at NUAA Campus by Lukou

Two boars ran wild around the Jincheng College of Nanhang on 23 November; College logistics and security said no one was hurt and the boars driven out. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as...

On this Day in Chinese History; 26 November

This day, 26 November, in 1979, when speaking about market economies during a meeting with Encyclopedia Britannica and the Institute of East Asian Studies at McGill University in Canada, he said that the purpose of the Chinese revolution is...

R.I.P. Zhuang Zhuang; Farewell to Jiangsu’s First Guide Dog

Guide dogs in China have a working life of 10 years. They are also extremely rare, with only a few hundred in the entire country. That’s what makes the passing of the very first one to work in Jiangsu...

Nantong University Opens School of Integrated Circuits & Microelectronics

Shi Lei is specially appointed as Dean of the new School, intended as a training base for high-end talent in the field of integrated-circuit science and engineering. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about...

China’s Most Powerful Pure Electric Tugboat Put into Use in Lianyungang

With a towing force greater than 65 tonnes, the “Yungang Electric Tow No. 2” tug makes over 13 knots on a battery capacity of 7224 kWh, delivering 5,400 horsepower. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute...

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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