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Frank Hossack

Trash is Fun! Citizens Sign up for “Day in the Life of Rubbish”

With CNY behind us, Nanjing is back at rubbish-classification efforts. Many residential communities have in recent days installed dedicated classification facilities, while local people are joining in a fun activity that takes them where their rubbish goes. On 18 March...

Acute Poisoning Possible from Mutton on the Shelves of Nanjing?

A nationwide television investigative report into tainted meat has had Nanjing authorities scrambling to take action to assess the situation and convince the public that locally-bought meat products are safe for consumption. On 15 March was aired the CCTV report...

Nanjing SWAT Team Stars in National Police Drama TV Series

Readers of The Nanjinger thinking about pulling off an armed heist anytime soon would be well advised to go elsewhere. For Nanjing’s police SWAT team is at the top of their game, so much so that they were recently...

Are Flowers Boring or What? Not in Nanjing Garden of the Future!

A shining jewel in Nanjing’s collection of top tourist destinations is nearing completion in the city’s farther reaches. And if flowers are your thing, get ready to visit the Jiangsu Horticultural Expo, this year returning to Nanjing. The countdown is...

Marriage in Nanjing Now Quicker than Pregnancy Test

This past weekend saw many local marriage registries dispense with their day off to open as normal. For couples looking to quickly take advantage of the auspicious date, Nanjing fortunately had in place a self-service terminal capable of producing...

Movies, Photos, Crushed Tomatoes? The Ubuiquity of Open Source

As lockdown took over all over the world a year ago, so an Australian food blogger had an idea. What she didn’t realise, however, was that her creation would highlight the open-source nature of our pandemic survival. In March of...

International Students’ Preferential Treatment; Clock is Ticking

International students in China are back in the news again, this time for the treatment they receive that favours them over their local compatriots when it comes to university admission standards. Time to level the playing field, says a...

Masked Crowds Flock to Take in Cherry Blossom around Xuanwu Lake

Face masks were back out in force in Nanjing’s open air yesterday, for the impromptu, annual mass gathering to witness the city’s spring blossom around Xuanwu Lake, as the young, the old and the hungry descended on the area...

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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