spot_img

Frank Hossack

We Can Doufu Dance! 11M Video Views for Wet Market Stall Owner

A downtown, Nanjing wet-market stall owner has become an online hit, thanks to dance moves she performs in her day-to-day down-to-earth surroundings. But it’s not only the dance that has attracted the eyes of millions, just as much it’s...

700 KM of track in 15 Cities; How You Really Build Metro Systems

Following yesterday’s news of a derailment on the Nanjing Metro, things have been going a little more according to plan elsewhere in China, as a host of new lines have opened recently, adding 700 kilometres to the country’s metro...

Metro Crash; Nanjing Line 1 Train Comes off Tracks at Maigaoqiao

The impressive safety record of the Nanjing Metro was shattered this morning, when a Line 1 train came off the tracks at Maigaoqiao Station. Pandemonium ensued, as commuters filled the station wondering why there were no trains running. Pictures paint...

Europe Welcomes Nanjing Salted Duck & Other Chinese “Delicacies”

Contentment, in days gone by, was said to be a plate of salted duck with a glass of wine and the evening paper on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Thanks to a new agreement, Europeans now have the...

How Did Makeup Industry Survive 1 Year of Wearing Face Masks?

More than a year has passed since the outbreak of the epidemic and people have become accustomed to wearing masks. Under that guise, however, even the most vain of feminine beauties have reduced their lipstick use. How has the industry...

Nanjing Man’s “Girlfriend” (Another Man) Cons Him out of ¥350K

A textbook online-dating scam has recently resulted in a young Nanjing man being ¥350,000 out of pocket, after the "girl" he met online turned out to be a man who had succeeded in convincing him to repeatedly transfer money...

Don’t Bother Going to Confucius Temple or Laomendong Tonight

There is nothing more Nanjing than to go to Confucius Temple during the Lantern Festival, especially tonight, the evening of the first full moon of Chinese New Year. As such, tens of thousands of people turn out for the...

Dancing Nanjng Electric Bus Driver is a Sensation

There are many advantages to electric vehicles. In addition to being powered by clean energy and enabling a low-emission environment, they are fast and quiet. And for one bus driver in Nanjing, they have also paved the way for...

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.
5484 POSTS

Latest News

Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue”...

Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties...

Our Jiangsu