Frank Hossack

Changzhou’s 1st BRT Smart Station Opens; Like Getting on the Metro!

The automated stop, located at Liaohe Lu / Changjiang Lu, accepts payment by smart phone and offers an intercom service for passengers with special needs. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Changzhou via this...

Flamingo Population in Yancheng this Year is Largest in History!

Experts speculate that several of the 14 flamingos to have made the Yancheng wetlands their temporary home are returnees, happy with the local environment. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Yancheng via this link. 专家推测,在以盐城湿地为临时家园的14条火烈鸟中,有几只是返回者,对当地环境感到满意。...

Suqian Ramps up Care System as Seniors make up 20.3% of Population

Senior care institutions from first tier cities are being lured to Suqian through financial incentives and policy support to also provide integrated medical services. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suqian via this link.

Wuxi’s Iron Fisted Pollution Control; Algae in Lake Tai Lowest in 16 Years

Since 2007, Wuxi has salvaged a total of 540,000 tonnes of blue algae in Lake Tai, with the cumulative area of ​​cyanobacteria down 71.5 percent in 2023, year on year. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the...

New Link out of Nanjing South Railway Station Speeds Traffic Southward

Opened on 30 November, Ludu Da Dao completes the “four vertical” network in the area south of the Station; now go Nanjing South to Shengtai Xi Lu in 5 minutes. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about...

Colour Photos Emerge of Nanjing Massacre Intl. Safety Zone

With the 10th National Memorial Day for victims of the Nanjing Massacre upcoming, on 13 December, so annual attention turns to the atrocities in Nanjing of 1937, this year being marked by the release of newly-discovered evidence thereof. 12 月...

Firefighters Rescue 5 Injured over 2 Days on Mountain in Suzhou

“Despair Slope” on Dayang Mountain in Suzhou High-tech Zone is appropriately named; the separate incidents included a 14-year old boy and a 52-year old man. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suzhou via this...

Xuzhou Medics Take Blood Sample with another’s Blood Still on their Gloves

The 27 November incident occurred at the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University. Penalties are expected but reporters’ inquiries are going unanswered. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Xuzhou via this link.

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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