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Frank Hossack

Cat Tortured by Nanjing Boy; Makes Video Apology to Shop Owner

Cat lovers in Nanjing are aghast this week, at news of an incident whereby a young boy abused a kitten through the door of a shoe shop; while the kitten’s owner seeks justice, she has received little more than...

An End to Foreign Chips? Nanjing Integrated Circuit Uni Opens

Not every day does a brand new university open its doors, especially one that is little more than a uni in name. But that’s exactly what happened this morning as Nanjing Integrated Circuit University made its debut to specifically...

3 & 4-Year Olds Alone on Nanjing Metro; Temporary Parents Step in

Two tales of tender loving care on the Nanjing Metro have emerged this month, each involving girls as young as 3 becoming separated from their careers, whereupon fellow passengers took the initiative to look after them until their respective...

Berries Help Nanjing Win “China Beautiful Leisure Village” Award

A village in Nanjing is among those that have been nominated as a 2020 “China Beautiful Leisure Village”, highlighting the role that two delicious berries have played in the ecological and economic development of the city’s Lishui District. Following the...

Uni in Nanjing Spends ¥13 Mil. on Metro Car for Student Teaching

Students at Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology are the first in China to be able to study the real world of mass transit at their own on-campus, purpose built railway line, complete with a fully function-ng metro carriage,...

Footballer Handed Jail Time in Nanjing for Firearm Possession

China is blessed to be a country where crimes involving guns are extremely infrequent at best. Hence it comes as a surprise that a sporting celebrity has been handed jail time in Nanjing for being in possession of a...

Refused Boarding for Depression and Trembling Hands

The aviation sector is back in the news again, this time not for anything COVID related, but for refusing to board a Nanjing-bound passenger suffering from another medical condition; depression and the display of side effects resulting from medicine...

China’s Walt Disney & Animation Industry Pioneer; Wan Laiming

Wan Laiming (万籁鸣) was the man who breathed life into the Monkey King, bringing Chinese animation to its heights in the 1960s and putting it at an international level for its time. Born in Nanjing in 1900, Laiming had three...

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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