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Frank Hossack

Launch Pad Blasts off in Nanjing; Shot in the Arm for Jiangbei

A new initiative that aims to put an international face on the coming-of-age national level Jiangbei New Area in Nanjing has been launched, igniting the zone's acceleration on to the world stage as a hot spot for foreign investment. The...

Nanjing Government Steps Up Game with Five Industrial Landmarks

With every city in China looking to attract investment, so each must try to stand out from the crowd. For Nanjing, the latest initiative at such is the release of creative posters promoting five new industrial landmarks upon which...

10,000+ iPhones Destroyed in Fire on Nanjing-Shanghai Highway

The recent heavy rains have resulted in scores of traffic accidents around Nanjing. In one of the more dramatic, over 10,000 iPhones have been lost when a large truck overturned and caught fire on the Nanjing-Shanghai highway between Tangshan...

Future of Technology Reveals Smart Retail & 5G Street Lights

Scanning goods one by one at the supermarket checkout may well soon be a thing of the past, as a new centre for innovation in Nanjing has officially opened, working on systems capable of simultaneously scanning all purchases, among...

1 Million Watch Basketball Get Back in Business; We Have a Loser

While basketball fans in China have delighted in seeing their favourite sport back in action after the Covid close down, followers of Nanjing suffered an embarrassing tinge of disappointment in seeing their beloved team lose to Zhejiang. Saturday, 20 June,...

20 Days’ Out Ideas for Families Spending the Holidays in Nanjing

Much herein cannot be found in the guidebooks; some suggestions are plain-pretty material for WeChat Moments, while many others take advantage of Nanjing being steeped in history to offer educational opportunity for both the young and history buffs. Tunnel of...

Tiny Lishui Italy’s First Stop on China’s Belt & Road Initiative

A Sino-Italian highland of scientific and technological innovation is a step closer to reality after plans were signed in Shanghai that will assist in driving Nanjing’s Lishui District toward being in the top 20 leading such regions in China. It...

New High-Speed Train Options for Dragon Boat Holiday Travel

China’s northern capital may be all but shutting down, but here in south, railways across the Yangtze River Delta are preparing for a bumper Dragon Boat Festival travel period that also serves as a lifeline for the beleaguered tourism...

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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