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Frank Hossack

Nanjing Tech Week “Borrows” WeChat’s “Circle of Friends” Feature

The countdown is on to this year’s Nanjing Tech Week, from 22-26 June. While the sophomore event is once again Nanjing’s chance to set shining its bright stars of innovation, a large-scale undertaking of this kind this year requires...

Anti-Blue Light Glasses is Latest Con to Prey on Parent Paranoia

Counters showcasing anti-blue-light glasses have started popping up in opticians all over China. The nation’s top ophthalmologists, however, say there is no scientific basis for such offering any benefit to those spending long periods of time looking at screens. Hazards...

The Man Chasing ¥10 Billion Worth of E-Bike Helmets

China’s e-bike riders are now required to wear helmets by law, a development that has had the knock-on effect of opening up the kind of opportunity not seen in China in perhaps 3 decades. For many, it's the stuff...

Thank the Volunteers Who Clean up Reckless Shared Bike Parking

With bike share companies shirking responsibility and Nanjingers dumping their rides where they please, so it falls to local authorities to clean up the mess. In a new experimental initiative, volunteers join police to keep Nanjing’s pavements orderly. It all...

Nanjing Metro Expansion Roundup; Line 5 to Open Next Year

The whirlwind of construction that is the expansion of the Nanjing Metro system continues at speed. Last week, Nanjing Metro released a progress update on the construction of lines 5, 6, 7, 9 and S6, as well as extensions/additional...

Counterfeit & Child Cosmetics Focus of Safety Awareness Week

This week is National Cosmetics Safety Awareness Week. With the overall aim of improving the general public's awareness for the safe use of makeup, the initiative is taking many forms in different parts of China, from online blogs to...

6-Year-Old Girl from Nanjing is YouTube’s Latest Star

The last 3 months have been a whirlwind for one little Nanjing girl, as her YouTube channel has turned her into somewhat of an internet celebrity; videos of her almost flawless singing and playing guitar racking up millions of...

84 Year Old Puts Animal Rights on the Agenda at Two Sessions

China has come far in terms of liberalisation, a fact manifest by a Nanjing University professor’s success at tabling an animal rights motion at this year’s “Two Sessions” in Beijing. Yet, he has an 84 year-old astronomer to thank...

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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