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Frank Hossack

Watch “Tidal Lane” on Nanjing Road Say Goodbye to Traffic Jams

Traffic in opposing lanes is often separated by barriers, but who says they have to remain stationary? Nanjing is blazing the way forward for smart city roads, as an automatic tidal lane has entered operation that helps considerably to...

Christian Nobel Prize Winner Memorial Reopens on Int. Museum Day

With Nanjing as main venue in China for 2020's International Museum Day held this week, in the city itself the focus was on Nanjing University, where the renovated Memorial House to Nobel Prize winner, Pearl S. Buck, was reopened...

What’s on the Menu for Breakfast with Nanjing Mayor? Radishes!!!

How do you start your day? Congee? Baozi? Bacon and egg? Instant coffee? Fruit? Moldy bread? Not if you were headed to yesterday’s power breakfast with Nanjing’s Mayor. Therein, radish featured prominently, but the root’s connotations are not altogether...

PM2.5 in Nanjing Only 37.7; City is Cleanest in Jiangsu Province

There has been much comment on the clear skies this year in Nanjing, with good reason. Data just released shows that 2020’s average daily level of PM2.5 is as low as 37.7 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3), making Nanjing...

Fun Runs to Reunite Xianlin Foreign Community Post Covid-19

Tomorrow, 16 May, sees two fun runs take place at Yangshan Park in Qixia District’s Xianlin area, which the organiser hopes can be a reason for the local foreign community to come back together again, amid the recovery of...

Biggest Underwater Road Tunnel in China Complete!

Colossal infrastructure construction taking place in the southwest of Nanjing is a step nearer to finally being complete, as a giant tunnel boring machine broke through yesterday; one of the major sections of the Nanjing Number 5 Bridge that...

Poetry Competition to Kick Start Tourism; ¥30,000 for the Winner

Foreign visitors will one day once again come to China to take in the country’s many splendid tourists attractions. That day is still some way off but this has not stopped local tourism authorities launching a contest to put...

Online Art Expo by Nanjing International School Graduates a Hit

Theatre, art and drama have moved online worldwide, and Nanjing is no exception. Graduating students at Nanjing International School (NIS) have put their Visual Arts Exhibition online to satisfy curriculum requirements, finding a whole new audience in the process. As...

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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