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Frank Hossack

Nanjing Carrefour, Auchan, Metro and other “Foreign” Supermarkets

Chances are that, wherever you live in Nanjing, you are but a short taxi ride from a branch of Carrefour, Auchan, Metro or another supermarket that stocks foreign groceries. Foreign Supermarkets in Nanjing Carrefour 家乐福 Good range of dairy products, especially imported...

4000 Join “Cedar” and China’s Fastest Man for New Year's Day Run

Nanjing’s annual New Year’s Day Run was held yesterday, 1 January, providing a perfect backdrop to introduce Cedar, the mascot for the upcoming world indoor athletic championships, to be held in the city in just over 2 months time. Over...

Sport and Culture Dominate Nanjing’s Top Stories of 2019

Looking back over The Nanjinger’s headlines for 2019, it is quickly apparent that above all, sport and culture have been the top stories in which Nanjing has hit the headlines. Worth remembering that the last 12 months has brought...

Non-Stop from Nanjing Lukou Now to 19 Countries & 31 Cities

As the year closes, so it is nice to look forward to 2020 and the places we may soon visit, Nanjing being in the dead-centre of Asia. In Nanjing Lukou International Airport, we are blessed with an ever-increasing selection...

440 Million Rail Journeys Expected During Chinese New Year 2020

With train tickets now on sale for the 2020 Spring Festival holiday in China, the rail network is bracing itself for 440 million trips made nationwide, but the mad rush for tickets means that most of the popular routes...

The Milk Bar that’s a Hit with Chinese and Foreigners Alike

Quite a few alert readers are likely already frequenting this boudoir of delights that has seen branches pop up all over Nanjing in the last couple of years, often nearby the gates of universities inside metro stations, beside larger...

Old Nanjing Hands United in Preserving Nanjing Massacre Memory

As more countries host events to honour those who perished in the Nanjing Massacre that marks its 82nd anniversary today, so too do hitherto unheard tales of heroism emerge that unite humanity across time and space. This time last year,...

Fluffy Festivities! Annual Pyjama Festival Hits Nanjing

As alert readers of The Nanjinger may have noticed, the coming of December in Nanjing is marked by the traditional observance of the annual Pyjama Festival, from now until some time in April next year. While many a foreign man...

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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