Frank Hossack

35,000 Fans Turn out for 1st Hongze Lakeside Music Festival in Huai’an

As a sub event of the 18th China Hongze Lake Hairy Crab Festival, the music fest was held at Yuehu Music Square on 5 and 6 October with performances by 16 acts. Full story (in Chinese) via this link;...

Taizhou Outlaws Unauthorised Drone Use During 2023 Half Marathon

Concerned participants may use drones to film their performance, the Taizhou PSB has issued a four-point notice restricting unauthorised drone use during the race. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Taizhou via this...

Flower Sales in Nanjing up 20% Year on Year for 3 Consecutive Years

Annual production of butterfly orchids is now over 2.5 million plants, while Nanjing’s flower planting area exceeds 300 hectares with four large-scale flower markets. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as never before via this...

Hospital in Suzhou Opens Beauty Centre; Integrates Medicine with Aesthetics

Suzhou High-tech Zone People's Hospital kicked things off with a large-scale free clinic on 8 October. Being in a hospital, expect transparency and reasonable cost. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Xuzhou via...

It’s Harvest Time for 85,000 Hectares of Fragrant Rice in Nanjing

Some 65 percent of the remaining hybrid rice planted in Nanjing shall be harvested this week. The variety, Ruoyu 7276, in Jiangning, is of particularly high quality. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as...

Dog Goes Berserk in Yancheng; Lady Hospitalised with Severe Bites to Face

Concerns that she may have contracted rabies have risen after Miss Hu, together with her daughter, stopped to pet the dog by the roadside before it attacked her. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials...

Gold for Lianyungang at Asian Games in 10KM Swim Marathon

When he was young, and in order to build up his son's courage, Zhang Yiyang’s father told him to swim from the shore to an island in the sea, a 5 km round trip. Full story (in Chinese) via...

Changzhou Realises “5 Minute Charging Circle” for Electric Cars

The recent release of an NEV charging map reveals more than 20 public charging stations within a 5-minute drive in central Changzhou, the “new energy capital”. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Changzhou...

About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host and voice-over artist who has worked in China for the past 32 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal 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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