Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 7 October

This day, 7 October, in 2021, during the general debate of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, China and Russia issued a joint statement on strengthening the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons, reaffirming its...

On this Day in Chinese History; 6 October

This day, 6 October, in 1995, the Seventh International Anti-Corruption Conference opened in Beijing, with the theme of “Anti-corruption and Social Stability and Development”. More than 900 government officials, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, experts and professors from 89 countries and...

China’s National Day Kicks in with Public Lapping up the Hardware

What better way to show off a nation’s might during its National Day than a military exposition? Hence the “The 1st Suzhou in 2025” National Defense, Military & Aerospace Science Popularisation Exhibition now on at Suzhou Shishan International Conference...

Insomnia? Cambridge Uni Forum in Nanjing Embraces High Tech Solutions

Since we spend 30 percent of our lives doing it (or the lucky ones among us at least), sleep and problems associated therewith are a big deal. Hence the importance of a globally-relevant forum held recently in Nanjing, with...

Changzhou Breaks their Football Duck Scoring First Goal in Jiangsu City League

With many a public area packed out for the game on the hot evening of 16 August, it was number 11 Zhao Lianping who brought an end to Changzhou's embarrassing history of eight games without a a single goal....

Make a Date for 7th Grand Canal Culture and Tourism Expo in Suzhou

To be held 15-17 August at the Suzhou International Expo Centre on an area of approximately 35,000 square metres, the signature event has to date attracted the participation of 542 enterprises from 76 cities across 18 regions of China....

Attention! China begins Transition to Airline Style Security; Items can be Confiscated!

Shanghai Railway Station is amongst those to be asking passengers to open their bags after X-ray inspection. This correspondent had his shaving foam confiscated. As with airports, the 100ml principal is a good rule of thumb. Other stations, such...

New BMW Centre in Nanjing to be Biggest IT Focused R&D Hub in Asia 

With the German auto giant’s establishing of its first such R&D centre in China in Nanjing’s Jianye District on 18 July, a future-facing, smart-mobility ecosystem is to be part of BMW’s broader push forward which embraces Chinese partners in...

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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