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Frank Hossack

Rainbow Centre Hospice Marks 5 Years of Caring Until the End

Nanjing children’s hospice, the Rainbow Centre, today marked its fifth anniversary, with a touching ceremony attended by over 200 people who made the long journey to deep in Jiangning District, in a gesture of support, care and love. The southern...

Public & Media Frenzy for Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Reopening

Never has a collection of concrete and steel garnered so much attention. For the last 3 days, a carnival-like spectacle has been witnessed on the deck of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, as authorities opened up the refurbished national...

China Hopes to Export “The Hulk”… without Shorts

China has unveiled the latest upgrades to her world-class, high-speed trains, and they come in a variety of colours. Finally. And lengths too; from 5 January, a new extra-long, high-speed train shall be put into service between Beijing and...

Tianmuhu; 3 Provinces Meet in a Sea of Bamboo

It is often said that Zhuhai should never be confused with Zhuhai, and that pinyin is a lousy replacement for fully-fledged Chinese characters. This year, the Zhuhai (珠海) in Guangdong Province was linked to Hong Kong by the world’s...

Welcome Aboard Starship Bubble Hotel!

Nanjing’s winter might be mercifully short, but it still feels like a long, cold, dark stretch. With the usual entertainment options becoming more of a drag than a please at this time of year, perhaps a night in the...

Nanjing’s Cleanest Air for BSN Students from January

Nanjing has been blessed this year with improved standards of air quality, particularly a glorious summer, but with another winter well and truly upon us, as air pollution levels soar, many have been reaching for their face masks. No...

Pork on Alert; African Swine Fever Meets Year of the Pig

Human beings may not be at risk from the possibility of African Swine Fever (ASF) going global, but the pig economy and associated value chains may well find the year of the pig in 2019 to be more of...

Flight Attendants; Purses to Automatic & Shop Check

A Chinese-UK couple, who met in university, have succeeded in their dream of building a Boeing 737 flight simulator here in Nanjing. Now they just have to sell it to the Chinese airlines. At least it’s cheap, sort of. For...

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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