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Frank Hossack

Nanjing Hot Pot; Where the In Crowd is at

My own particular love affair with hot pot dates back to the very home of the dish; Sichuan province, and its capital, Chengdu, on my second trip to China in 1993. Few hot pot restaurants today serve up that which...

A Celebration for the Single & Married Alike

Super skeptics label it as a form of commercialism on steroids that has lost all hint of its true roots in contemporary Chinese culture. Inescapable for the month leading up to the celebration itself, the airwaves and Internet saturated...

Difference between Scottish Bank Notes & Chinese Calligraphy?

When the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) recently held the launch party for its new £20 note, one of the designers responsible who should have been in attendance felt her time would be better spent giving a talk on...

Design New Look for Air Force Base Runway and Win ¥100,000

Prize money totaling of ¥320,000 is up for grabs in a new competition to design a new look for a former Ming Dynasty battalion training ground that was until more recently a Chinese air force base here in Nanjing. Anyone...

The Bus Drivers on Nanjing’s Most Effective Diet

An accident-free year for one of the buses running along Nanjng’s longest bus route is down to the conscientious efforts of two ladies of Yangtze Public Transport, who in the process have also become as sisters, attracted the love...

A Legend Reopens; Bluer Skies Ahead for Redefined Nanjing 1912

Nanjing’s long-renowned centre for hedonism is seeking to shake off its questionable upbringing, with recent moves to encourage drinking and dining options that are more of the family-friendly variety. As such, staple of the expat community in Nanjing, Blue...

17th International Jazz Festival Brings Global Talent to Jiangsu

The 2018 “Shared Joy in Jiangsu” International Jazz Music Festival gets underway this evening, setting the pace for 11 days and nights of concerts across the province, by artists from Europe, North America, Africa and our very own China. With...

Lost Youth; The Ant Tribe & its Economic Trap

Each morning, they march to work, in coffee shops, training centres, import/export companies, hairdressers, even art galleries, and then, plain old retail. Each night, they return to their tiny apartments, cramped on account that as many as six may...

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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