Frank Hossack

Wuxi Charity Drive Raises New Historical High of ¥50 Million

295,000 donations were made to the "99 Charity Day”, held between 29 August and 9 September, with many local companies contributing money, materials and effort. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Wuxi via...

8 Nanjing Companies Make it to 2023 Top 500 Chinese Private Enterprises List

Nanjing Iron and Steel, Red Sun and Golden Eagle are among those appearing on this year’s list, released by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as never...

Liquor Season Begins as 1st Baijiu of 2023 Flows Forth in Suqian

The 6th Yanghe·Shuanggou Cellar Opening Festival was a grand spectacle on 12 September, with 70,000 fermentation pits opened simultaneously for the new season. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Suqian via this link.

Italian Soprano to Headline Nanjing Forest Music Festival 2023

Chiara Taigi shall be joined by French concert pianist Michel Dalberto in the Festival taking place at the Music Stage on Purple Mountain from 28 September to 2 October. Full story via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as...

30 Years Hiding from the Police; They weren’t Looking for Him

Filled with guilt, he decided to end his difficult life in hiding after 30 years on the run. But upon voluntarily turning himself into the authorities, he made the least expected of  discoveries. He had no criminal record and...

Visitors to Nanjing’s Xuanwu Lake Starlight Festival up 20% Year on Year

The Festival, held from 22 July to the end of August, saw visitors go boating, taste street food, wander the creative night markets and take in lakeside concerts. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced...

Bomb Disposal Team Called in after Hand Grenade Found in Taizhou

The Chinese grenade, left over from the war, was found by a villager in Jingjiang City while loosening soil in a greenhouse. EOD experts later safely detonated it. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials...

Drama, Film, Music, Dance, Calligraphy & Folk Crafts Anchor Culture Festival

The 2023 Zijin Culture and Art Festival kicked off in Yancheng on 11 September, with 4 months of activities to be also held in Nanjing, Huai’an, Yangzhou and Suqian. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute...

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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