Frank Hossack

Boy Cycles 1,054KM from Hunan Province to Enrol at Yangzhou University

Wei Zhixiang spent 12 days cycling from Zhuzhou through the four provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu to successfully register at Yangzhou University. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Yangzhou via this...

From PUA to Home Renovation; 90s Girl Goes Viral all over Again

Unless you are a celebrity, everyone does not get their 15 minutes of fame. But some people, against the odds, get it more than once. And for one 90s generation girl in Jiangsu, it has been for the odd...

Black-tailed Godwits’ Arrival in Yangzhou Signify Start of Annual Migration

The best bird watching season is upon us. Closed to fishing, Yangzhou’s Gaoyou Lake and Shaobo Lake have in recent years become hot spots for migratory birds. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Yangzhou via...

Nanjing Uni Freshers Use MBTI as Self Introductions and Friend Finders

Registering for the new academic year on 2 September, the freshers at “Nanda” have made their Myers–Briggs Type Indicators in to a from of social calling cards. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read about Nanjing introduced as...

World’s Biggest Bridge between Taizhou & Changzhou gets 1st Steel Trusses 

2 September saw the first pair of cantilevered steel trusses raised to the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge that will be the world’s largest diamond-type, cable-stayed bridge. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Taizhou via...

Record High! 30 Suzhou Listed Companies Put ¥100+ Million in to R&D in 23H1

The 213 listed companies in Suzhou put a total of ¥14.454 billion in to R&D, top among which was Hengtong Optoelectronics, with an R&D investment of ¥1.149 billion. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials...

Moon & Mariana Trench Not Far enough for Wuxi Scientific Research Institutes

With the Striver deep-sea submersible as its flagship, Binhu District held a conference on 29 August calling for an even more “phenomenal institute economy”. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Wuxi via this link.

Baby Stuck after Mother Attempts Pulling him through Window in Zhenjiang

Playing alone, the 2 year old accidentally locked a garage door behind him. Firefighters had to cut the bars of the security window in order to rescue him. Full story via this link; read the absolute essentials about Wuxi...

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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