Frank Hossack

Universities in Jiangsu Step up to Offer Aid to Disaster-Stricken Students

As of midday on 5 August, 82 Jiangsu colleges and universities had arranged for 957 students affected by flooding to receive subsidies totalling of ¥797,800. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Which City will be Next to Join the ¥1,000,000,000 Club?

Six cities in China are vying to be next to join the so-called “Trillion Renminbi Club”, by having a 10-figure annual GDP, based on recent data accumulated by looking at the economic performance of cities during the first half...

Lianyungang #1 as Demand for Summer Seaside Fun Peaks

Lianyungang set historical records for train travel in July; the area sent 1.23 million passengers, a month on month increase of 23 percent and top in Jiangsu. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Didi Awards Nanjing Driver for 13 Years of Voluntary Blood Donations

Didi Travel has awarded Wu Bin the title of “Didi Public Welfare Role Model” and ¥2,000 for his taking up of blood donating after his father was in critical need. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Picasso’s “The Bull” among Master’s Works in Suzhou Exhibition

45 of Picasso’s works, including “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” are on display at the Chengpin Life Exhibition Hall on Yuelang Jie in SIP until 5 November. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Surgeons in Nanjing Remove from Man Tumour Size of Small Football

The team of chief physicians from Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital took 12 hours to remove the tumour, 12 centimetres in diameter, from the 70-year old’s pancreas. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

1 Dead after Car Ploughs into 4 E-bikes in Xuzhou

Five injuries, one of which a death, were the result of a woman surnamed Ma (41) driving into the e-bikes on 2 August. Police have initially ruled out drunk driving. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

3 Year Bike Ride Collects Stamps from Every Post Office in China

From 2018 to 2021, a Suzhou man toured China by bicycle, taking in the nation’s 56 ethnic groups and getting his map stamped at 334 post offices. Now, a 30-second video clip of the stamping has gone viral, reigniting...

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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