Frank Hossack

Bus Driver & Passengers Pull Boy Back from Suicide off Yangtze River Bridge

As the driver of the Nanjing 502 bus reached him, the boy was hanging from the outside of the Bridge’s parapet. Passengers from a 551 bus behind came to help. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Human Organs aboard Flight Diverted into Yangzhou Taizhou International

Organs aboard the Sichuan Airlines flight on 21 July were driven by ambulance the rest of the way, arriving at Wuxi People's Hospital with minutes to spare. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Light Plane Used to Train Air Force Pilots Crashes in Zhenjiang

The single-engine, two-seater light sport aircraft operating out of Zhenjiang Dalu General Airport came down on farmland on 12 July, resulting in two injuries. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

LG Principal Client for ¥2.5 Billion New Industrial Park in Taizhou

The smart-home-appliance industrial park, featuring LG’s biggest refrigeration plant in the world, has entered the decoration stage with an opening slated for October. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Woman Riding E-bike into Flooded Zhenjiang Culvert Drowned Not Electrocuted

The 50-year old woman did not listen to dissuasion and neither paid heed to the signs placed beside the flooded culvert before the tragedy that took place on 17 July. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

PHEV Battery Maker Produces 500,000 Units in 2 Months at Yancheng Plant

On 22 July, SVolt held a ceremony at its Yancheng Base to celebrate the milestone in production of short-blade L400 battery cells for Great Wall, Geely and others. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Wuxi Ties up Education in Jiangsu, Hong Kong & Macao

21 July saw the Jiangsu-Hong Kong-Macao Basic Education Cooperation Alliance unveiled in Wuxi; 192 sister schools in the three regions now participate. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Distilling the Conversation; Drunken Apes Drive Tourism of Today

An enormous, faux-ceramic-baijiu urn greets visitors to the Yanghe Winery Culture Tourist Area in Suqian, Jiangsu Province.  江苏省宿迁市洋河酒厂文化旅游区,一个巨大的人造陶瓷白酒瓮在迎接游客。 It’s a metaphor for the size of that which lies dormant inside the urn. And yes, it’s full (of you know what). The...

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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