Frank Hossack

Watch Baby, 1, Fall under Train in Station & Amazing Rescue

High-speed trains in China don’t waste time having around in stations, usually just 2 minutes. Great drama, horror and ultimately relief were therefore the result when a baby, quick on its feet, managed to fall between the platform and...

123 Metre Long Wind Turbine Blades China’s Longest; Made in Lianyungang

Made primarily of carbon fibre but still weighing over 50 tons, the blades were installed 28 June on the world's first 16 MW offshore wind farm that lies off Fujian. Full story via this link.

It’s Nanjing in Your Face for Visitors to Macao Travel Expo

The "Beautiful Ancient Capital, Charming Nanjing" promotion in Macao paid off, realising negotiations with travel agencies from as far away as Lisbon in Portugal. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Is Nanjing’s Cute Little Guy the Smallest Sniffer Dog in the World?

Miniature sniffer dogs have been sent out on duty at Nanjing Lukou International Airport. The dogs are understood to be starting their careers as puppies. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Nantong Opens Massive Wholly Foreign Owned Auto Parts Factory

As supplier to Geely and Mazda, the Hirata Ondo plant, opened on 3 July in the Sutong Technology Industrial Park, has an annual capacity for 1.2 million gearbox parts. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

Will Jiangyin and Yixing of Wuxi Lose their Status as Cities and become Districts?

In short, no. The Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission stated its support for the active cultivation of Jiangyin and Yixing as two sub-central cities. Full story (in Chinese) via this link.

With Bread All Sorrows are Less; Nanjing’s Top Whole Wheat Picks

We’ll get things off to a start by saying, “Skyways”, for we’re not going to go there. That’s figuratively, not literally. It wouldn’t be fair on the competition. For we don’t all live near a branch of Nanjing’s favourite-foreign bakery....

Avatar, for Real! Nanjing’s Breakthroughs in Organs on a Chip

Things are hotting up in the field of “organs on a chip” and researchers in Nanjing are among those at the forefront of the emerging revolution in pharmaceutical development that could put an end to testing on animals for...

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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