Frank Hossack

500 KG of Free Strawberries for Lishui Half Marathon Runners!

What’s included in the price of entering a marathon? A bib, entry into the timekeeping system and a certificate/medal of participation are all commonplace, but at one marathon in Nanjing, runners also receive free strawberries. 参加马拉松比赛的费用包括什么?号码布、进入计时系统和参赛证书/奖牌都是司空见惯的事情,但在南京的一场马拉松比赛中,跑者还获得了免费的草莓。 The 2023 Nanjing Lishui Half...

Square Dancing Seniors Taking to Roads Presents Serious Danger

Seen the dancing old ladies (and sometimes men) in the evening? And perhaps early morning? Of course you have. And that’s the problem. They’re everywhere. But most worrying of all, some have even taken to our city’s roads to...

Forget 5G, Next is 6G; Conference Empowers Digital Transformation

Speeds as fast as 200 GB per second have been the subject of forward-looking research at the 2023 Global 6G Technology Conference in Nanjing on 23 March. Full story via this link.

13 Foreigners Among Thousands Signed up for Suqian Marathon

12,000 people are expected to take part in the 2023 Suqian Marathon Jinan Grand Canal Marathon Series that is now confirmed to go ahead on 2 April. Full story via this link.

Evening Break in to Girls Dormitory Earns Nantong Student Expulsion

Nantong University confirmed on 23 March that a male student surnamed Zhang has been expelled after breaking in to a female students’ dormitory at night. Full story via this link.

3.5 Kilometres & 5,052 Cherry Blossoms Gives Nanjing World Record

The World Record Certification Agency (WRCA) has confirmed Nanjing’s Muyan Binjiang Scenic Area as the “world's largest riverside cherry blossom viewing belt”. Full story via this link.

Postal Savings Bank of China in Nanjing Promises Creditors ¥2.43 Million Back

The Jiangning sub branch of the Savings Bank is promising to remain law abiding and to strictly follow the court’s judgment in a capital-dispute-litigation case. Full story via this link.

Germany’s Largest Port to See Freight Trains Arrive from Wuxi in Jiangsu

Train services to Hamburg were the focus of the China-Europe Railway Express (China-Germany) Economic & Trade Conference which opened in Wuxi on 21 March. Full story via this link.

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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