Frank Hossack

400 International Taekwondo Practitioners Vie for Spots at Paris 2024

Getting underway today, 30 March, the World Taekwondo (Wuxi) Centre is the venue for deciding eight of the 128 seats for the sport at the 2024 Olympics. Full story via this link.

Teacher Leaps into Fire, Stops Massive Gas Leak, Saves Countless

Tremendous courage has been rewarded in the past few days following the actions of a teacher in Huai’an of Jiangsu Province, seeing him risk third-degree burns and possibly life itself, in order to prevent an entire residential block going...

Supermodel Lynn Xiong Brings Nanjing’s Deji Plaza to Standstill

42-year old mother of two, Xiong Dailin, the Hong Kong-based supermodel, was back in her hometown yesterday, bringing locals out in hoards to snap a pic. Full story via this link.

Appeal by Parents Fails in Zhenjiang River Sluice Gate Drowning Incident

A court in Yangzhong in has denied an appeal for compensation by parents of a student who drowned last June in a river when nearby sluice gates were opened. Full story via this link.

Lilac Abounds as Peach Blossom Festival Opens in Xuzhou’s Jiawang District

With 1.6 million peach trees, the banks of Dugong Lake were the scene for the opening ceremony of the 14th Xuzhou Jiawang Peach Blossom Festival on 25 March. Full story via this link.

Swedish Ambassador to China Helena Sångeland joins Low Carbon Forum 

Business Sweden and truck giant, Scania, have together hosted the International Conference on Low Carbon Sustainable Development in Nantong. Full story via this link.

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Visits Nanjing Pursuing Peace 

In Nanjing’s Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum yesterday, Ma bowed to a statue of Sun, saying the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should work together to pursue peace. Full story via this link.

They Stole Your GPS Location Data & Sold it to Debt Collectors

Two men who could have been selling your location information to debt collectors (not that readers of The Nanjinger owe anyone anything, of course) have been up in court in Nanjing, receiving stiff penalties, in the very first case...

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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