Frank Hossack

Jiangsu City League Inspires Village Football in Guizhou with 8,000SQM of Grass 

Twice recently flooded, the stadium in Rongjiang of Guizhou faced cancelling their village cup. But Jiangsu Weiteng Sports Industry Co. of Jiangsu stepped in to produce a replacement pitch in just 3 days, delivering in time for matches to...

Boeing 777 in Dedicated Livery Marks Debut of 1st Direct Nanjing-Paris Flight

In part decked out in the elegant and fresh spring greens of the Jiangnan region, the weekly MU845 flight took off from Nanjing at 00:45 today, 9 July, to land in Paris at 07:00. Healthy ticket sales for the...

English Books Surprising Hit at 15th Jiangsu Book Fair in Suzhou

The edict came down from above as much as a decade ago; we should all read more. And that the Chinese populace appears to be doing, judging by the turnout for a book fair which packed a punch these...

Aldi to Open 2nd Superstore in Wuxi, Jiangsu, on 19 July, 2025

The German retail behemoth continues to go head to head with Sam’s Club and Fresh Hippo with further penetration into China and its zero-membership policy. The latest Wuxi opening shall bring the total number of Aldi stores in China...

60,396 Spectators at Historic Football Clash for Arch Rivals Nanjing vs Suzhou

The record-breaking crowd for the amateur Jiangsu City League match had snatched up their tickets in just 10 seconds. Their enthusiasm not dampened by the evening of 5 July’s 40-degree heat, fans had to console themselves with a nil-nil...

Passengers Forced to Walk through Tunnel to Airport after Nanjing Metro Train Fails

The Line S1 train in the afternoon of 1 July was held up after passengers heard an explosion. With another loud bang later stopping the train altogether short of Lukou Airport, passengers were alighted and required to walk. The...

MAC Cosmetics “Musical Spaceship” in Nanjing Celebrates Sophisticated Chinese Consumers

Justifying the new 110-square metre store’s deconstructed piano styling in Deji Plaza, Senior VP at MAC Cosmetics called the Chinese consumer “one of the most expressive, sophisticated and creatively engaged beauty communities in the world”. Full story via this link;...

Nanjing Receives Emergency Landing of Shandong Airlines Flight from Qingdao to Shanghai

Passengers aboard SC4677 flight night of 27 June reported an engine ingesting a foreign object following by bangs, a burning odour and the aircraft shaking violently. Diverted to Lukou reporting a malfunction, the Boeing 787-800 landed safely at Lukou....

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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