Frank Hossack

Vegetable Prices Double thanks to Weather & COVID Treatments

Frequenters of their local wet market in Nanjing may have noticed a trend of late. The once go-to option for quality that’s both fresh and cheap has recently become borderline expensive. Primarily, that’s down to two factors; COVID and...

Nantong; No Stopping China’s First Modern City

In the history of modern China, Nantong set records as a kind of “city of firsts”. The new nation’s first museum, first textile school, first embroidery school, first drama school, and the first Chinese-run school for the blind and...

Miracle Escape after Curious 1 Year Old Swallows Caustic Soda

A 1-year-old old baby boy has had a near-miraculous escape after swallowing one of the most toxic substances available; caustic soda. The baby, who could have been maimed for life, was lucky enough to be seen to just in...

Lianyungang; Perfect Sand & Port Perfecting Links with Europe

Lianyungang City in northeastern Jiangsu derives its name from Lian Dao, the largest island in Jiangsu, and Yuntai Mountain, the highest in the province. 江苏东北部的连云港市得名于江苏最大的岛屿连岛和全省最高的云台山。 The former is remarkable, the latter less so, for it being eclipsed by the home to...

Hundreds Line Streets as Trafficked 4 Year Old Girl Returns Home

Crowds have lined the streets in a village in faraway Guangdong Province to welcome home a 4-year-old girl who was abducted and taken north to be sold to a man from our very own Jiangsu, in an ordeal concluding with...

Huai’an; From Presidents & Writers to World Crayfish Capital

Smack bang in the middle of Jiangsu Province, the city of Huai’an has witnessed the birth of the truly great; the most famed and respected of Chinese leaders, as well as the author of one of the nation’s most...

In Memoriam Bao Bin; Obituary to Designer of Nanjing “Logo”

Former Dean and Painter of the Nanjing Academy of Arts, Bao Bin (保彬), passed away at 09:48 on 2 January, 2023. He was 87. The Baidu Baike (China’s Wikipedia equivalent) entry for Bao has today been made greyscale in...

Yancheng; Jiangsu’s Biggest Boasts of Weddings, Tulips & Deer

Known for its salt, Yancheng’s name in Chinese literally means “Salt City”. Here, humans carved out salt and timber works over 2,100 years ago as mudflats formed along the coastline.  盐城以其盐而闻名,中文名字字面意思是“盐城”。 在这里,当沿着海岸线形成泥滩时,人类在2100多年前雕刻了盐和木材工程。 Yancheng takes up approximately half of the Jiangsu coast...

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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