Frank Hossack

Charities don’t Stop Caring; Hearts in the Centre of the Rainbow

Caring, benevolence and philanthropy have in some ways taken a back seat during this era of epidemic. But there are those who won’t quit, people who care about saving lives other than their own. Time to find out how...

Royal Links in Nanjing; The Garment Fit Only for a Monarch

With the world today mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, what of Nanjing’s links to royalty? One thing stands out above all else. To some a humble piece of cloth, brocade, an icon of our city, was once...

Rescues from Rivers! Villagers Save Lives in Typhoon Conditions 

Fallout from Typhoon Hinnamnor has made heroes out of many villagers in our very own Jiangsu Province, they together with authorities having affected life-saving rescues of four people who had found themselves in deep water, literally. It was just in...

Grade 1 Students Spend 1st Day Firing “Authentic” Guns

The guns appeared real enough. And then we found out that’s because they were. Brought along to a local school on its first day back, the intention was national defence education for children as they began their 9 years...

IKEA Joining those Saying “Photos in our Shop Prohibited!”

Have you ever been put out of your way because someone else is busy taking photos with no regard for those around them just trying to go about their daily business? Now, many shops, once happy for the free...

Vloggers at War Foul of the Law in “Strange Food Broadcasting”

Supposedly helping people to see the specialties of different regions and spread food culture, vloggers will do anything to get more viewers. And that includes eating things which are either dangerous or which it is illegal to do so,...

New Photographic Horrors of Nanjing Massacre Emerge in USA

Very, very few photographs exist of the Nanjing Massacre, which makes a new find documenting the atrocities of 1937 all the more remarkable. But it’s today’s social media and an unusual content creator which have propelled our city’s history...

Jaws! (No Natural Predators) Lake Drained to Catch Alligator Eel

Frankly, it’s terrifying. Were it to breed in large numbers, the consequences would be unimaginable. That’s what prompted authorities to take extreme measures to catch the beast. There are thought to even be some lurking in our very own...

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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