Frank Hossack

Nanjing COVID Outbreak Update; Wednesday 16 March, 2022

Jiangning is not in lockdown, but it might as well be. The District found 23 positive cases of COVID yesterday, while Qinhuai District reported one more this morning. It may be 200 short of the total of 235 cases...

The Building of Nanjing (4); Jinling Library

“What on Earth is that?”, is the question to most commonly escape a person’s mouth upon first glimpse of the Jinling Library. “那到底是什么?”,是人们第一次看到金陵图书馆时最常想出口而出的问题。 For good reason; if Nanjing has any structure more befitting of a place on another world (and there...

Godfather of Science & Technology across Taiwan Strait; Li Guoding

Li Guoding (李国鼎), known as Li Kwoh-ting in Taiwan, transformed the island from an economy based on agriculture to the world’s leading supplier of semiconductors. No wonder he’s referred to as Taiwan's "godfather of science and technology". 李国鼎,在台湾被称为李国鼎,将该岛从以农业为基础的经济转变为世界领先的半导体供应商。 难怪他被称为台湾的“科技教父”。 Born in...

Cute Booths & Pulp Fiction Impressions; A Diner Excels

True to our promise last month, in this issue we visit the other half of the Jieniu (解牛) empire’s western eateries in Nanjing; Pink Cutie, located in the recently-opened D9 block of mainly F&B establishments, opposite 1912 across Taiping...

Fancy Your Own Startup? Free Market Research for New Foreign Biz

Starting a business has never been harder, and coming to China to do such these days is out of the question. Hence Nanjing is launching a new initiative that offers complimentary market research and other services for startup ideas...

All of Jiangning Gets Tested, but Self NATs are on the Way

We’re back at it again. Nucleic acid testing for the entirety of Nanjing’s Jiangning District. And it may not stop there, but light on the horizon comes in the form of a new self-testing kit that is the creation...

Three Child Policy; Now Revamp Education Says Nanjing Teacher 

Key to getting the pregnancy rate back up and solving China's population dilemma is actually a radical change to the structure of the country's education system, says a Nanjing teacher. And it's a change to people's pockets that just...

Second Airport for Nanjing? New Push for Military/Civilian Hub

Shanghai has two, Beijing has two, even Chengdu has two. And now there is renewed impetus for Nanjing to join this exclusive club of cities in China with two airports as soon as possible. It boils down to all...

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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