Frank Hossack

450KM of New Jogging Routes to be Created in Nanjing by 2025

Fitness trails totalling 450 kilometres in length, or enough for a jog half way to Beijing, are set to be built in the Southern Capital as part of a new plan aimed at improving facilities for sport, citywide, over...

Huge Fine for Copyright Theft of Olympic Rings by Nanjing Firm

A Nanjing retailer is among the companies nationwide which have recently been penalised for infringement of the exclusive rights of the Olympic symbols. A fine of ¥240,000 was handed to the company for using the Olympic rings on face...

Bigger Better British Ball is Back! Be Part of the Giving

With the theme of “Downton Abbey”, it will be back to the 1920s for the return of the British Ball in Nanjing to raise vital funds for two amazing charities. So let the styles of a century ago be...

Shut! Nanjing Metro Stations Closed Tonight for Lantern Festival

Tonight is the busiest of the year for Nanjing’s Confucius Temple. It’s Lantern Festival, marking the end of Chinese New Year. And so thousands will descend upon Fuzimiao to take in the beauty of red lanterns under a full...

The Nanjinger who Walked the Philippines out at Beijing Games

A highlight of any Olympic Games opening ceremony is of course the Parade of Nations. Meet the young lady from Nanjing who held aloft a snowflake and walked ahead of the Philippines’ flag bearer out into the Bird’s Nest...

Brand New Museums in Nanjing Worth Checking Out Now Open

What do trees, fire and steel have in common? BTW, the answer is not to use the first two making the third. No, instead they are the themes of three recently-opened museums in Nanjing that provide a reason to...

USA vs Jiangsu Life Expectancy; Who Lives Longest & Where?

The average life expectancy in Nanjing has exceeded 80 years for the first time. But Nanjingers can’t expect to live longer than anyone else in Jiangsu Province. Those are the main findings from data in the 2020 census recently...

Gold Medal Granny! Eileen Gu’s Grandmother is a Nanjinger!

Nanjingers in particular are rejoicing in the victory of (Eileen) Gu Ailing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. And that’s because of the revelation now sweeping the Southern Capital; Gu’s grandmother is none other than a true, 100 percent,...

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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