Frank Hossack

How International Schools in Nanjing Welcome Year of the Tiger

With China’s season of goodwill upon us, today is also the day when the little ones take centre stage. Fitting therefore, for us to close the year with a look at what Nanjing’s international schools have been doing to...

The Last Supper; Retiree Takes 32281 Steps to Deliver Final Meal

You know when you feel a little proud of yourself for having managed more than the recommended 10,000 steps a day for, like, a week? Well, someone’s got you beat. He’s taken over 30,000 steps a day for no...

Carbon Emissions Dump as Nanjing South Cuts Power Usage in Half

Spring Festival travellers departing from Nanjing South Railway Station are among the first to be able to say their journey home was a considerably less carbon-intense experience, as the Station has recently upped its green credentials. The eco-friendly upgrade to...

Murder of Nanjing Student; Nation’s Most Followed Trial Begins

Some are calling it the trial of the century. And now, after court delays, a demand for execution and a call by the victims’s father for a trial on live TV, the case of a Nanjing student’s murder in Yunnan Province...

Pretend to be Sick to Get Free Sweeties on Nanjing Metro

Nanjing’s Zhujiang Lu Metro Station is now being called the sweetest station on the network. And that’s because of a policy to hand out candies to passengers who are feeling unwell, if the little treats may relieve their discomfort. The...

Crushed to Death by Shanghai Metro Door but Nanjingers Safe

The death of a passenger on the Shanghai Metro recently has got Nanjing’s commuters talking, and some worrying. But rest assured, the Nanjing Metro remains one of the safest in the world, partly due to the technology employed on...

Blizzards & 7cm of Snow in Nanjing in Run up to Chinese New Year

There was no white Christmas for Nanjingers, but the chances of a white Chinese New Year are increasingly likely, as this part of the country prepares for some pretty rainy and snowy conditions, with January closing out and giving...

In Limbo! New Year Travellers Trapped by Unexpected Quarantines

For many, 2022 was to be the year when they finally got to go home to see their families. But some are finding that easier said than done, as overzealous authorities implement ever-more stringent and constantly changing requirements forcing...

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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