Frank Hossack

Pakistani NUAA Alumni Becomes One of World’s Top Scientists

Students at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics have reason to be pretty excited at their future prospects. And that’s because one of their former classmates has been placed near the top of a list of the world’s top...

Bowel Disease Link to Microplastics Found by Nanjing Medical Uni

They are tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 mm in length. Known as microplastics, they are inadvertently consumed by humans, but until now, the health consequences were largely unknown. That recently changed with the findings of a study...

Easy Security at Nanjing’s Lukou Airport Cuts Wait Times in Half

What’s the worst thing about flying? The security check. But now, our own Lukou is among the airports in China to have rolled out a new initiative for passengers to bypass those long queues altogether and head straight for...

Swastika Clad Man Told to Remove Clothes at Nanjing Xuanwu Lake

Young people in Nanjing are being called upon to consider general public values while showing their personality after an incident in which a man wearing Japanese anime clothing including a swastika was challenged in the city’s Xuanwu Lake Scenic...

Speaking with Sharp Tongues; Touring China’s Stereotypes

For as long as there have been people, there have been comparisons drawn between them. No matter where on Earth, people have thrived off stereotypes, been shocked and amused by them in equal measure. 只要有人,他们之间就会有比较。 无论在地球上的什么地方,人们都从陈规定型观念中茁壮成长,同样被它们所震惊和逗樂。 Today’s politically correct new world...

The Building of Nanjing (2); Presidential Palace

Up there in the total top three of Nanjing’s premier tourist destinations, the Presidential Palace is a sprawling complex housing a myriad of architectural styles. Those, together with a sizable chunk of China’s republican-era history. The Nanjinger’s Capital Constructs...

British-Chinese Diplomat Serving in Xinjiang; George Macartney

George Macartney (马继业) was initially a translator, but one who went on to become a consummate diplomat as Consul General in Kashgar at Britain’s first diplomatic office in the region. 乔治·麦卡特尼(马继业)最初是一名翻译,但他后来成为英国驻喀什总领事的外交官,担任英国在该地区的第一个外交机构。 Born in Nanjing on 19 January, 1867, to a British...

Doing it the Hard Way; Nanjing’s Own (Half Foreign) Cider Brand

Theoretically, Chinese people should absolutely love cider. Theoretically. But of course they don’t. Or rather, they didn’t. And seeking a spot near the top of those emerging tastes is a home grown cider brand, of Chinese and American descent. Theoretically,...

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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Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...

Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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