Frank Hossack

Travelling the Silk Road in an Evening, on a Bike!

Wow! That’s the word South Korean journalist, Chaewon Woo, uses 124 times in her book, “Cycling the Silk Road; From Shanghai to London in 36 Weeks”. And not without good reason. An eye-opening and surprising read, Cycling the Silk Road...

I Swear I will Never Leave My Power Bank in the Car Ever Again

Cars on fire have become a bit of a recurring theme in Nanjing these past days, as spontaneous combustion and a mobile phone power bank have been the reasons handed down for three vehicles catching fire in the city...

Not 1 Death as Every Last COVID Patient Released from Hospital

It’s officially over. This week has seen the final two patients suffering from the Delta variant of COVID discharged from hospital in Nanjing. They join hundreds of others given the all clear to make Jiangsu Province now once again...

30 Years on; What Happened to the Girl with the Big Eyes?

When this photo appeared 30 years ago, it touched the hearts of thousands of people across China, with some bursting into tears when they saw it. But thanks to this photo, countless underprivileged rural children have been able to...

Nanjing in Matrix Resurrections; is Keanu back for Noodles?

Featuring a well-known Chinese restaurant that bears our city’s name, a first trailer for the upcoming blockbuster for year end has been released. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are back as Neo and Trinity, for Matrix Resurrections. In the first...

Massive Quarantine Centre being Built in Nanjing Just in Case

The tagline, “For Peacetime and War” is being applied to a new facility to be constructed near Lukou Airport. And with such a slogan, that can only mean one thing; an enormous quarantine facility. Because the repercussions were it...

Track Laying Begins on Nanjing’s Fully Automated Metro Line 7

They call it the “Transfer King”. And when it opens, it will also be the first fully automated, driverless metro line in Nanjing. Construction has now entered its final major phase; track laying along the entire length of the...

Nurse Kneels on Gurney; Gives CPR in Corridor, in Lift, in Lobby

Even the script writers for “Grey’s Anatomy” or “ER” would have a hard time in coming up with the scenario that played out in a Nanjing hospital last week. And we have a star nurse in particular to thank...

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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