Frank Hossack

Boy Falls from 2F in Nanjing Mall Riding Escalator Handrail

Those signs that say, “No climbing on the escalator”, are there for good reason. Because in the average shopping mall, it’s a five-metre drop to the floor below. And this is what a young boy in Nanjing experienced a...

Brakes Fail on Pregnant Woman’s Car in Nanjing at High Speed

Fact is better than fiction. Especially when real life plays out just as well as it does in the movies. That’s just what happened in Nanjing last week, in a race against the clock to avert disaster as the...

Idol Cultivation Shows Banned after Pre Teen Boy Group Disbanded

China’s broadcasting authorities have come down hard on the until-now runaway television-idol culture, while seeking to improve codes of ethics among TV hosts who yield excess degrees of influence, as a pre-teen boy group was disbanded after just a...

Buckle up in the Back; Rear Seatbelt Fines Incoming in Nanjing

Investigation and punishment now potentially awaits those riding in the rear of cars in Nanjing who choose not to wear seatbelts. While the new regulations apply also to those seated on buses, the fines that are in store are...

Hollywood to get New Metro Cars Made in China (Don’t Tell)

Yeah; America no longer likes to buy its infrastructure from China. But that’s a bit hard to avoid when hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent; ripping up the contract isn’t an option. But who wouldn’t want to...

Nanjing’s Bars & Gyms Begin Reopening their Doors!

School’s back tomorrow, or rather it should be. And so should many other places that we frequent. Among those most missed, gyms and bars. But when can we expect them to reopen their doors? The short answer is any...

Gold Medal for Nanjinger in Tokyo Paralympic Powerlifting Win

Closing the first week of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, China is storming ahead of all other countries in the medal table. And as this past weekend approached, Nanjingers had reason to celebrate; a Paralympic gold medal for a...

36 Days in Jail for Having a Meal; 140,000 Nanjingers Released

The resumption of flights from Nanjing’s airport yesterday garnered most of the headlines, but there was also another reopening not so far away, one arguably more important. For yesterday also saw 140,000 Nanjingers released from lockdown. Some 36 days after...

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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