Frank Hossack

China’s Wettest Week Reminds of 1931; Could it Happen Again?

With few places in China to escape the heavy rainfall forecast for the coming days, it’s worth a sobering reminder of events this time 90 years ago, when millions perished in devastating floods in Nanjing and across east China. 由于未来几天中国几乎没有地方能逃脱预计的强降雨,因此值得人们清醒地回顾90年前的这个时候发生的事件,当时南京和中国东部地区数百万人在毁灭性洪水中丧生。 According...

10 Years of Nanjing South; the Station that Almost Never was

This has been a big week for birthdays. In addition to the CCP centenary yesterday, the high-speed railway line between Beijing and Shanghai turned 10 on Wednesday, while the week got of to a start with the 10th birthday...

CCP Centenary Marked in Unusual Ways and Unlikely Places

The glory of today has been inescapable. But aside from the national pomp and ceremony, it has been the activities on a more local level that have played just as important a role in delivering the story of the...

Thou Shalt Have Standards; it’s 鸭血粉丝汤 Duck Blood Soup after all!

Market supervision authorities in Nanjing recently held an expert seminar with a difference. They sought to nail down standards that would protect the product quality, flavour and reputation of arguably the city’s greatest contribution to Chinese cuisine. Nanjingers are nuts...

Fight Against Illegal Drugs Taken to Middle School in Nanjing

Teenagers are susceptible to influence, especially anything illegal, and drugs always hold a special interest. With new psychoactive substances popping up in China at a dizzying rate, Nanjing Police recently took its anti-drug effort into a local middle school. On...

Undersea Forest Exhibition 海底森林特展 Opens to Public, with Mermaids

Summer options for things to do have a new addition to the list, in the form of the Undersea Forest Exhibition which opened this past weekend at Nanjing Underwater World. And star of the show is an underwater version of...

Tibetan Baby Girl Gets Successful Cleft Lip Surgery in Nanjing

Sometimes it’s just nice to close the week with an old fashioned feel-good story. This week in Nanjing, a Tibetan baby with a congenital cleft lip and palate was discharged from hospital after the first operation to correct the...

New HST Debuts Tomorrow; USB Charging in Every Seat & Much More

This year’s summer-holiday travels are off to a great start, with two new additions to the high-speed train family from tomorrow. Sleeker than ever, they’re packed with high-tech features intended to make our train time safer and more comfortable,...

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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