Frank Hossack

Do the Chinese Believe in Evolution (or their Version of it)?

A much coined phrase of recent years is that the centre of the civilised world is moving eastward. And that may not just be true for today, it may also turn out that this part of the world is...

Is the Moon 2021’s Top May Day Destination in Nanjing?

A sample of the Lunar surface returned to Earth is among the highlights during the upcoming activities planned to mark an important anniversary in China’s space exploration. With it all happening in Nanjing this year, it’s the perfect May...

It’s Carlo 4 Vice President

Carlo D’Andrea has been The Nanjinger’s legal columnist since August of 2011, when our monthly series, The Gavel, first began. It’s been a long road for us all, one that for Carlo, could lead to becoming the Vice President...

Earth Day; International Schools in Nanjing 4 Sustainable Future

Marking the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, today is Earth Day. With climate literacy one of the fundamental keys to bringing about a sustainable future, so international schools in Nanjing have today risen...

Want a Free Haircut? Head to Gaochun (But Be Like, Old)

Celebrating the anniversary of the Communist Party and giving our free haircuts may not initially appear to have anything in common. But they do. And it’s down to a concept known as “charity on the doorstep” that is becoming...

Vaccine Causes Death; Nanjinger Arrested for Spreading Rumour

China takes the online spreading of rumours as they relate to sensitive issues extremely seriously. No wonder that a local Nanjing woman has found herself detained by police for claiming that death can be the result of being vaccinated...

Ticket Website Crash; The “Stay Away” Destinations this May Day

China’s train ticket reservation system crashed these past few days, as millions tried to buy tickets for the upcoming May Day holiday. Denied a family reunion during the major holidays of late, today’s most popular online slogan has become,...

Visiting the Horticultural Expo; Foreigners Can Just Turn Up!

The 11th Jiangsu Horticultural Exposition opened this morning in the newly opened Jiangsu Garden Expo Park. As the province’s top expo for flowers, fruit and vegetables, crowds are set to descend on the Park over the next month. And...

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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