Frank Hossack

Nanjing Air Quality Best its Been in 7 Years

With people spending more time in Nanjing this year than ever before, many have also noticed that the city’s skies have been remarkably clear for the bulk of 2020. It’s no illusion, and the industrial shutdown of early this...

The Nanjing Marathon’s Dirty Secret; 15 Minutes to Clean up!

China logistics deserves an official dictionary definition, meaning “to tackle an enormous logistical challenge by throwing all the resources of the universe at it”, So it was with Sunday’s Nanjing Marathon, right down to those who readied the track...

Are We in for the Coldest Winter? Nanjing’s Official Outlook

Talk of the town in Nanjing of late has been the upcoming winter, with much of the populace convincing themselves (and others) that the cold spell of 2020/21 is going to be a shocker. Scientific data, on the other...

Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor any Drop to Drink

While we speed along in a high-speed train on our way to Shanghai through the water towns of southern Jiangsu Province; Wuxi, Suzhou et al, it’s sobering to think that a little more than a decade ago, not only...

The “Roaring Success” of Li Tianye, Pioneer of Today’s Internet

Li Tianye  (厉鼎毅) can be thought of as he who speeded up the Internet by a factor of 100 during the 1990s, and a man capable of giving entertaining speeches on the most mundane of technical subjects, altogether an...

Murderer Arrested 20 Years on; Now a Supermarket Manager

Nanjing police have concluded another decades-long murder case, the trail of which leading them to the city of Chengdu where the assailant was found to be working in a supermarket. He had stolen from and murdered a woman in...

The Pentagon Moves in to Nanjing, and it’s Turned Green!

Nanjing’s credentials as a pioneer in innovative architecture have received a shot in the arm, with the recent completion of a milestone in the development of the city’s Jiangxinzhou, the islet lying in the Yangtze River that is turning...

Domestic Violence in Nanjing Given “Zero Tolerance” Priority

Today, 25 November, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Good timing then for Nanjing to launch an initiative calling for "zero tolerance" of domestic abuse, supported by municipal and local government organs, together with public...

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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