Frank Hossack

139 Bus Routes Upended for Next Week’s Nanjing Marathon

While participants in next week’s Nanjing Marathon will be doing the bulk of the physical exercise, a large proportion of those who commute using the city’s network of public buses each day will also find themselves required to work...

Nanjing Burglar Complains to Police after Victim Slaps Him

Feeling wronged, a thief who walked into a police station in Nanjing to complain that he was beaten by the very person whom he was looking to steal, has become the latest oddity in a long series of increasingly bizarre...

Is Plant-Based Meat all its Element Freshed up to be?

We now live in a not-so-brave new world. Therein, the ominous threat of an omni-potent virus can be found in every corner, while an environmental catastrophe in the making is bringing many a species to the brink of extinction. A...

Buying Glasses in China, Taking Eye Tests & Essential Vocabulary

Like doing most things in China for the first time, going to an optician is a nerve-wracking experience, especially with the required language skills. The good news, however, is the standard of optometry in China is excellent, prices are...

Finless Porpoises Give Thumbs Up to Yangtze River Greenification

The once-endangered Yangtze River Finless Porpoise is now happily thriving in its waters, thanks largely to Nanjing’s efforts at improving ecological conditions both in the river and along a vast swathe of the banks on either side. Many Nanjing citizens...

Nanjingers Urged Not to Purchase Imported Cold-Chain Foodstuffs

Following the discovery of a batch of imported meat tainted with the coronavirus in Nanjing, local health authorities are urging the general public not to make purchase of imported cold-chain foodstuffs that lack the proper certifications, whether they be...

“Nan Hang” Professor Heads to Antarctica to Study Space Science

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) is taking pride in the fact that one of their Associate Professors is among the scientific research team members journeying to Antarctica on a year-long expedition that is China's 37th to the...

On the Verge, Nanjing Mother Calls Police in Homework Dispute

Chinese parents are famed for the strict requirements they place on their children to perform well at school and beyond. Calling the police when homework isn’t up to scratch, however, would be extreme even for them. Not according to...

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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Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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