Frank Hossack

300-Year-Old European Paintings of Nanjing Donated to Museum

A batch of rare copper engravings of Nanjing scenes produced by foreigners in the 17th and 18th centuries are going on display in the Jiangsu Provincial Chronicles Museum after their being the first donation to the museum in 2021. From...

Rewards Offered for “Dobbing In” Illegal Nanjing Fireworks’ Vendors

With Chinese New Year just around the corner, and most people advised not to return to their hometown, so the temptation to buy and let off fireworks has never been greater. Authorities are therefore offering rewards to those who...

Gang of Women Kleptomaniacs Caught Red Handed in Nanjing

Three women in Nanjing have had their Impulse Control Disorders revealed to the world, thanks to surveillance cameras that caught the surprisingly well-off ladies stealing from the city’s shopping malls if for no other reason than seeking stimulation. A probe...

Adopt an Animal to Help Save Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo!

Nanjingers have these past few days responded in kind to a plea from our city’s zoo to assist in addressing the financial difficulty it faces at present, as another institutional victim of COVID. And nothing will stop them in...

Pregnant Woman whose Waters’ Broke Gets Emergency Police Escort

Nanjing law enforcement were out playing their role as good samaritans earlier this week, providing a dramatic, high-speed, motorcycle-police escort to a pregnant woman whose waters broke in a car while stuck  in a downtown traffic jam. “Where are you...

Nice One, Shanghai! Now Proud Owner of World’s Longest Metro

The big smoke of Shanghai got a bit bigger this past weekend, as the city’s metro system expanded once again Saturday, but this time by sufficient length for it to be able to legitimately claim the title as world’s...

China’s First Cesarean Section Gibbon Birth in Nanjing

Happy 1st lunar birthday to Nanjing’s newest primate! A recent addition to the city's family is being celebrated for being “two firsts”; China’s first birth of a Siamang gibbon by cesarean section and Nanjing Hongshan Zoo’s first Siamang reproduction. Lucky,...

Shigu Lu Heist Suspect Caught in Chengdu; Stolen Items Recovered

The dramatic capture of the fugitive in last’s week’s heist from a luxury store in the centre of Nanjing has taken place on the other side of the country, less than 3 days after the robbery itself and only...

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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