Frank Hossack

Uni in Nanjing Spends ¥13 Mil. on Metro Car for Student Teaching

Students at Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology are the first in China to be able to study the real world of mass transit at their own on-campus, purpose built railway line, complete with a fully function-ng metro carriage,...

Footballer Handed Jail Time in Nanjing for Firearm Possession

China is blessed to be a country where crimes involving guns are extremely infrequent at best. Hence it comes as a surprise that a sporting celebrity has been handed jail time in Nanjing for being in possession of a...

Refused Boarding for Depression and Trembling Hands

The aviation sector is back in the news again, this time not for anything COVID related, but for refusing to board a Nanjing-bound passenger suffering from another medical condition; depression and the display of side effects resulting from medicine...

China’s Walt Disney & Animation Industry Pioneer; Wan Laiming

Wan Laiming (万籁鸣) was the man who breathed life into the Monkey King, bringing Chinese animation to its heights in the 1960s and putting it at an international level for its time. 万籁鸣(万籁鸣)是为《猴王》注入生命力的人,在20世纪60年代将中国动画带到了顶峰,并将其置于当时的国际水平。 Born in Nanjing in 1900, Laiming had three...

Lady’s Uncivilised Conduct on Nanjing Metro a Viral Sensation

Nanjing Metro authorities have launched an investigation into the behaviour of a passenger, video of which has gone viral on account the lady in question simultaneously breaks several of the Metro’s regulations, displaying scant regard for the well being...

Understanding China 101 from the Trenches

A pleasant surprise it was indeed to have in the last week come across our editorial desk a copy of “You Don’t Understand Our China”, authored by none other than previous staff writer for The Nanjinger, Renee Beaumont, together...

10,000 Hotel Room Boost for Nanjing to Begin by Year End

Weekend brunchers beware, Nanjing’s line up of top-notch hoteliers is set to be boosted significantly in the next few years, by as much as almost 10,000 rooms, making us spoiled for choice when it comes to those all-you-can-eat buffet...

Dramatic High-Speed Car Crash Highlights China Highway Dangers

The National Day spike in traffic leads inevitably to more accidents on China’s roads. One incident in our own Jiangsu Province captured by surveillance cameras clearly shows the dangers associated with expressway exits, where many an accident takes place. 国庆节交通高峰不可避免地导致中国道路上发生更多事故。在我们江苏省,监控摄像头捕捉到的一件事清楚地表明了高速公路出口的危险性,那里发生了许多事故。 It...

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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