Frank Hossack

Gold & Silver 4 Nanjingers in National Vocational Skills Contest

China has held her very first national-level vocational skills contest, and Nanjing has come out triumphant, with young college students winning both gold and silver medals, by way of an excellent illustration as to the skill sets available to...

Miss Universe Contest in Nanjing Selects National Winner

Hate it or love it, the relic from almost ancient times that is the Miss Universe contest remains a force to be reckoned with, as could be seen in Nanjing last week as the competition selected a representative for...

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Makes Epidemic Prevention Top Priority

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the Nanjing Massacre. As every year, the anniversary was commemorated in a solemn ceremony of remembrance. For 2020 however, proceedings gave full acknowledgment to the still-omnipresent threat from COVID. Nanjing’s top...

Latin America Consuls Solidify Trade and Friendship in Nanjing

Today marked a rare occurrence indeed; the descending upon Nanjing by no less than nine Consul Generals from Latin America and the Caribbean, as part of a mini tour of Jiangsu Province to promote trade and economic ties with...

Big Brother is Watching; Nanjing’s Ultimate Street Surveillance

Watch your step, Nanjingers! Our city has become first in China to roll out the ultimate in street surveillance; a monitoring system that gives warnings to traffic-law violators, everyone from jaywalking pedestrians to e-bike riders not wearing a helmet. Making...

1,000 KM Getaway by Smash ‘n’ Grab Motorcycle Rider Foiled

A common thief has been captured on the run after he chanced upon a “manbag” in which was a small fortune. With cash in hand and broken glass all around, the petty thief made off on his motorbike, not...

Finless Porpoise Photography Competition Winners Announced

Known as the "smiling angel", sightings of the first-class protected Yangtze River Finless Porpoise are becoming increasingly frequent, to the extent that a second photography competition has produced some stunning shots of the unique beast in its natural habitat. On...

Drunk Driver 5 Times Over Limit Buses 26 Fearful Wuxi-Nanjing

A couple of dozen passengers travelling by bus from Wuxi to Nanjing got the fright of their lives recently, when the bus they were travelling in was pulled over by high-speed traffic police and their driver found to be...

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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