Frank Hossack

Nanjing Space Base! Trade Fair Launches Moon Exploration Project

The headlines today are full of positive economic news in the form of hundreds of projects being signed off during this autumn economic trade fair. Among them, plans for a China Lunar Exploration base in Nanjing’s far-flung and relatively...

100 Million-Year Old Animal Sperm Found by Nanjing Scientists

Scientists at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology have made yet another breakthrough in their discovery of the world’s oldest animal sperm, found inside a crustacean trapped in a piece of Myanma amber, in collaboration with Queen Mary...

Death Penalty Expected in Trial Underway for 1992 Student Murder

The trial of a rape and murder case in Nanjing, some 28 years after the crimes, got underway today. Lawyers examining the case of the victim, a girl enrolled in Nanjing Medical University at the time, are expecting life...

Super Car Super Fire! Lamborghini Spontaneously Burns in Nanjing

A Lamborghini super car has burst into flames and been destroyed in Nanjing in what has become something of an annual ritual for the iconic Italian brand, with one car each year for the last 4 years now having...

Bus Stops in Nanjing with Braille Signage a First for Jiangsu

Visually-impaired people living in Nanjing have received a boost to their mobility in the form of bus stops equipped with signage in braille, in a move that is a first for Jiangsu Province and one that sees Nanjing lead...

Byton to be Saved by ¥1 Billion Nanjing Government Bailout

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the embattled, electric-car maker, Byton, as reports emerge today indicating Nanjing’s biggest bankrupt startup will receive a bailout from the Nanjing government and shareholders to the tune of ¥2 billion. While...

What Future for the Freelance Rubbish Recycling Grannies?

You know who they are. Almost without exception, they wear the same clothes every day. Mind you, they seem so dirty that even if they were changed, you would hardly know the difference. Mostly, they are female, but oddities...

Europe’s Royalty Charmer & 1st Chinaman in England; Shen Fuzong

Shen Fuzong (沈福宗) introduced the world to the wonders of China and was something of a fascination for King James II of England, so much so that Shen’s portrait still hangs today in the King's Dining Room in Windsor...

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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