Frank Hossack

Lufthansa Touches Down in Nanjing; International Flights Resume

The important air link between Nanjing and Germany was this morning restored in the wake of Covid, as the first renewed Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt arrived today at Lukou, marking another important milestone in Nanjing’s return to normality. Flight LH780...

600 Km/h Ultra-High-Speed Train Test is Success in Shanghai

Tests performed recently in Shanghai are helping to show that China will independently build and operate ultra-high-speed trains long before any other country, as an electromagnetic levitation vehicle potentially capable of 600 km/h made its first moves. 最近在上海进行的测试有助于表明,中国将早于任何其他国家独立建造和运营超高速列车,时速可能达到 600 公里/小时的电磁悬浮车辆首次亮相。 Tonji...

Free Entry Days Announced for 18 Nanjing Scenic Spots

With these past few days marking the transition into the second half of 2020, so plans have been revealed detailing days on which there shall be free entry to 18 of Nanjing’s scenic spots between now and the end...

Homemade Electric Car Debuts in Nanjing as Byton Shuts Down

Electric cars are back in the news again in Nanjing, but for decidedly all the wrong reasons. A homemade vehicular contraption has been pulled over by police downtown just as mammoth startup Byton suspends operations for 6 months citing...

Nanjing Social Credit System Enters Force; Exam Cheats Targeted

Cheating in exams is among the additions to China’s Social Credit System that Nanjing has chosen to implement in the localised version of the now infamous nationwide initiative that rewards citizens’ integrity and punishes dishonesty in the form of...

“Closing the Gap”; Nanjing Number 5 Bridge Now Spans Yangtze

China's reputation for delivering massive construction projects on time has been further solidified with the closure of the final span of the Nanjing Number 5 Yangtze River Bridge, as promised, by the end of this month. The closure, that came...

Launch Pad Blasts off in Nanjing; Shot in the Arm for Jiangbei

A new initiative that aims to put an international face on the coming-of-age national level Jiangbei New Area in Nanjing has been launched, igniting the zone's acceleration on to the world stage as a hot spot for foreign investment. The...

Nanjing Government Steps Up Game with Five Industrial Landmarks

With every city in China looking to attract investment, so each must try to stand out from the crowd. For Nanjing, the latest initiative at such is the release of creative posters promoting five new industrial landmarks upon which...

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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