Frank Hossack

10,000+ iPhones Destroyed in Fire on Nanjing-Shanghai Highway

The recent heavy rains have resulted in scores of traffic accidents around Nanjing. In one of the more dramatic, over 10,000 iPhones have been lost when a large truck overturned and caught fire on the Nanjing-Shanghai highway between Tangshan...

Future of Technology Reveals Smart Retail & 5G Street Lights

Scanning goods one by one at the supermarket checkout may well soon be a thing of the past, as a new centre for innovation in Nanjing has officially opened, working on systems capable of simultaneously scanning all purchases, among...

1 Million Watch Basketball Get Back in Business; We Have a Loser

While basketball fans in China have delighted in seeing their favourite sport back in action after the Covid close down, followers of Nanjing suffered an embarrassing tinge of disappointment in seeing their beloved team lose to Zhejiang. Saturday, 20 June,...

20 Days’ Out Ideas for Families Spending the Holidays in Nanjing

Much herein cannot be found in the guidebooks; some suggestions are plain-pretty material for WeChat Moments, while many others take advantage of Nanjing being steeped in history to offer educational opportunity for both the young and history buffs. Tunnel of...

Tiny Lishui Italy’s First Stop on China’s Belt & Road Initiative

A Sino-Italian highland of scientific and technological innovation is a step closer to reality after plans were signed in Shanghai that will assist in driving Nanjing’s Lishui District toward being in the top 20 leading such regions in China. It...

New High-Speed Train Options for Dragon Boat Holiday Travel

China’s northern capital may be all but shutting down, but here in south, railways across the Yangtze River Delta are preparing for a bumper Dragon Boat Festival travel period that also serves as a lifeline for the beleaguered tourism...

Imported Seafood Banned in Nanjing; City Tracks Rogue Beijingers

With Beijing under a partial lockdown, Nanjing is trying to keep its Covid-19 fatality record blemish free by taking imported seafood off the market and tracking down travellers who arrived from Beijing since 31 May. Huge numbers of people travel...

Public Health Emergency Notices Issued; Nanjing Stay Alert

Just as Beijing is seeing increased numbers of Covid cases, so our own local authorities on a provincial level have issued emergency notices for epidemic prevention in a number of cities across Jiangsu, serving as a reminder for the...

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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Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

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Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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