Frank Hossack

2 Injured as Scaffolding Collapses Outside Blue Frog in Nanjing

Yesterday afternoon saw an accident take place outside a bar and restaurant popular with the foreign community in Xinjiekou that left two construction workers injured and a considerable blot on the otherwise immaculate face of downtown Nanjing. The accident occurred...

China Toilet Internet Usage Report Reveals Shocking Results

A whole generation of internet users in China are increasingly seeking the solace of the office toilet as a means to escape their woes, as a recently-released report shows the ways in which many pass that private time, especially...

Welcome Back Finnair! Nanjing-Helsinki Resumes 13 September

Many Europeans in Nanjing have grown fond of the Finnair flight to Helsinki. The relatively short flight time and convenient connections to all over Europe, from the cosiness of Helsinki Vantaa Airport, have made the airline a popular choice. The...

Fixed! Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Wins International Award

Nanjing’s iconic Yangtze River Bridge has had an extra sheen added to her lustre, as the 50-plus- year-old structure was recently selected as winner of a prestigious award in the international bridge-building community, for renovation work completed in 2018. It...

Are Nanjing’s Rubbish Classification Plans too Ambitious?

With September just around the corner, the clock is ticking on Nanjing’s ambitions to have segregated rubbish recycling in place citywide by year end. Much progress has been made, but there remains a lot of work to be done. Yesterday,...

Public Transport Addict Takes 40 Buses from Hangzhou to Qingdao

A young man from Hangzhou has found himself in the media spotlight for following the rules of a self-imposed challenge that would result in him taking 5 days to travel from his home city to Qingdao, via Nanjing, at...

Love is the Drug on Metro Line 4 for Chinese Valentines’ Day

Star-crossed lovers lucky enough to get on the right train on Metro Line 4 from today shall perhaps have their fates sealed, as Chinese Valentines Day is celebrated in Nanjing with a'n invitation for lovers to make their confessions. Today...

Nanjing’s Global Ranking Spikes as World Power Shifts to Asia

Nanjingers have reason to be proud today as their city has jumped up in the rankings of a well-respected index of the world’s greatest metropoles, while Asian cities are now close to occupying the bulk of the top positions therein. Last Friday, 21...

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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