Frank Hossack

Schistosomiasis Alert; Nanjing Warns Citizens be on Flood Guard

With water levels in the Yangtze River around Nanjing now at dangerously high levels during the annual flood season, so local authorities are warning of the dangers lurking therein, specifically, the threat from schistosomiasis posed to citizens. Nanjing has not...

Dengue Fever Cases Near Nanjing Highlight Global Threat

The frightening disease that is Dengue fever has surfaced close to home, as authorities confirm a case of the vector-borne killer in the county-level city of Jurong, that has its border with Nanjing’s Qixia District in the city’s far...

Canteen Delivery for Hungry Nanjing Uni Students from September

Students in Nanjing are among those who can look forward to enjoying delivery service from their university canteens when the new academic year starts this September, as a food delivery giant inks nationwide deal to service 2,000 education institutions. 今年...

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...

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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