Frank Hossack

Online Art Expo by Nanjing International School Graduates a Hit

Theatre, art and drama have moved online worldwide, and Nanjing is no exception. Graduating students at Nanjing International School (NIS) have put their Visual Arts Exhibition online to satisfy curriculum requirements, finding a whole new audience in the process. 戏剧、艺术和戏剧已经在全球范围内转移到网上,南京也不例外。南京国际学校(NIS)的毕业生将他们的视觉艺术展放在网上以满足课程要求,并在此过程中找到了全新的观众。 As...

Dreamer of Damsals in Red; Cao Xueqin

Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹) was a free-spirited individual with a fondness for the bottle. But he was also a visionary with a keen eye for the human condition, largely the result of his family’s fall from grace in the eyes...

Flood Season Arrives in Nanjing; City, Citizens Prepare and Drill

Heavy rains came to Nanjing this afternoon, marking the start of the region’s annual flood season. Prudently, city authorities have been preparing for the inevitable by conducting a series of flood-fighting and emergency-rescue drills, while citizens shall do well...

Aerial Silk Road Inches to Reality with Launch of New Airline

While airlines the world over clamber to avoid bankruptcy by focusing their operations on cargo, a new operator in China has just been launched that shines a light on the country’s ambitions for an “Aerial Silk Road” that will...

Tobacco Wuhan’s Only Growth as City Records 40.5% Slump in GDP

A sobering statistic emerged this morning in the form of figures for Wuhan’s economic activity during the first quarter. The worse-than-feared 40.5 percent drop in GDP over the same period last year comes as another forewarning to virus epicentres...

Mass Extinctions the Fault of Volcanoes Say Nanjing Scientists

Geological scientists in Nanjing are back in the international headlines, this time for assertions that the Earth’s mass extinctions were likely caused by volcanic activity, rather than asteroid collisions or other events proposed by media or popular culture. 252 million...

“Look & Drink” Tops May Day Deals; Sanya Bookings at 2019 Levels

With the extended May Day holiday just around the corner and the threat from Covid-19 as good as gone, Chinese people are set to take advantage of the 5 day holiday by once again travelling. Most, however, are not...

Nanjing Massacre +80 Years; Favour Returned to Rabe’s Grandson

There can hardly be a foreigner in Nanjing unaware of the story of John Rabe. Yesterday, his grandson, Thomas, received medical aid in Germany to assist the European country’s fight against Covid-19. The supplies were a donation made by...

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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