Frank Hossack

Wuhan Volunteer Driver’s Video Diary Clocks up 31 Million Views

When a 37-year-old Wuhan man decided to drive his car around the city for a bit and video the scenes outside, he had no idea what he was putting in motion. 当一名37岁的武汉男子决定开车在城市里转转一会儿,并拍摄外面的场景时,他不知道自己在动什么。 Going by his Weibo username, Spider Monkey Bread, he...

Nanjing Reports Zero New Cases; 1,000+ Cured Each Day Nationally

Nanjing reported Friday that there had been no new local cases of Covid-19 discovered in the previous 24 hours. A similar picture is emerging on a national level, where the number of patients being cured now exceeds 1,000 per...

Coronavirus Renamed, Redefined and Under Estimated?

The Wuhan-borne coronavirus has finally received an official name, while the definition of a “case” has also had a makeover. Yet, worries persist that there may be many, many more infected than we realise. 武汉传播的冠状病毒终于有了正式名称,而“病例”的定义也进行了改造。 然而,人们仍然担心感染的人可能比我们意识到的要多很多很多。 Finally, the World Health Organisation...

Coronavirus Poetry; Emotional Beauty in Words and Pictures

The arts; theatre, poetry, painting, music and dance. Such works provide us with fitting contrasts to the cold, emotionless science of epidemic prevention. Many words and pictures therefore now emerge that capture life and the nature of humanity during...

Sport Decimated as Tests for Beijing Olympics Moved to Austria

The Austrian town of Saalbach-Hinterglemm shall tomorrow host World Cup ski races that were to be tests for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. These, along with many sport events in China and Asia, are being moved, postponed or cancelled. 奥地利萨尔巴赫-欣特格莱姆镇明天将举办世界杯滑雪比赛,这是北京2022年冬奥会的测试。...

Living with the Coronavirus in the Avatar Mountains

With a semblance of acceptance settling on Nanjing, it’s worth considering our compatriots elsewhere. After all, half of China’s population does not live in such a major urban centre. They live in places such as Zhangjiajie, also known as...

Air China Props up International Flights amid Plunging Demand

Foreign governments may be placing restrictions on visitors from China, but that's just the half of it. With demand for air travel to China sinking lower and lower, so many airlines are axing their services. Air China, on the...

How to Tackle Fear & Anxiety brought on by the Coronavirus

Healthcare workers are overrun in tackling the coronavirus. They get little sleep and have likely not seen their families for a long time. On the other hand, the majority is seeing a little too much of their families. They...

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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