Frank Hossack

Fluffy Festivities! Annual Pyjama Festival Hits Nanjing

As alert readers of The Nanjinger may have noticed, the coming of December in Nanjing is marked by the traditional observance of the annual Pyjama Festival, from now until some time in April next year. While many a foreign man...

Nanjing Massacre Mourning Ritual; the Need to Know for 13 Dec

The 82nd anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre shall be held this Friday, 13 December, entailing, as usual, a number of symbolic rituals by way of respect to the hundreds of thousands who perished in that which was the bleakest...

Ordos Signs Contracts Worth ¥55 Billion in Nanjing

Once dubbed "Ghost Town", the Inner-Mongolian city of Ordos this week held its 2019 Ordos Targeted Investment Promotion event for processing industries in Nanjing, signing cooperation projects worth a total of ¥55.48 billion, 34 percent of which shall directly...

Hamburg-Xi’an in 12 Days; China BRI Speeds Europe-Asia Freight

A new intercontinental shipping service, launched by DHL Global Forwarding and Xi’an International that can speed container freight between Hamburg and Xi’an in 12 days or less, is a less-publicised, but more positive manifestation of China’s Belt & Road...

Domestic Violence in 30% of Families, Says Nanjing Women’s Group

A Nanjing women’s rights organisation has helped bring to light the extent of domestic violence in China, through the publication of a white paper on the prevention and suppression of domestic violence. 南京的一个妇女权利组织通过出版一份关于预防和制止家庭暴力的白皮书,帮助揭示了中国家庭暴力的程度。 The conclusion, long suspected, but rarely confirmed in actual...

Automated High-Speed Train to Take us to Great Wall of China!

The 2022 Winter Olympics might seem like a long way off, but that has not stopped China from rolling out nothing less than a fully-automated, high-speed train service to a key venue for the Olympics, one that will happily...

From Nanjing to Shanghai; Nothing Quite Like Italian Design

Now a regular fixture on the Shanghai exhibition circuit, Italian Design Icons (IDI) has its roots in Nanjing’s foreign community, when a boutique expat law firm set its sights on Shanghai, from both a legal and design perspective. Held from...

New in Nanjing? Suguo for Dummies to the Rescue!

Suguo is the "shop-on-every-corner" retail chain which is, by and large, a lifeline for Nanjing residents, keeping the overwhelming majority of the local populace fed, dressed, charged, and well, pretty much, just alive in general.  Suguo comes in many shapes...

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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