Frank Hossack

Nanjing Home to World’s Fastest Train (and Second Fastest, btw!)

It will come as no surprise that China is home to the world’s fastest trains. The “fastest of the fast” is another story, however, as a recently-released report has revealed that title goes to a train with its principal...

110 kg Nanjing Student Loses 40 kg in 3-Month Fitness Diet

A student at Nanjing Tech University has revealed his secret for the ultimate weight loss. For many, there will be little surprise that the magic lies, not in a new-fangled food, but in nothing more than a good old...

Top Chinese “Climbers” to Compete in Nanjing’s Vertical Marathon

This week in Nanjing looks set to be book ended by two marathons, beginning as it did with the Nanjing Marathon on Sunday and ending this coming Sunday, with one of a less-horizontal variety, namely a climb up one...

NIS Becomes 6th School Worldwide to Offer Global Citizen Diploma

Yesterday, 12 November, saw an inspiring ceremony take place at Nanjing International School (NIS), as the launch celebration for the school’s rolling out of the Global Citizen Diploma (GCD), only the sixth school in the world to offer the...

Cardboard Policemen; Will Nanjing Motorists Ever Obey them?

A few years back, Nanjing’s traffic authorities introduced a regulation stating that motorists must stop for pedestrians using crossings that are not controlled by lights. If the crossing is controlled by lights, the pedestrians are obliged to wait for...

Nanjing Marathon Squeezes 30,000 Runners Through Zhonghua Men

Nanjing’s annual marathon took place yesterday, 10 November, 2019, with competitors taking part from not only our fair city of Nanjing itself, but also from all over China, and far, far further afield as well. Indeed, it was to...

Rotisserie, Japanese Style; Nanjing has a Winner

Japanese restaurants in Nanjing number in the hundreds, and The Nanjinger has indulged in its fair share. Yet, one Sunday, with a hunger-fueled argument lingering in the air over the various lunch options in the Baijia Lake 1912 leisure...

One Night with the Pinecones in Pukou

Given that it is possible to count the “Nice Things to do in Pukou” on the fingers of both hands, any addition to the list is a welcome one. So it came to be that The Nanjinger found itself...

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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