Frank Hossack

The Bus Drivers on Nanjing’s Most Effective Diet

An accident-free year for one of the buses running along Nanjng’s longest bus route is down to the conscientious efforts of two ladies of Yangtze Public Transport, who in the process have also become as sisters, attracted the love...

A Legend Reopens; Bluer Skies Ahead for Redefined Nanjing 1912

Nanjing’s long-renowned centre for hedonism is seeking to shake off its questionable upbringing, with recent moves to encourage drinking and dining options that are more of the family-friendly variety. As such, staple of the expat community in Nanjing, Blue...

17th International Jazz Festival Brings Global Talent to Jiangsu

The 2018 “Shared Joy in Jiangsu” International Jazz Music Festival gets underway this evening, setting the pace for 11 days and nights of concerts across the province, by artists from Europe, North America, Africa and our very own China. With...

Lost Youth; The Ant Tribe & its Economic Trap

Each morning, they march to work, in coffee shops, training centres, import/export companies, hairdressers, even art galleries, and then, plain old retail. Each night, they return to their tiny apartments, cramped on account that as many as six may...

Blues Legend Zhang Ling to Sweep through Nanjing on 13 October

Nanjing is in for a treat on 13 October, as Beijing-based Blues legend Zhang Ling comes to the city to perform at The Purple Mountain (TPM) drama space. China's rock legend Cui Jian once said, "I have always doubted whether...

Yangzhou 24; Slender by Name, Slender by Nature

West Lake, over in Zhejiang province, is synonymous with Hangzhou. Slender West Lake, on the other hand, is an entirely different kettle of fish. For after just 1 and a half hours’ drive from Nanjing, or 40 minutes on...

Splitting the Moon in Half; Bridge on the River ’Huai

There are just two National 5A Level Tourist Attractions in Nanjing, the somewhat obvious Dr. Sun Yat-Sen’s Mausoleum, and the Confucius Temple (Fuzimiao) area, in which lurks the less-than-usual suspect that is Wende Bridge. That may not in itself...

Something Old, Something New; A Tale of Two Bridges

Today, Nanjing’s Yangtze River Bridge, the pride of the nation, is preparing for a grand reopening, 2018 being its 50th anniversary, after having been closed for the last 2 years for renovation. On the menu; a strengthening of the...

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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