Frank Hossack

Finnair Non Stop Nanjing-Helsinki Takes to the Skies

Northern Europe has just got a whole lot closer, with the launch of a direct air connection between Nanjing and Helsinki. The flight comes courtesy of Finnair, the Scandinavian country’s flag carrier. With its debut flight taking off from Helsinki...

Doing the Limbo, New Nanjing Style

“How low can you go”, goes the song. “How high can you you fly”, might be more appropriate, at one of Nanjing’s newest Western eateries; high, as in the setting of the bar, and yes, high, in terms of...

British Royal Veterinary College Accepts Suzhou Student

The British Royal Veterinary College each year admits as little as five students from abroad, and among its 2018 intake is a student from Dulwich International High School Suzhou, here in our very own Jiangsu province. The lucky recipient, Sylvia...

A Huangshan Road Trip (along the Highway from Beijing to Taipei)

The word “Taiping” is virtually a cliché. As a place name, this is the local equivalent of Springfield in the USA; no less than 47 towns in China go by the moniker. Then the name pops up in Taiping...

Politics off the Menu at Taiwan Food Festival in Nanjing

A culinary exchange between Taiwan and mainland China got underway at Nanjing’s Jinling Hotel today; that any reference to cross-Straits relations were deliberately avoided is significant. Back in March, a team of chefs from the iconic Nanjing hotel (the first...

Inter-Personal Communication in an Era of Dystopian Convenience

Wow, your Chinese is very good”, remarked the supermarket checkout employee. “Your pronunciation is very standard, better than ours”, chimed in her giggling colleague on the adjacent cash register.“How long have you been in China?” “Longer than you”, I...

Electric Hummer Steals Show at Nanjing New Energy Auto Expo

One look at the international headlines these days reveals story after story about new energy vehicles. Whether it be the latest accident involving a driverless electric vehicle, or a new shortest charge time for their battery, one would be...

Cruise Nanjing to Shanghai in 4 Days, and in Style!

At 9.30 yesterday morning, 11 April, the “Century Emperor” cruise ship slipped her mooring in the Yangtze River, marking the start of the first regular luxury cruise service between Nanjing and Shanghai. The maiden voyage shall dock in Shanghai...

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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