Frank Hossack

Having Your Cake & Eating it; British School Celebrates 10 Years

At this time of year, international schools all over the world are beginning the new academic year. For most, it is back to grind, and straight into another year of classes that are even more taxing than the last....

Nanjing Band of Foreigners Go Viral with Music Video

Back in 2010, Rick Fischl was playing his music as part of the entertainment at the then in-spot Don Quixote, when a Chinese customer asked him if he could play any Chinese songs. He couldn’t but said he would...

From Furnace to Saxophone; Escaping Nanjing’s Summer Heat

Located in Jiangning district, Tuolejia is a huge compound, even by Chinese standards. The residential complex boasts 7,000 apartments, along with a sizeable number of underground car parks. It is here where local residents are to...

Permanent Relocation; No Longer Living in Limbo

Q: Which of the following scenarios is completely outwith the realms of possibility: A) Odel and Ordwin sell their business and in no way ordinary abode to emigrate down under to Oz. B) Majori and Mychele have had enough...

Nanjing to be Home for Health Data for 300 Million

The Nanjing government has released information regarding massive reforms to how healthcare information is stored. By 2020, every Nanjinger’s personal medical record will be uploaded to the cloud. The largest and most immediate impact of this...

Nanjing Purple Mountain Cable Car Shame; Gone is the Chair Lift

This past weekend saw the opening of a brand new cable car service to the top of Nanjing’s Purple Mountain, replacing the chair lift service that dated back to 1993. A year in the making, and...

Sunny Skies to Stay; Government Denies Reports of VPN Ban

Following reports emerging in media all over the world over the past two days claiming China was to put an end to VPN use once and for all, the State has taken the surprising move of issuing a quick...

Nanjing Metro Line 5 Setbacks; Too Many Relics in the Way

At some point in the not so distant future, Nanjing’s metro line 5 will need to be in place under Shanghai Lu. Such a prospect has speculation running rife among those who live and work along this essential and...

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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Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...

Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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