Frank Hossack

China Ink Tattoo

China Ink Tattoo shops are bringing world class artists and standards to China. World renowned artist Vincent Chang (belleza, taiwan) has opened up tattoo shops in taipei, suzhou and hangzhou and his goal is to spread tattoo culture throughout...

House of Fraser; Closed and Definitely No Cigars

Golden Week in Nanjing may have come and gone but the doors of the famed House of Fraser store in Xinjiekou remained closed throughout. Missing out on the the biggest shopping week of the year will...

Keep Calm and Advertise (a Lot)

Costa, Starbucks, Mann Coffee, 85 Degrees, Blue Gulf Coffee, UBC, Maokong Coffee; the list is almost endless. The Chinese have embraced coffee drinking just as much as almost every other civilised nation, except that in China’s case, this happened...

Nanjing Icon Revamped; Jin’s Café

Recently closed between March and August, Jin’s Café in the Jinling Hotel has once again opened the doors to its daily lunch and dinner buffet, something that is regarded by many as a Nanjing institution. With...

App Puts Metro on Map

There has been a lot of Metro movement of late; the stations for line 4 are nearing completition, we are told the line is undergoing three months of testing as this very magazine is being printed, and even The...

The Lifecycle week – Farming and Metro

The saga of the squatter farmer on the vacant lot is over. Previously, his plots were partially replaced by portable worker accommodation. The remainder of the lot is now being used to store huge quantities of soil being removed...

Massage; A study in Self Analysis for China

Back in the day in China, people were “assigned” jobs, and they had little choice but to accept them with open arms. Bi Feiyu is an immigrant Nanjinger. Having studied Chinese literature at Yangzhou Normal University,...

You’re My Hopping Heuriger Hero!

The craft beer revolution in China continues, and the latest incarnation of the trend for us to enjoy has opens its doors along Xinjiekou’s Wang Fu Da Jie. With in excess of 200 bottled beers (disclaimer...

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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