Frank Hossack

York to Become Nanjing’s First British Sister City

The historic city of York in the UK is set to become Nanjing’s 16th International Sister City after a historic agreement was signed by the Lord Mayor of York during his recent visit to eastern China. ...

Never Trust a Used Car Salesman

After a foul October, and as November dawned in Nanjing, the sun decided to poke its head out from behind the grey gloom. Under the blue skies, it was a crisp, fresh, bright morning. Not so for Nanjing’s Second...

Pukounians Adjust to Life without Beloved “Da Qiao”

The poor people of Pukou have always led a fairly isolated existence. Save for slow cumbersome access by ferry, the northern district was all but cut off from Nanjing’s central conurbation by the mighty Yangtze until 1968 when what...

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...

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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