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Frank Hossack

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...

Nice Day for a Pink Wedding, on Metro Line S7

The Nanjing Metro’s fascination for sickly pink is continuing with the commencement of test operations for line S7 that will be the city’s 10th metro line when it officially opens next month, all going to plan. As an extension to...

Nanjing Zifeng Tower Designer Takes on World’s Tallest Building

The world’s latest tallest building is back on track in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after numerous delays to the project that shares its designer with he of Nanjing’s very own tallest building, the Zifeng Tower. The Jeddah Tower was designed by...

Tombsweeping Festival Brings 2M Visitors to Nanjing Attractions

The pleasant spring weather has helped give a boost to tourism in Nanjing over the Tombsweeping Festival that has just concluded, with people flocking to the city’s scenic spots in their droves. After closing at the end of the holiday...

Xianlin Half Marathon Traffic Disruption Details Released

The 2018 Nanjing Xianlin Half Marathon will take place on Saturday 21st April. As such, the Organising Committee for the event has released notice to the public as to the mini marathon’s route and traffic control that is to...

Pain of Childbirth Experienced First-Hand by Nanjing Men

Men have little, if any, comprehension of the pain of childbirth. That all changed in Nanjing, China, on 28 March, as three brave representatives of the male gender underwent, somewhat unsubtly, a kind of electroconvulsive therapy to learn of...

Shoe Maker Brings New Mall to Nanjing Yangtze River Banks

One of the UK’s premier design firms has been appointed to regenerate a historic industrial site in Nanjing, adjacent to the iconic Yangtze River Bridge, in a move that has some wondering whether an item of clothing may feature...

Nanjing-Beijing in 3 hours 16 minutes from April

The China Railway Shanghai Group has announced that its new timetable shall come into force at midnight on 10th April, one which shall cut transportation time between Nanjing and Beijing to a fastest possible time of 3 hours and...

About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host who has worked in China for the past 30 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine 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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