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Frank Hossack

Nanjing Metro Line 6 Approved to Tunnel Under Forbidden City

The powers that be, Sunday 11th March, issued regulatory approval that give the go ahead for Nanjing Metro Line 6. However, it is a decision that shall continue to spark controversy, particularly among enthusiastic proponents for the protection of...

Is it a Bike? Is it a Plane? Or is it a High Speed Train?

What’s blue and white and goes 299 kilometres per hour at Nanjing Lukou International Airport? China Southern Airlines, right? Wrong. The correct answer is in fact a motorcyclist racing along at two and half times the speed limit. As reported by...

Zhou Enlai@120; The Local Connection Lives On

Memorial activities have been taking place at Nanjing’s Meiyuanxincun today, in honour of Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China, on this, what would have been his 120th birthday. Fittingly, today is also the 21st anniversary...

Rapper’s Delight = China in a Good Light!

China’s media regulator got the year off to a flying start by decreeing that TV programming should avoid any elements from hip-hop culture. What better way to hit back than with a song of the kind no one would...

People’s Cinema; the Nail in Hollywood’s China Coffin?

The last thing anyone wants is another American saving the world. For the Chinese government, the last thing they want is the citizens of the People's Republic perceiving that another American is saving the world. It is this kind of...

Adopted Boy from Nanjing Attends Embassy CNY Bash in Washington

A New Year celebration at the Chinese Embassy in Washington Monday evening included the touching attendance of 70 American families who have one thing in common; they have all adopted a child from China, with one from our very...

Botanical Dogs Stay off Spring Festival Boredom in Nanjing

With all the Chinese New Year excitement finally over, it is now the time to work out what on earth to do over the next week. Nanjing's top brass is aware of this, and so for those of us...

“Nanjwitter Instajing”; Blocked Social Media Sites Promote Nanjing Tourism

Nanjing has joined the ranks of other cities in eastern China that have teamed up with an international public relations outfit to provide western social media content that promotes in-bound tourism. Chicago, Illinois, USA-based PHG Consulting is no stranger to...

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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