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Frank Hossack

Stuck for Stuff to Do this Summer? Don’t be Lazy; Be a Sloth!

Sloths are our planet’s slowest-moving mammals. And now, they’ve eventually made it to Nanjing. If you’ve never seen one of these (kind of) lovable beasts, now is your chance. Just don’t hang around; they might be off in the...

“Alien” Recreated as Nanjing Senior Coughs up 1 Litre of Blood 

Some eating out in Nanjing have found themselves suddenly close to acting in perhaps the most-memorable scene from sci-fi horror classic movie, “Alien”, when a dining companion began to uncontrollably cough up blood at their table. It was just recently...

Who Won the iPhone?! International Photo Contest Ceremony a Hit

Half a million votes were cast in Nanjing’s recent international photography competition, and with the epidemic once again under control, so the time had come to recognise the winners with their certificates and a host of valuable, high-tech prizes. Yesterday,...

Where are all the Halal Restaurants in Nanjing?

Nanjing’s foreign community has changed much in recent years, and now Muslims make up a considerable portion of the city’s population from overseas. It therefore only makes sense that The Nanjinger makes available a bilingual list comprising many of...

Cooking Chinese; Don’t Fear the Wet Market!

Wet markets have come a long way in China since COVID. Once seriously questionable in their hygiene, today they are, by and large, clean, well lit and full of fresh produce. And once they know you, staff are friendly...

Competition to Design a New Xinjiekou Icon; ¥800,000 to be Won!

This is your chance to become a part of Nanjing! A recently-launched design competition is seeking proposals from all over the world for that which is hoped will be a new iconic landmark for the very heart of Nanjing...

Open Sesame; 100% of Nanjing’s Qinhuai River Now Navigable

Nanjing’s Qinhuai River has been an integral part of life in the Southern Capital for many centuries, but it has taken until now for the waterway to become 100 percent navigable. And that’s good news from both a financial...

Thrill Seekers Left Hanging in Air at Nanjing Amusement Park

Visitors taking a ride in a Nanjing amusement park got more thrill than their tickets suggested this past weekend, when their rollercoaster stopped dead on a vertical descent, leaving the ride's occupants suspended in mid air. Turns out it...

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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