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Frank Hossack

Nanjing COVID Situation Roundup; Tuesday 28 June, 2022

Summer travel plans for many have been thrown into chaos today, as an ominous star appeared on Nanjing residents’ travel codes. It’s got people wondering whether they should risk travel, and if they do, will they be able to...

Fined on Metro for Watching Movie (but won’t Put Her Phone Down)

Take to the Nanjing Metro these days and find that it is an increasingly quiet place. That’s because our city is apparently leading the way on cracking down on so-called uncivilised behaviour. And it’s got a lot of people...

Let’s Go Glamping! Treats in Store at Laoshan Tourism Festival

School’s out across Nanjing today and that long summer holiday stretches out in front of us like a long stretchy thing. Appropriate, for "long" and "stretchy" are the words to describe the road which is home to the Nanjing...

Bringing Joy to Jiangbei; Test Runs for Metro Line S8 Extension

Citizens living near to the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge on the north banks of the River have a reason to be joyful. They are now just one step from having access to the Nanjing Metro on their door step,...

7 Tons of Fruit Comprises University Student Graduation Gift

Graduation time! It’s been that time of year again for university and colleges all over China, and a nice gift for each graduate has become a prerequisite. In seeking to be a little different, quite a few have come...

Getting Naked! Is it too Hot even for Nanjing’s Wutong Trees?

Who doesn’t love Nanjing’s Wutong trees? They keep us cool (relatively) on days such as this and make our city’s boulevards among the most beautiful in China. But some now worry they are getting sick, or they’re simply too...

Humiliation and Shame for Nanjing in Helping out Hangzhou Metro

Nanjing no longer has the fifth longest metro network in China. That honour now goes to Hangzhou, but the irony of it is, we made the trains that enabled the city to steal our title. And providing for our...

Back in the Air but Man Refused Boarding for NAT 3 Mins Overdue

Getting on for 2 and a half years into the Pandemic, airlines flying to China are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. But would-be fliers should take heed of the experience of one passenger who...

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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