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Frank Hossack

Blast from the Past; Check out Amazing Old Photos of Nanjing!

Today is Children’s Day in China. And so it is appropriate that a collection of the supposed first colour photos of Nanjing featuring the faces of young ones from more than 75 years ago is today doing the rounds...

Infamous Dismemberment Case in Nanjing Closer to being Solved?

Nanjing’s most notorious and grisly murder is back in the headlines, with social media running rife this past day suggesting an arrest in the case that saw a Nanjing University student cut up into thousands of pieces more than...

How to Pick up Your “Kuaidi” Packages Faster than Anyone Else

You know those codes you receive when it’s time to pick up your parcel? They go something like "8-8-8888". Wanna say to them, “Bye bye”, or, “88”? Well, The Nanjinger has a way to beat the system, one which...

Colossal Parking Problem in Nanjing “Solved” by New Mini Program

Motorists in the Southern Capital have received a useful addition to their toolbox for getting around our city on four wheels. Say goodbye to driving around in circles forever looking for a parking spot. That’s the theory, anyway. It’s called...

Blast off for High Tech Boost to Investing in Nanjing

Today’s challenging global economic climate means investment is no longer just about money. It’s human resources, ideas and plain hard work, plus a huge investment of time. Combining all that with lifestyle choices makes informed decisions more vital than...

Police Need Intervene as “Mummy’s Boy” Weeps outside Station

Chinese men are kind of known for "running home to mamma". While many would point to the “little emperor syndrome” as being the culprit, this part of the lads’ character recently gave rise to a teenage outburst of an...

I Grew Opium because “It Gives Meat Roasts more Flavour”

This was the claim of a man in Nanjing who recently came afoul of the law for growing opium poppies on his rooftop and balcony. He'd been dobbed in by his neighbours, fearful that something more sinister was in...

A4 Paper License Plate used by Nanjing Man to Avoid Parking Fee

Some people will do anything to avoid paying one trifling fee or another. Take parking for example. One Nanjing man has been handed the maximum penalty possible for covering his car’s license plate with a homemade equivalent to simply...

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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