Frank Hossack

About Shandong

Tai’an; Where Mount Tai Watches over a City of Pilgrims and Platforms

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Tai’an lives in the shadow of a mountain that is never really a shadow. Mount Tai dominates the skyline, the history books and the local imagination; the city below has spent centuries learning how to stand beside it rather...
Yangtze River Delta

Shanghai; Venice of the East or Whore of the Orient?

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Few cities carry so many arguments in their skin. Shanghai is one of them. It has been a river city, a port city, a treaty-port city, a revolution city and a money city; at different times, outsiders have praised...
About Shandong

Weihai; Coastline, Liu Gong Island and a City That Faces Outward

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Set on Shandong’s eastern tip, Weihai is a city that faces the sea more than it turns inland. It looks across water towards the Korean Peninsula, lives with a long coast and carries a history that is maritime, military...
About Shandong

Rizhao; Beaches, Ports and Sport Keep the Coastal City Moving

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Sunlit by name and restless by habit, Rizhao sits on Shandong’s south-eastern coast with the Yellow Sea at its feet and trade in its hands. It is a port city, a beach city and a sports city; all three...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 11 July

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This day, 11 July, in 1405, Zheng He set sail from Nanjing on the first of seven voyages that would go as far as Africa. These southwestward voyages raised the international reputation of the Ming Dynasty, broadened the horizons...
About Shandong

Linyi; Logistics, Ancient Bamboo and a City That Knows How to Move

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Not trying to impress with polish alone, Linyi moves with purpose. In the south-east of Shandong, this is a city of markets, freight, history and hard work; a place where scale matters, but so does stamina.临沂不靠光鲜取胜。它靠的是节奏。位于山东东南部，这是一座集市场、物流、历史与实干于一身的城市；规模重要，耐力也同样重要。 The first thing many...
Big Reads

Less Sex, More Pressure and a Story China is Still Learning

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China’s private lives are not slipping neatly into silence. The latest survey points to a more awkward picture. Younger adults are having less sex in some settings, but that does not mean they are simply less open. Middle-aged couples,...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 10 July

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This day, 10 July, 1929, the Chinese Eastern Railway Incident broke out. On that day, Zhang Xueliang took over the jurisdiction of the Chinese Eastern Railway by force, dismissed the Soviet personnel from the railway management and deported them,...
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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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