Frank Hossack

Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 August

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This day, 1 August, 1955, China and the United States officially began the Sino-US ambassadorial talks in Geneva. Over the next 15 years, a total of 136 Sino-US ambassadorial talks would be held, becoming an innovative way for the...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 31 July

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This day, 31 July, 1989, the iron oxen of the Tang Dynasty were unearthed in Yongji County of Shanxi Province. Cast in 725 BCE to stabilise the Pujin floating bridge and connect Sha’anxi with Shanxi, at the end of...
About Henan

Puyang; Shell Dragons, Oilfields, the Sort of Place with Mud still on its Shoes

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How about a city that doesn't sit up straight for you? Puyang comes in from the side. A bit flat, a bit dusty, a bit older than it looks, and somehow already in motion before you have properly noticed...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 30 July

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This day, 30 July, in 1992, China submitted an official document to UNESCO which marked its formal accession to the “Universal Copyright Convention”. The move reflected China’s good intentions in improving its copyright protection system, promoting international literary, artistic...
About Henan

Xuchang; Cao Cao Country, Flower City, and the Habit of Staying Busy

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Xuchang seems to have too many identities and little patience for a neat summary. It's a Three Kingdoms city, a flower city boasting old bridges, towers and arguments; and new shopping streets. All in view at once; it's a...
About Henan

Luohe; Rivers, Meat, and a City in Tune with its Lunch

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Easy to flatten into a slogan, Luohe is a food city, river city, factory city. All true, but none quite enough. That you actually meet is a place where the water comes first, the industry came later, and the...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 29 July

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This day, 29 July, in 1985, the State Council approved the expansion of the scope of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone to cover the entirety of Xiamen Island and the island of Gulangyu. While the former constitutes the core...
About Henan

Sanmenxia; A Dam, a River & the Things Silt Remembers

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Sanmenxia is not a city one can write about honestly by treating the Yellow River as scenery. The river is not background here. It is the reason, the argument and, quite often, the problem. Hence its very big damned...
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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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