Frank Hossack

Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 27 October

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This day, 27 October, in 1981, Luis Antonio Herrera Campins, President of Venezuela, paid an official goodwill-visit to China, the first by a Venezuelan president since diplomatic relations were established in 1974. Both sides stated their belief that there...
About Inner Mongolia

Ulanqab; the Cold City of Young Volcanoes, Potatoes and Cloud Servers

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Ulanqab averages 4.3°C a year, cold enough to help cool servers for Huawei and Apple. It is also China's potato capital, beside some of the youngest volcanoes on the Mongolian Plateau. 乌兰察布年平均气温只有四点三摄氏度,冷得足以帮助给华为和苹果的服务器降温。它也是"中国马铃薯之都",城边还立着蒙古高原上一些最年轻的火山。 It also gave China a banker who became governor...
About Inner Mongolia

Hohhot; the Blue City of Two Scripts, Old Temples and China’s Dairy Capital

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Hohhot began in the 1570s as a Mongol khan's copy of the lost Yuan capital, was named for submission by the Ming and for the colour blue by the Mongols, and is now a city where dairy giants share...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 26 October

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This day, 26 October, in 1997, at the invitation of US President Bill Clinton, Chinese President Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to the United States, the first by a Chinese head of state to the US in 12...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 25 October

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This day, 25 October, in 1971, was held the voting on the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758. In it, the proposal by the US to remove the clause, “... to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from...
About Hainan

Haikou; the River-Mouth Capital that Shared a Province with Hanoi

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Haikou is China's youngest provincial capital, set at a river mouth about 460 kilometres across the Gulf of Tonkin from Hanoi, on an island the Han once governed in the same province as Vietnam's Red River delta. 海口是中国最年轻的省会,坐落在一处河口,隔北部湾与河内相距约四百六十公里,而它所在的这座岛,汉朝曾把它与越南红河三角洲划在同一个州里。 Its name is...
About Hainan

Sanya; the Beach where China Trains its Volleyball Team and Docks its Submarines

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Sanya's beaches host the Chinese national beach volleyball team in winter, a community of about 10,000 Muslims who speak a language related to Cham, a nuclear submarine base beside the resort bays, and bus announcements in Mandarin, English and...
About Hainan

Sansha; the City of Reefs and Sandbars whose Land Is Smaller than Its Dispute

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Sansha is China's largest city by claimed administrative area and its smallest by land and population, a prefecture-level city of about 2,300 residents spread over some 280 reefs, sandbars and islets; its sovereignty is claimed in whole or in...
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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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