Frank Hossack

About Zhejiang

Huzhou; South Taihu, Old Money and The New Geography Of Growth

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Huzhou is one of those Zhejiang cities easy to underestimate from a map and hard to forget once you know it. Set on the south shore of Lake Tai, it has long lived off water, silk and trade; today...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 3 July

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This day, 3 July in 1996, Chinese President Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to the Kyrgyz Republic, the first by a Chinese head of state since diplomatic relations were established. During his visit, Jiang said that developing good...
About Zhejiang

Shaoxing; Yellow Wine, Old Lanes and a City that Still Trades Hard

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Few Zhejiang cities carry such an easy first impression and such a complicated life beneath it. Shaoxing looks like a place of canals, wine jars and old scholars; in practice it is also a hard-working commercial city that still...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 July

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This day, 2 July, 1989, Deng Xiaoping met with Lieutenant General and United States National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, during a visit made in secret to China. Deng pointed out that China would not allow others to interfere with...
About Zhejiang

Jinhua; Yiwu Trade, Hengdian Screens and A City Still Scaling Up

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Jinhua is one of Zhejiang’s most useful surprises. It does not shout like Hangzhou or lean on a single headline-grabbing industry. Instead, it runs on markets, hardware, film sets and a stubbornly practical commercial culture that has made the...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 July

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This day, 1 July, in 1997, at 00:00, China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong. Often thought of as marking the definitive end of the British Empire, the handover ceremony was attended for the Chinese by President Jiang Zemin, Premier...
Big Reads

China’s Mid Year Online Shopping Festival Sniffs at ¥1 Trillion in Sales

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June’s 618 shopping season is back in its favourite role as China’s annual retail loudhailer. The number attached to it may still flirt with ¥1 trillion, but the real story is less about the headline and more about what...
About Zhejiang

Quzhou; South Confucian Roots, Borderland Trade and a City on the Move

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Tucked into western Zhejiang and touching Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui, Quzhou is a city that has always lived by geography. Its old streets, river valleys and border position still shape how it trades, travels and thinks about itself. 衢州位于浙江西部，紧邻福建、江西和安徽，是一座从地理位置开始塑造自身的城市。它的老街、水系和边界位置，至今仍在影响这座城市的贸易、出行和自我认知。 According to...
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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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