Frank Hossack

Fushun; Coal, Lei Feng and Qing Beginnings on the Hun River

Seen from the Hun River, Fushun is a city of apartment blocks, older works, bridges and hills. Its modern shape was built on coal; its national place has also been formed by revolutionary memory and the older history of...

Benxi; Green Steel, Ancient Water and a City Claimed by Maples

Way long before Liaoning province built its reputation on heavy industry, the hills around Benxi were already doing something quieter; growing the forest that now covers more than three quarters of the city's land.早在辽宁把重工业名声做出来之前,本溪周边的山坡就在做一件更安静的事;养出如今覆盖了这座城市四分之三以上土地的森林。 That contrast, between blast furnace and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 25 August

This day, 25 August, 2004, the 10th Conference of Diplomatic Envoys to Foreign Countries was held in Beijing, with 222 ambassadors, consul generals and representatives to international organisations in attendance. 2004年8月25日的这一天,在北京举行了第十届外交使节会议,有222名大使、总领事和国际组织代表出席了会议。

Cruising Yantai-Dalian; Sea Views and Seagull BBQ Included

Excitement in the air is tangible as up to 2,000 people discover they are now back online. For this is not a plane where flight mode can be more or less ignored; it’s the middle of the ocean, and...

Dandong; ¥30 Buys a Long Look across the Yalu at North Korea

Ferries do not run here anymore, but the crowd on the Broken Bridge does not seem to mind. By eight each morning, tour groups are already three deep at the ticket gate, ¥30 apiece, craning for a look at...

On this Day in Chinese History; 24 August

This day, 24 August, in 2020, Duan Jielong was elected as one of the 21 judges sitting on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for a term of 9 years. The Tribunal is an international judicial...

Jinzhou; the Lure of Tides, Temples and a Vanishing Bridge

Twice a day, the sea at Jinzhou Bay pulls back and a stone path appears, joining an island to the coast. Visitors wait hours for the moment, then hurry back before the tide swallows the crossing again. 每天两次,锦州湾的海水会退去,一条石路随之显现,将一座岛屿与海岸连接起来。游客常常等候数小时,只为这一刻,随后又要赶在潮水吞没通道之前匆匆返回。 The island is...

On this Day in Chinese History; 23 August

This day, 23 August, in 1884, the opening engagement in the Battle of Fuzhou took place, fought between the navies of France and Qing-Dynasty China. Officers and sailors of the Chinese ships died heroically; the entire Fujian Navy was...

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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