Frank Hossack

Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 20 September

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This day, 20 September, in 1994, at the 38th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Chinese representative, Ambassador Chen Shiqiu, together with those of 38 other countries, including Britain, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia and the...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 September

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This day, 19 September, in 1950, China’s ascent to the United Nations was denied, after which the USSR’s representative stated, “It is high time to put an end to the unjust attitude adopted by the United Nations towards the...
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Shangrao; The City Whose Own Map Looks Like a Bowtie

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Government administrative reforms in 1983 left Shangrao's territory pinched into two separate lobes joined only by a narrow strip of land, a shape so unusual that Chinese commentators now describe the city's silhouette on a map as a bowtie,...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 18 September

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This day, 18 September, in 1931, a Japanese army detachment stationed in Manchuria detonated an ineffective explosion on the South Manchurian Railway as an excuse to occupy the city of Mukden. The Japanese then went on to occupy the...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 17 September

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This day, 17 September, in 1894, the Battle of the Yalu River took place between ships of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy, in what was to be the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 16 September

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This day, 16 September, in 1986, Deng Xiaoping met with Taisto Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, as the first Finnish head of government to visit China since diplomatic relations were established. During their talk, Deng said, “Our opening...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 15 September

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This day, 15 September, in 1999, saw the successful conclusion of the 22nd Universal Postal Union Congress in Beijing, at which was adopted the Beijing Postal Strategy, a world postal development program. The Universal Postal Union was founded on...
About Hunan

Changsha; 2,000 Years of History behind China’s Loudest Party City

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Surgeons who first examined Lady Xin Zhui's body in 1972 found her joints still movable, her skin elastic, and her blood group identifiable, some 2,100 years after her burial in a tomb northeast of modern Changsha, at Mawangdui. 一九七二年,医护人员首次对辛追夫人的遗体进行检验时发现,历经两千一百年,她的关节依然可以活动,皮肤仍富有弹性,甚至连血型都能辨识,而她的墓葬,就位于今日长沙城东北的马王堆。 Her tomb...
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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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