Frank Hossack

About Henan

Nanyang; Wise Men, Warm Bowls & Water Heading North

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Nanyang has enough history to make writing about it difficult. There are emperors, strategists, physicians, temples, fossils, jade and one of China’s largest water projects. Put all of that into the first few paragraphs and the city starts to...
About Henan

Shangqiu; Old Walls, Fire Altars & a Nanjing Not Ours

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Shangqiu has the kind of history that can become exhausting if handled badly. Shang origins, fire worship, ancient academies, Han tombs, old city walls, Confucius connections, Zhuangzi connections; after a while, the names start queuing up like officials at...
About Henan

Xinyang; Tea, Rain & the Softer Edge of Henan

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Xinyang does not feel quite like the Henan most people imagine first. It is still Henan, of course, but the air has changed. The fields are greener, the hills are closer, and the weather has a dampness that makes...
About Henan

Zhoukou; Rivers, Ancestors & Breakfast Soup

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Zhoukou is easy to underestimate; it does not arrive with a single famous skyline or mountain. It is flatter, wider, more agricultural, and at first glance more ordinary than many Henan cities. That's not a weakness; the place just...
About Henan

Zhumadian; Where the Horses Stopped for the Night

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Zhumadian has one of those place names that seems almost too plain to be real. “Stop the horse. Find a shop.” It sounds less like a city than an instruction given at the end of a long road. But...
About Henan

Jiyuan; Where the Foolish Old Man Still Has a Point

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Jiyuan begins with a problem. Two mountains are in the way. An old man looks at them, knows perfectly well that the task is impossible, but starts digging anyway. That may be essential Jiyuan, but today it's industry that...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 27 July

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This day, 27 July, in 1958, General Claire Lee Chennault, commander-in-chief of the famous American volunteer air force, the “Flying Tigers”, passed away. During World War II, between 1941 and 1943, the Tigers transported arms and supplies to China,...
Big Reads

Nanjing Goes Negative as Suzhou Surges in China’s Trade Shuffle

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Nanjing has found itself in the wrong column of China’s latest foreign trade rankings. While most major cities grew in the first half of 2026, the Jiangsu capital was the only one among the national top 20 to go...
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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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Tasty Solutions on the Menu at Shanghai Climate Week

Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...
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Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...
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Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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