Frank Hossack

About Shandong

Dezhou; Rail Junctions, Solar Ambition and a City That Keeps Moving

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Set hard against the north of Shandong, Dezhou is less a city of grand gestures than a city of routes. It leans toward Beijing, faces Hebei and has spent generations turning its position into practical value. 坚定地站在山东北部，德州与其说是一座追求大场面的城市，不如说是一座讲通道、讲位置的城市。它面向北京，隔着河北，也花了几代时间把自己的地理位置变成了实际价值。 That practical streak shows...
About Shandong

Liaocheng; Canals, Lake Views And A City Built on Crossings

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Straddling the western edge of Shandong, Liaocheng sits where the province meets Henan, Hebei and a long memory of river trade. It is a city of plains, water and old routes; practical before it is picturesque. 横跨山东西部边缘的聊城，正处在山东与河南、河北交界的地带，也延续着一段漫长的水运记忆。这里是一座平原、水系和古老通道交织的城市；先务实，再谈好看。 According to Chinese-language city...
About Shandong

Binzhou; River Plains, Heavy Industry and a City Building Faster Links

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Spread across the lower Yellow River plain and edging towards the Bohai Sea, Binzhou is a city that rarely feels content to sit still. It has water, land, industry and a strong practical streak; not much here is for...
About Shandong

Heze; Peonies, Rail And A Border City That Refuses to Stay Small

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Take to the far edge of southwestern Shandong, where the province meets Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui. Here, Heze has spent years proving that a city can be both rural in texture and ambitious in direction. It is best known...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 7 July

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This day, 7 July, 2012, the first Tsinghua University “World Peace Forum” was held in Beijing. Attended by China’s then Vice President Xi Jinping and former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, together with the former leaders of many other...
About Zhejiang

Hangzhou; West Lake, the Grand Canal and a City Built on Code

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Hangzhou is Zhejiang’s capital, one of China’s best-known cities and its capital of e-commerce, but it does not rely on fame alone. It has old water, new money and a city centre that has learned how to stay polished...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 6 July

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This day, 6 July in 2020, Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, deposited China’s instrument of accession to the Arms Trade Treaty with UN Secretary General António Guterres, which was an important measure for China to...
About Zhejiang

Ningbo; A Port City Where Private Business Still Sets The Pace

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Famed across Zhejiang for its port, its entrepreneurs and its old cultural bones, Ningbo does not rely on one identity alone. It is coastal, commercial and surprisingly layered; a city where shipping, manufacturing, literature and old street life still...
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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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