Frank Hossack

Suzhou; Growing By Rail, Grain And A Very Practical Sense Of Place

Suzhou sits in northern Anhui with a very practical kind of confidence. It is close to the border with Jiangsu, linked to the wider plain around it and shaped by land, rail and trade rather than by dramatic scenery...

On this Day in Chinese History; 15 June

This day, 15 June, 1951, the first Sino-foreign joint venture of the People’s Republic of China was founded. The Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company, known as Chipolbrok, would move its headquarters from Tianjin to Shanghai in 1962 and remains...

Lu’an; Growing Through Mountains, Tea, Water And Rail

West Anhui’s Lu'an sits where the Dabie Mountains begin to soften into hills and plains. It is a large city with a practical feel; the kind of place shaped less by display than by land, water, farming and the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 June

This day, 14 June, 1987, Indian Minister of External Affairs Narayan Datt Tiwari visited China after attending the Special Conference of Non-Aligned Countries in Pyongyang. Tiwari conveyed the message from the Indian government to Chinese Acting Premier Wan Li...

Bozhou; Medicine, Old Streets And A City Still Making Money

North-west Anhui’s Bozhou does not lean on glamour. It leans on trade, herbs, old streets and a very practical sense of where it sits. The city is large, flat and busy; a place where land, markets and movement still...

On this Day in Chinese History; 13 June

This day, 13 June in 1924, the Soviet government proposed to upgrade Sino-Soviet relations from the ministerial level to the ambassadorial level, and China welcomed it. The USSR therefore became the first country to send an ambassador to China....

Chizhou; Jiuhuashan, Forest Air And A Pilgrimage City

Chizhou sits in south-west Anhui and does not try to be everything at once. It is a city of hills, river valleys and mountain tourism; a place where geography still matters, and where Jiuhuashan gives the city its strongest...

On this Day in Chinese History; 12 June

This day, 12 June, 1987, Deng Xiaoping met with Yugoslav guests and expressed important opinions on China's reform issues. Deng said, “I advocate reform. There is no way out without reform. In the past, we copied foreign models, coupled...

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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