Frank Hossack

Xuancheng; Xuan Paper, Mountains, Fast Rail and Old Rail

Xuancheng sits in south-east Anhui with a very clear outline. It borders Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which has long made it both a gateway and a crossroads. It is a city that looks outward, but still keeps a strong local...

On this Day in Chinese History; 11 June

This day, 11 June, 1979, Nakajima Kenzo, the Japanese social activist and sincere friend of the Chinese people, passed away. Nakajima had been President of the  Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association which he founded in 1956. One of the pioneers of...

On this Day in Chinese History; 10 June

This day, 10 June, 1907, the first Peking-Paris car rally began. 12,000 kilometers long, with five cars participating, Italian driver Scipione Borghese was the first to reach the finish line in 44 days. As the world’s earliest ultra-long distance...

On this Day in Chinese History; 9 June

This day, 9 June, in 1898 in Beijing, Li Hongzhang, Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall; and Claude MacDonald, Her Majesty’s Minister in China, signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, stipulating that the New Territories,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 8 June

This day, 8 June, in 1645, Dodo (Prince Yu), 15th son of Later Jin Dynasty Founder Nurhaci (Emperor Taizu of Qing), led the Qing army to Nanjing, where the Minister of Rites of the Southern Ming Dynasty Qian Qianyi...

On this Day in Chinese History; 7 June

This day, 7 June, 1895, the Japanese army occupied Taipei. After the signing of the humiliating Treaty of Shimonoseki, the island of Taiwan was ceded to Japan, which aroused the indignation of the whole country, setting off a patriotic...

On this Day in Chinese History; 6 June

This day, 6 June, in 1949, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Nanjing Municipal Government Huang Hua was ordered to meet with Ambassador Marshall J. Leighton Stuart in a private capacity. Stuart indicated the US was willing...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 June

This day, 5 June, in 2014, a draft revision of the Environmental Protection Law submitted to the 8th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress for deliberation made corresponding provisions for environmental protection publicity and...

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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