Frank Hossack

About Fujian

Longyan; Red Memory, Tulou Walls and a City Still Hard at Work

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Steam hangs over Longyan in the morning, caught between the hills of western Fujian and the first buses into town. The city feels old in the bones, but its news feeds are busy, and that mix gives it a...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 16 July

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This day, 16 July, in 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong took the last of his 17 swims in the Yangtze River as he particpated in the 11th annual cross-river event that attracted as many as 5,000 swimmers. Mao was an...
About Fujian

Ningde; Sea Spray, Tea Hills and a Coastline with a Pulse

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Sea spray reaches Ningde before the skyline does. The city sits on Fujian’s north-east rim, where the road keeps running into hills and the hills keep leaning back towards the sea. Life here starts wet, salty and practical. 海风总是先到宁德，楼群还在后面慢慢追上来。这里在福建东北角，路走着走着就会碰上山，山再慢慢把人推回海边。宁德的生活一开始就是湿的、咸的，也是很务实的。 Drive east...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 15 July

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This day, 15 July, 1979, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council approved two reports from the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Fujian Provincial Committee on implementing special policies and flexible measures for foreign economic activities, moving...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 July

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This day, 14 July, 1976, the 1,860-kilometre long Tanzania-Zambia Railway, built with Chinese assistance, was officially opened to traffic. Construction began in October 1970 and track laying was completed in June 1975. With terrain along the route complex and...
About Shandong

Jinan; Springs, the Yellow River, a Capital Built on Water, and Dumplings?

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Nestled in the heart of Shandong, Jinan is a city that has long had to earn its identity rather than borrow one. It is the provincial capital, but it is also a spring city, a rail city and a...
About Shandong

Qingdao; Sea Light, Beer Foam and an Open Shoreline

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Sea air, brewery foam and old masonry are the first things Qingdao offers, if you let them arrive in that order. The city’s best-known places sit close together; a pier, a hill, a German-built street pattern and the water...
About Shandong

Zibo; Qi Heritage, Kilns and a Restless Industrial Core

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Few Shandong cities carry as many layers as Zibo. It is an old Qi heartland, a ceramic base, a petrochemical centre and, more recently, the place that turned barbecue queues into national headlines. The city has learned to live...
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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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