Frank Hossack

About Liaoning

Tieling; Towers, Wetlands and Steam

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Tieling sits on flat ground in northern Liaoning, and the flatness is part of the city’s shape. Streets run long, the views open out, and the railway line goes straight through the place instead of skirting around it. 铁岭在辽宁北部，地势平平，而这恰好就是它的样子。街道拉得很长，视线也开阔，铁路线直接穿城而过，不是绕着走。 Murong Street...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 13 August

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This day, 13 August, in 1992, the People’s Republic of China’s State Council decided to open five further cities along the Yangtze River to the outside world, namely Chongqing, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang and Wuhu. 1992年8月13日的这一天，中华人民共和国国务院决定向外界开放长江沿岸的五个城市，即重庆、岳阳、武汉、九江和芜湖。
About Liaoning

Chaoyang; Towers, Fossils and the Old Corridor

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Chaoyang is easier to understand if you start on foot. Murong Street still runs through the old centre, the towers sit where they should, and the city keeps a lot of space between its older pieces. That spacing matters...
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Indonesia’s Garbage Gamble Hands Chinese Firms the Edge

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Indonesia is not buying glamour; it is buying a way out of its rubbish jam. On 13 July, Danantara announced the second round of its waste-to-energy tender, and Chinese firms again turned up at the front of the queue. 印尼买的不是光鲜，而是一条走出垃圾困局的路。7月13日，Danantara公布了第二轮垃圾发电招标结果，中国企业又一次排在了队伍前面。 The...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 12 August

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This day, 12 August, in 2011, the 26th Summer Universiade opened in Shenzhen. Nearly 10,000 university student athletes from 152 countries and regions around the world participated in the competition. Leaders from Sri Lanka, Fiji, Ethiopia, Romania, Bolivia, Mozambique,...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 11 August

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This day, 11 August, in 1872, the first 30 government-sent overseas students in Chinese history set off for the United States. They would be followed by four batches of 120 government-funded students, who would upon their return all play...
About Liaoning

Huludao; Great Wall Meets Bohai Sea

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Huludao sits where Liaoning turns toward the Bohai Sea, and the city is easiest to read as a day that keeps widening: old wall, sea air, a ferry, a hot spring, and a late dinner in that order. The...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 10 August

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This day, 10 August, in 1911, the Oing Navy cruiser, "Haiqi", visited New York Harbour in the United States. The Haiqi had set sail from its Shanghai anchorage, passing through the Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Aden, Suez Canal,...
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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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