Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 7 July

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...

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

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...

On this Day in Chinese History; 6 July

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...

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

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...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 July

This day, 5 July, 2000, the heads of state of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan met in Dushanbe, and jointly signed the Dushanbe Declaration, reaffirming they would continue to further develop cooperation within the framework of the “Shanghai...

China’s Medical Holiday Is Turning into the Cheaper Option for the West

Now the arithmetic is changing. For many western patients, a flight to China for medical work, dental treatment or an eye procedure costs less than at home. Add a few days in Shanghai, Hangzhou or Hainan, and the package...

Wenzhou; Private Enterprise, Distant Shores and a City That Keeps Growing

Wenzhou is one of Zhejiang’s best-known cities, but it is not famous by accident. It has long been a place of family firms, overseas links, hard-edged manufacturing and a coastline that has pushed the city outward rather than inward. 温州是浙江省最知名的城市之一,但它的名气并非偶然。这里长期以家族企业、海外联系、硬核制造业和向外延展的海岸线而著称,城市的发展始终带着一种向外生长的劲头。 The...

Jiaxing; South Lake, Wuzhen And The City That Keeps Its Balance

Canals, train lines and conference halls have all had a hand in Jiaxing’s rise, but the city still starts with water. South Lake gave it national memory; silk gave it trade; and Wuzhen later gave it a place on...

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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