Frank Hossack

About Henan

Hebi; River, Coal, Cherry Blossom, and the Odd Grace of a Northern Henan City

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Hebi does not arrive as one big idea. It comes in pieces. A river first, perhaps. Then an old wall, a mountain road, coal dust somewhere behind the buildings, and, come at the right time, cherry blossoms with half...
About Henan

Xinxiang; Wheat, Rain and a City not in a Hurry for You

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Xinxiang is a plain city, which is not the same thing as a boring one. In north Henan, plain land can be a kind of personality. You notice the width first, then the weather, then the wheat, and only...
About Henan

Jiaozuo; Rain on the Platform, Tea in the Air

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Jiaozuo is one of those Henan cities that does not arrange itself neatly for the visitor. You get off the train and there is just the ordinary city first, which is often a better sign than a glossy entrance....
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 August

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This day, 2 August, in 1949, John Leighton Stuart, one of the most respected Americans in China, departed for the final time his post in Nanjing as the last US Ambassador to China before the establishing of diplomatic relations...
Big Reads

Russian Arrivals Rise as China’s Old Expat Map Thins Out

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Moscow accents are being heard more in China’s airports, hotel lobbies and trade fairs. Some belong to tourists with short videos to make. Others to people chasing work in a relationship that has become commercial, strategic and hard to...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 August

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This day, 1 August, 1955, China and the United States officially began the Sino-US ambassadorial talks in Geneva. Over the next 15 years, a total of 136 Sino-US ambassadorial talks would be held, becoming an innovative way for the...
Diplomacy Talks

On this Day in Chinese History; 31 July

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This day, 31 July, 1989, the iron oxen of the Tang Dynasty were unearthed in Yongji County of Shanxi Province. Cast in 725 BCE to stabilise the Pujin floating bridge and connect Sha’anxi with Shanxi, at the end of...
About Henan

Puyang; Shell Dragons, Oilfields, the Sort of Place with Mud still on its Shoes

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How about a city that doesn't sit up straight for you? Puyang comes in from the side. A bit flat, a bit dusty, a bit older than it looks, and somehow already in motion before you have properly noticed...
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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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Tasty Solutions on the Menu at Shanghai Climate Week

Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...
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Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...
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Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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