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Wanning; “Ten Thousand Peaces”, where Chinese Surfers Wait for the Winter Monsoon

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Wanning's name means "ten thousand peaces", and its winters are anything but, because from October to April the north-east monsoon throws swells at Riyue Bay, which is why surfers call this stretch of coast the capital of Chinese surfing. 万宁的名字意为"万事安宁",它的冬天却一点也不安宁,因为从十月到次年四月,东北季风把涌浪推向日月湾,冲浪者因此称这段海岸为中国的冲浪之都。 Behind...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 21 October

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This day, 21 October, in 1995, at the invitation of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, President Jiang Zemin attended the special meeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in New York and delivered a...
About Hainan

Dongfang; Hainan’s Sunniest, Driest City, Where “East” Lies West

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East is on the west here; Dongfang means "east", yet the city stands on Hainan's west coast. It takes its name from a Li hill village called East Village, gets more sunshine than any other place on the island...
About Guangxi

Nanning; the Frontier City Razed in 1076 and Now Host to the ASEAN Expo

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Yongzhou, today's Nanning, held out for 42 days in 1076 against an army of Vietnam's Lý dynasty; its governor Su Jian died by fire with his family, and more than 50,000 people were reportedly killed after the city fell. 邕州即今天的南宁,一零七六年抵抗越南李朝军队围攻四十二天;知州苏缄与家人一同自焚,城破后据史书记载有五万多人被杀。 The...
About Guangxi

Liuzhou; the Car and Snail-Noodle City with Two Water Scares

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Cadmium from an upstream spill in January 2012 threatened the water supply for Liuzhou's 3 million people, and in June 2025 antimony levels rose after a tailings-site collapse in Rongshui as residents again bought up bottled water. 二零一二年一月,上游的镉污染威胁到柳州三百万人的饮水安全;二零二五年六月,融水一处尾矿区塌陷导致锑浓度异常,市民又一次抢购桶装水。 The Tang writer...
About Guangxi

Guilin; the Scenic City whose Famous Praise Lost its Author until 1983

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Wang Zhenggong, a Song official aged 68, wrote "Guilin's scenery is the best under heaven" at a banquet in 1201 for 11 successful candidates in the provincial examination, but the cliff inscription bearing the poem was rediscovered at Duxiu...
About Guangxi

Wuzhou; the City of “Broad Trust” that Gave Two Provinces Their Names

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Guangdong and Guangxi owe their names to a Han county, Guangxin, "Broad Trust", that stood around today's Wuzhou; the Tropic of Cancer cuts through the city, and its workshops process more than 70 percent of the world's synthetic gems. 广东和广西的名字都来自汉代的广信县,意为"广布恩信",它就在今天的梧州一带;北回归线从这座城市穿过,而这里的作坊加工着全世界百分之七十以上的人工宝石。 Wuzhou...
About Guangxi

Beihai; the World’s “Fastest-Growing City” that Quadrupled Only on Paper

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Forecasters once crowned Beihai the world's fastest-growing city, promising 5.8 million people by 2020; the census counted 1.85 million, yet this coast has traded pearls since the Han and slid a British consulate 56 metres to make room for...
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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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