Frank Hossack

About Hubei

Jingzhou; The City Three Warlords Fought Over, and the Man Who Never Decayed

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Jingzhou sits in the heart of the Jianghan Plain in central Hubei, straddling the middle Yangtze at the point where the river's ancient shipping lanes meet some of China's oldest continuously settled ground. 荆州地处湖北中部江汉平原腹地，横跨长江中游，境内古老的航运水道与中国最早持续有人定居的土地在此交汇。 Administratively, the city covers 14,100 square kilometres...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 4 September

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This day, 4 September, in 2017, the ninth BRICS leaders’ meeting was held in Xiamen, Fujian, with President Xi Jinping presiding. Attending with him were Brazilian President, Michel Temer; Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi; and...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 3 September

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This day, 3 September, in 2016, President Xi Jinping and President Obama successively deposited documents of ratification of the Paris Agreement between China and the United States to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Hangzhou. 2016年9月3日的这一天，习近平主席和奥巴马总统先后在杭州向联合国秘书长潘基文交存了中美巴黎协定的批准文件。
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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

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These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat contact from Tehran, a trader in Yiwu, a student in Nanjing, a restaurateur explaining saffron, pistachios and sanctions in the...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 2 September

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This day, 2 September, in 1992, American President Bush approved the sale of 150 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan on the grounds of campaigning and regardless of the overall situation in Sino-U.S. Relations, a move directly violating and undermining...
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Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

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China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark: 46.4 percent of Chinese men smoke, against 1.9 percent of Chinese women. But of course, the underlying question is, "What's...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 1 September

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This day, 1 September, in 2008, saw the opening of the Chinese Consulate General in Juba. The South Sudanese City would go on to become the world’s newest capital on 9 July, 2011, turning the Consulate in to the...
About Hubei

Huanggang; Two Presidents, a Rival Red Cliff & the Man Who Printed China

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Huanggang sits on the Yangtze's north bank in eastern Hubei, its territory climbing from the river plain into the southern slopes of the Dabie Mountains, at the point where Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangxi meet. 黄冈地处湖北东部长江北岸，境内地势由沿江平原向大别山南麓逐渐抬升，恰好处在湖北、河南、安徽、江西四省交界之处。 Administratively, the city covers 17,457...
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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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