Frank Hossack

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Zaozhuang; Coal, Canals and a Rebuilt Sense of Place

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South-west Shandong does not hand out easy identities, but Zaozhuang has always had several at once. It is a coal city, a canal city, a battle city and, increasingly, a place trying to turn old weight into new momentum. 山东西南部并不轻易给城市贴标签，但枣庄一直同时拥有好几个身份。它是煤城、运河城、战城，而且越来越像一座正把旧包袱变成新动能的城市。 Zaozhuang...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 13 July

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This day, 13 July, 2001, Beijing won the right to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 at the 112th plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Moscow. Upon hearing the news, a tidal wave of cheers...
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Zaozhuang; Coal, Canals and a Rebuilt Sense of Place

Frank Hossack -
South-west Shandong does not hand out easy identities, but Zaozhuang has always had several at once. It is a coal city, a canal city, a battle city and, increasingly, a place trying to turn old weight into new momentum. 山东西南部并不轻易给城市贴标签，但枣庄一直同时拥有好几个身份。它是煤城、运河城、战城，而且越来越像一座正把旧包袱变成新动能的城市。 Zaozhuang...
Big Reads

Louis Vuitton & Milk Tea Meet in Suzhou; it’s a ¥10.3 Million Fight

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how on Earth did a Parisian house of luxury end up in a Suzhou courtroom over a milk tea logo? The answer is less glamorous than the brand's handbags and a lot more useful in a legal context than...
About Shandong

Dongying; Fresh Ground, Old Oil and the Delta Still Rising

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Fresh mud, oil rigs and a river that never quite sits still give Dongying its shape. This is a city where land is still being made, birds keep returning and the petroleum story is still loud enough to matter,...
About Shandong

Yantai; Ports, Wine and a Never Inward Looking Coastline

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Few Chinese coastal cities have as many identities packed into one frame as Yantai. It is a port, a wine city, a summer resort and a place where modern China’s seaside opening can still be read in the old...
About Shandong

Weifang; Keeping its Bearings with Kites and Workshops

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Weifang sits in central Shandong with a plainspoken confidence. It is a city of kites, woodcuts, engines and markets; a place that has learned to turn craft into identity and industry into habit without making too much noise about...
About Shandong

Jining; Confucius and Canals in the City that Learned to Carry Weight

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Jining is one of those Shandong cities that does not shout first and explain later. It has weight because of what it contains: Confucius and Mencius country, canal heritage, lake country and a commercial city that has spent centuries...
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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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