Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 22 May

This day, 22 May, in 1885, the great French writer Victor Hugo passed away. Of him, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing once said, “He loved his France, but he also strongly condemned the British and French coalition forces for...

Suzhou Slips into its APEC Costume and Waits for the World

Silky soft by habit and polished by design, Suzhou is slipping into something more diplomatic this week. With the APEC trade ministers’ meeting arriving on 22 and 23 May, the city has begun looking less like itself and more...

On this Day in Chinese History; 21 May

This day, 21 May, in 2014, the fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai. President Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered a keynote speech entitled, “Actively Establishing an...

On this Day in Chinese History; 20 May

This day, 20 May, in 2002, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was formally established. That same day, China became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with the new Republic, to which the first Chinese Ambassador was Shao Guanfu....

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 May

This day, 19 May, in 1971, China received a message from Nixon conveyed by Pakistan which read, “In order to resolve the differences between the two countries and given the importance attached to the normalisation of relations between them,...

U-17 Women’s Final Had Politics in the Air, but Football Still Won Out

Sunday evening in Suzhou brought flags, noise and a very one-sided final. By the end of the AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup, DPR Korea had beaten Japan 5-1; too strong, too sharp and, for long stretches, too quick for...

On this Day in Chinese History; 18 May

This day, 18 May, in 2020, at the 73rd World Health Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “Solidarity and cooperation is our most powerful weapon for defeating the virus. This is the key lesson the world has learned from...

On this Day in Chinese History; 17 May

This day, 17 May, in 2019, on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), the Legislative Executive of Taiwan implemented its “Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No. 748”, in the process becoming the first place in Asia...

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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