Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 31 January

This day, 31 January, in 1992, Premier Li Peng attended the United Nations Security Council Summit held in New York, where he reminded that China would abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter, and discussed challenges facing...

On this Day in Chinese History; 30 January

This day, 30 January, in 2004, the “China-Arab States Cooperation Forum” was established during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. This was to lead to a 2018 agreement to establish a future-oriented,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 29 January

This day, 29 January, in 1979, Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping paid an official visit to the United States at the invitation of President Carter, the first visit by a Chinese leader to the USA after the founding of New...

On this Day in Chinese History; 28 January

This day, 28 January, in 1973, Foreign Minister Ji Pengfei delivered a speech regarding the signing of the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, in which he congratulated the Vietnamese people on their great victory...

On this Day in Chinese History; 27 January

This day, 27 January, 1964, China and France established diplomatic relations, a symbolic move in the differentiation of international political forces after Word War II as to the decline in control by the USA and the USSR over their...

On this Day in Chinese History; 26 January

This day, 26 January, in 1841, the British sent troops to forcibly occupy Hong Kong. This followed the British consul Charles Elliot’s leading of a fleet to invade Tianjin and submit “Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston’s Letter to Minister of...

On this Day in Chinese History; 25 January

This day, 25 January, in 1957, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Nepal, met with King Mahendra and held talks with Prime Minister Acharya. The two sides issued a joint communique stating that Asian unity is of great significance to maintaining...

On this Day in Chinese History; 24 January

This day, 24 January, in 1960, Myanmar became the first nation to sign a Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Non-Aggression with Beijing, the result of a visit to China by Myanmar Prime Minister General Ne Win and talks with...

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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