Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 20 March

This day, 20 March, in 1127, Emperor Jin Taizong of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict to depose Emperor Song Qinzong and Supreme Emperor Song Huizong of the Song Dynasty who had both been captured in the Jingkang Incident....

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 March

This day, 19 March, in 1985, China officially became a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Believing that intellectual property protection is of great significance in promoting scientific and technological progress, China regards the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 18 March

This day, 18 March, in 1983,  the Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve, aka the “Home Town of Pandas” was established. A comprehensive nature reserve that mainly protects rare wild animals and plants such as giant pandas and alpine forest...

On this Day in Chinese History; 17 March

This day, 17 March, in 2017, the concept of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” was written into a United Nations Security Council resolution for the first time in Resolution 2344 on Afghanistan, which also emphasised...

Student Run Shops in Dorms are China’s Newest Underground Economies

Many a parent of a teenager will be aware of their offspring’s enterprising endeavours. Initially, that may be making stuff to sell to their classmates. But teenagers grow up and times change. And many now realise the market is...

On this Day in Chinese History; 16 March

This day, 16 March, in 1990, the first meeting of the Shanghai Mayor’s International Entrepreneurs’ Advisory Conference was held at the New Jinjiang Hotel, with more than 60 entrepreneurs from the US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Canada and elsewhere...

On this Day in Chinese History; 15 March

This day, 15 March, 1999, Premier Zhu Rongji said, “It has been 13 years since China negotiated the resumption of WTO accession; its black hair has turned white. ... The deepening of China’s reform and opening up plus the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 March

This day, 14 March, in 1979, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was held the signing ceremony for Beijing and Tokyo to become sister cities. Beijing Municipal Leader Lin Hujia and Tokyo Governor Minobe Ryokichi signed...

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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