Frank Hossack

Nanjing Basics; Introduced as Never Before

For let no one tell you different. Nanjing is the rightful capital of China. Our city has enough experience to back up that claim; arguably China’s greatest architecture, past and present; a rich history of engagement with other countries;...

On this Day in Chinese History; 19 January

This day, 19 January, in 2016, President Xi Jinping met with Iyad bin Amin Madani, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh. It was the first time that a Chinese president had met with an OIC...

On this Day in Chinese History; 18 January

This day, 18 January, in 2017, President Xi Jinping made the first visit by a Chinese head of state to the International Olympic Committee headquarters. There, he met with Committee President Thomas Bach and wrote an inscription at the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 17 January

This day, 17 January, in 1974, Huang Hua, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, pointed out that when the Security Council passed a resolution to list Chinese as one of its working languages, along with English, French,...

On this Day in Chinese History; 16 January

This day, 16 January, in 1995, Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen visited Nigeria, Togo, Benin and elsewhere during his annual new year visit to Africa. Writing in “Ten Notes on Diplomacy”, Qian said of China and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 15 January

This day, 15 January, in 1988, Vice Foreign Minister Zhou Nan and Portuguese Ambassador to China Octavio Neto Valerio exchanged letters of approval in Beijing for the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on Macau, laying a legal foundation for Macau’s return...

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 January

This day, 14 January, in 1998, at the National Financial Work Conference, Vice Premier Zhu Rongji stated the Chinese government would provide selfless assistance to countries most affected by the Asian financial crisis with an attitude of sympathy and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 13 January

This day, 13 January, in 1993, the UN Secretary-General had the Chemical Weapons Convention opened for signature. Therein, an unprecedented show of support saw 130 countries sign the Convention during a 3-day conference in Paris. Then Foreign Minister Qian...

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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