Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 11 May

This day, 11 May, 2000, the Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organisation was held in Geneva. 104 countries, including China and three intergovernmental organisations signed the final document, confirming that the new Patent Law Treaty had been...

The 1 Person Companies arising in China and Ending the Office Myth

There was a time when starting a company meant fluorescent offices, ringing telephones and a payroll which caused insomnia. Now, in China’s AI age, it can be more akin to a laptop glowing on a kitchen table after midnight;...

On this Day in Chinese History; 10 May

This day, 10 May, in 2022, the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) marked its centennial. As per Global Times, “Xi stressed the history and significance of the CYLC as the bridge between the CPC and the young...

When Disaster Goes on Display in Shanghai; Expo Reveals We are Ready!

With the second morning’s dawning of Shanghai’s emergency expo, one of the world's biggest buildings felt less like a trade fair than a rehearsal for calamity; drones hovered overhead, rescue dogs padded past and screens seemed to promise order...

Wuhan Surrounded again in another World First! This time; a Metro Line!

Wuhan is back in the international headlines, but this time for an altogether more positive reason. That would be the City’s Metro Line 12 that is set to become the world’s longest orbital mass transit route. And that's on...

On this Day in Chinese History; 9 May

This day, 9 May, in 1997, during an interview with CNN, President Jiang Zemin said, “I don’t believe that China and the United States are going to have a conflict. China suffered grievously from foreign aggression and expansion in...

On this Day in Chinese History; 8 May

This day, 8 May (Beijing time 05:45), 1999, during NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia in Operation Allied Force, five US missiles struck the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Despite being claimed an accident, evidence otherwise emerged revealing the Embassy was used...

On this Day in Chinese History; 7 May

This day, 7 May, in 1861, Indian polymath and Nobel Prize for Literature winner Rabindranath Tagore was born. A fierce critic of Britain’s opium dumping on China and a denouncer of Japanese imperialism, in 1961, to commemorate his 100th...

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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