Frank Hossack

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On this Day in Chinese History; 24 January

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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...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 23 January

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This day, 23 January, 754, the eminent monk Jian Zhen arrived in Japan after five unsuccessful attempts. As a great achiever in architecture, sculpture, medicine and calligraphy, he carried with him a large number of Buddhist scriptures, becoming an...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 22 January

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This day, 22 January, in 1956, Abdul Samad, Afghanistan’s first ambassador to China, submitted his credentials to Chairman Mao Zedong. The exchange of ambassadors between the two countries improved the diplomatic environment on China’s western frontier and was of...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 21 January

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This day, 6 January, in 1876, Guo Songtao, the first Chinese minister based abroad and the first minister of the Qing Dynasty to the United Kingdom, landed at the Port of Southampton. During his time in the UK, Guo...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 20 January

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This day, 20 January, in 1861, the Qing Dynasty established the Prime Minister’s Office for Foreign Affairs. Dispatching envoys and international students to foreign countries, and managing affairs such as trade, customs, coastal defense and the ordering of weapons,...
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The Lowdown on China’s Cute Cuddy Toys Comforting Us in a World Gone Crazy

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Cute soft toys. Stuffed toys. Cuddly toys. Call them what you will, and then stop to ask from where does the craze for such cuties come? And from where do they themselves all originate? The answers are not just...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 19 January

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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...
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On this Day in Chinese History; 18 January

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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...
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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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