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Frank Hossack

On this Day in Chinese History; 14 August

This day, 14 August, in 1961, Kwame Nkrumah, President and Head of Government of the Republic of Ghana, was invited to pay an official visit to China. The Chinese government attached great importance to his visit and gave him...

On this Day in Chinese History; 5 August

This day, 5 August, in 1996, China was host to, and attendee at, the Asia-Africa Forum on Combating Desertification held in Beijing to enable African and Asian countries and their development partners to develop a framework for action as...

On this Day in Chinese History; 4 August

This day, 4 August, 2003, chemical warfare agents found to be mustard gas leaked from five drums that were uncovered at a construction site in Qiqihar City of Heilongjiang Province. 1 person died of multiple organ failure as a...

Make a Date for 7th Grand Canal Culture and Tourism Expo in Suzhou

To be held 15-17 August at the Suzhou International Expo Centre on an area of approximately 35,000 square metres, the signature event has to date attracted the participation of 542 enterprises from 76 cities across 18 regions of China....

On this Day in Chinese History; 3 August

This day, 3 August, in 2019, heavy rainfall and flooding caused 10 people to drown in some parts of Shanxi Province. With damage to crops, homes and infrastructure such as roads and bridges, the disaster affected 96,000 people and...

On this Day in Chinese History; 2 August

This day, 2 August, in 1949, John Leighton Stuart, one of the most respected Americans in China, departed for the final time his post in Nanjing as the last US Ambassador to China before the establishing of diplomatic relations...

On this Day in Chinese History; 1 August

This day, 1 August, 1955, China and the United States officially began the Sino-US ambassadorial talks in Geneva. Over the next 15 years, a total of 136 Sino-US ambassadorial talks would be held, becoming an innovative way for the...

On this Day in Chinese History; 31 July

This day, 31 July, 1989, the iron oxen of the Tang Dynasty were unearthed in Yongji County of Shanxi Province. Cast in 725 BCE to stabilise the Pujin floating bridge and connect Sha’anxi with Shanxi, at the end of...

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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