John Rodderick;AP correspondent captured a changing China

John Rodderick passed away at the age of 93. He spent his last days in Honolulu,Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pacific. Hawaii is the meeting ground of the East and the West. China, Korea and Japan were named as the nations in the Far East but if we are aware that America's day starts in Guam, then we would deem the "Near West" to describe the nations on the other side of the Pacific. There is another way of saying that if you go east all the way,you'll end up in the west due to the fact that the earth is round. It is smart thinking! When I lived in California several decades ago,folks say back east to mean the east coast but China, Korea and Japan have traditional been regarded as the nations in the Far East. How would you reconcile such? Your sharp reasoning would be invited for such seemingly baffled directions.(sic) Hehehahahoho all the way and we shall live to be centenarians.

In his book,"Covering China," he had his vision that the most populous nation would rule the world. He said:"I admired the fact that they were trying to do something for the poor Chinese" Such goal is being implemented by the leaders in China nowadays. John Roderick became the consummate China watcher as a native of Maine and orphaned at 16. In 2006, he began a series of monthly China-related articles on the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Here is the testimony of an established American journalist who truly loved China. Needless to say,his contributions to US-China relations left immense influence on Sino-American economics yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao on March 14, 2008 at 7 a.m.