National Symphony Orchestra in Shanghai et al

Washington Post, June 17, 2009 on page C1,C8:

NSO found itself Sunday night at the unlikely venue of a conference-center theater in the dusty midsize city of Xi'an (population 8.5 million), where visiting ensembles the size of the NSO are a rare and rather splendid event.

Photo: NSO's Stephen Dumaine shows off his tuba to students at a Shanghai elementary school where some NSO musicians performed.

NSO polishes its act at last stops in China: Photo of Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef warms up backstage for the NSO's concert Tuesday in Shanghai.

In Beijing, the orchestra was the guest of the Ministry of Culture, which issued the initial invitation to the NSO in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of US-Chinese diplomatic relations. Dow Chemical has a regional headquarter in Shanghai. NSO musicians played in the atrium of Dow's new Hq. built for 2,000 employees, and then at a bilingual elementary school, its halls lined with bulletin boards pinned full of art projects. The only obvious difference between it and an American elementary school is that when a cellist asked a room full of first and second-graders who could read music, most of them raised their hands. At the end of the event Dow's senior VP James McIlvenny, took the mike and addressed the children, saying he hoped they would all grow up to be scientists or musicians.

I can detect that he would equate musicians and scientists as contributors to Sino-American economics. Music can across the Pacific to entertain folks on both sides of the Pacific.

Page A20: Letter to the Editor from Robert Rosenbaum: When Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner," during the War of 1812, it was unclear whether our then-young nation would survive. His words conveyed an urgent longing that this experiment in a republican form of government would be preserved and that its flag would yet wave.

"Business Week" magazine, June 22, 2009 issue: Bonanza in China but China's stakes in Wall Street Shrivel."wei-suo- le" in Pin Yin system of romanization.

Goldman Sachs bagged $1.9 billion on June 2nd when sold less than 1% of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Banking Corporation) while Bank of America pocketed $ 7.3 billion last month for 5.6% of China Construction Bank. Here is Sino-American Economics in evidence.

Francis Shieh: Francis is named after Francis Scott Key with missionary zeal of Francis Xavier or Francis Assisi with faith,hope and charity. My Chinese name is: shihao i.e. hero of poetry. It is known that poems are borderless across the Pacific Ocean with the lyrics that folks would cherish in the minds and hearts for partnership,peace and prosperity.(PPP) But we must also detect Purchasing Power Parity(PPP) apropos of Sino-American Economics. My case rests here for readers to ponder and reflect the very nature of Economics in every shape and form of such studies in terms of globalization.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 9.56 a.m.