Thirty years after the Washington Wizards became the first NBA team to visit China, veterans of the team plan a return trip next month,Sept. 5-15 to China where basketball's popularity is now soaring. Published by the WashPost's EXPRESS on Thursday, August 27, 2009 on page 16.
Washington Post,8/27/09 page B1:
Metro Section: People all think that in a bad economy they need skills for a job," said Christopher Nelson, president of St.John's. "What they don't realize is that a liberal arts education will give them skills for life, and that will get them a job." His insight is to be commended with philosophical underpinning. Liberal arts make a whole person in the mind and heart with philosophy. I was fortunate to have an opportunity to study at Georgetown University Graduate School in the late 1940s.
Such news makes me reminisce St. John's University in Shanghai where I earned my B.A. degreee in 1946 with graduate studies at Georgetown plus school of hard knocks for decades.
Gazette paper in Prince George's County: Page 5 of the WashPost,Aug.27,09:
A Bridge to China: I try to serve as a bridge between China and the USA since 1947.
Paint Branch Elementary School started to capitalize on students' interest in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. They researched Chinese weather patterns and made diagrams comparing China's government, religions and sports with those of the United States.
I taught Economics in English when I was an expert at Beijing from 1993-1996 with happy remembrance.
Page A18: Many analysts expect consumers to remain cautious as a weak labor market and stagnant wages make it difficult to replace wealth lost in the housing and stock markets. Some analysts warn that if a recovery doesn't gain tractin by late next year, the nation could slip back into recession. Well,perhaps another stimulus package as a tool would be needed but I hope not by 2010. China's recent growth is OK so far but the recovery remains to be seen in the months ahead.
Francis Shieh,a.k.a. Xie Shihao as a peregrination octogenarians teaching and learning from China to the United States and vice versa many times to compare American English with Chinese language plus Sino-American economics in action.
Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 12.40 p.m.
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