Newsweek, Oct. 26, 2009 issue on page 18: China turns crises into opportunity.
In Pin Yin: Crisis is "wei ji" and Opportunity is "ji hui" A wee bit of difference in phonetic equivalent but the Chinese characters for "Wei" and "Hui" are different. For details,see "A Glimpse of the Chinese Language" in English at PDF format free of charge as public service. www.rand.org for information.
Page 26-29: The College should take 3 years with cover page. I earned my B.A. from St. John's University, Shanghai, China from 1943-1946 in three years including the summer school.
That was in the 20th century as a forerunner with a vision for American higher education in the 21st century as recommended by Lamar Alexander,Senator and former Governor and educator in the U.S.A.
USA Today,Oct. 23-25,09: Sequel to China's Energy Plan. President Obama delivers an address on clean energy at MIT in Cambridge.
A flag ceremony will mark UN day on Oct.24th today.
Page 12A Editorial: Stop Age Discrimination: Comment: Life begins are 40 or later as the mindset of the person. An octogenarian feels like a young man if he/she is hale and hearty with the state of mind to live and to learn as a lifelong student for everyday happenings.
Page 3B: There still may be time to ride China's stock market. China's robust economy still has room to grow. Funds that invest in China have soared an average 64% this year versus 22% for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index.
Washington Times Oct.23, 2009 page A14:
Levees along the Bund in Shanghai and other major waterways are nearly 23 feet high, providing better protection than in Miami, New York and many other cities.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, a lifelong reader of selected passages relevant to Sino-American economics on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 at 2 p.m.
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