Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

Slowpoke was jumping up and down when she opened the letter that informing us that she made into the Math A and Earth Science for 2007/8 year.  She loves science, but not sure she likes math as much.  Well, you have to be in the Math A to be in the Earth Science she said.  [...]

Lyons F. Livingston had commented on Philatelist (January 1949 issue) that “no Chinese name can be transliterated exactly”, often occurring in various ways . He was right on the dot, especially pre-1949.  ON top of that, we have:
名 ming: the name one was born to
字 zi: a style (or name) taken at the age of [...]

Wow, Zhou Chunxiu won the London Marathon this past Sunday.  It’s usually dominated by Kenyans.  She looked well-built, and hoping to improve her timing, guess for the 2008!

Zhou Shutao  周叔『弓山文』  (1891 – 1984; Yangzhou - Tianjin )
- Deputy Mayor of Tianjin

He’s born 明扬Mingyang, then changed to 名暹 Mingxian; ziShutao 周叔『弓山文』(my Chinese WP doesn’t have the character, but it made up with those 3), wan haoShuweng 『弓山文』翁.  He’s the major figure and share holder in his uncle  Xuexi’s empire.  A famed industrialist in his own right, [...]

Te-Kong Tong  唐德刚   (1920 Hefei - )

- Ph.D., Columbia University
- Professor of History, Columbia University
I was directionless in the early days of my research.  Each library visit was limited to a narrow list of few names, then I would lingered around aisles, picking up books that caught my eyes.  One of his books 晚清七十年 the Last 70 Years of [...]

Zhou Xuexi  周学熙 [Chou Hsüeh-hsi]   (1866 – 1947; Jinling 金陵 – Beijing)  
- 举人juren, (equivalent to a master degree) 1894
- Minister of Finance/Capitalist
He served twice as Minister of Finance, 1912-3, 1915-6, and the foremost industrialist of the North: 南张北周 - the Southern Zhang Northern Zhou - the popular maxim describing the two magnates in industry and [...]