Jul 19 2007
Got this map today, finally I’m going to frame them, the bond (5% Canton-Kowloon Railway) that financed part of the railroads on this map - from Canton or Guangzhou to Shenzhen. It’s copyrighted by Wilhelm Kuhlmann in 1985 who wrote the China’s Foreign Debt, cataloging China’s loans 1983. For some reason, the map is tad confusing, as far [...]
Jul 19 2007
One summer day, the first few months I was in New York living on my own, went to visit grandaunt Lucy at Columbia Uni. Got off at 116 Street, on my way to her apt. on 120 Street, there was a black girl holding a small box walked up to me - I must have looked a total [...]
Jul 19 2007
By Carr, a story of Frederick Ward, who’s born in 1831 in Salem, MA. An American sailor turned mercenary, he died as a Chinese citizen in 1862 on the front line battling Taiping rebels, left behind a fortune, which was what he set out to do. I found that remarkable: no Internet to google where [...]
Jul 19 2007
Dow’s been kissing around 14k for a few days, I was told. I’m getting market update from King now.
Jul 19 2007
Sensational. Is that a Song or Ming Dynasty plate? Oh boy, be careful with such rare and expensive object. Or a 99¢ off Chinatown street vendor? It’s hard to comprehend why would a serious weekly like BisWk employ such cheap shot. Garner more readers? What type of audience would go for this reporting? Curious George who knows pretty much nothing about [...]