Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

Great stuff .. University of Southern California The Richard Nixon Foundation: The Week that Changed the World, Part I The old aids talking: Dwight Chapin, Deputy Assistant to the President Jack Brennan, Military Aide to the President Larry Higby, Assistant White House Chief-of-Staff China Institute’s new documentary project Assignment Getting to Beijing: Henry Kissinger’s Secret [...]

Li Peng‘s diary of economy (?) 1983—1986年　调查研究熟悉工作, 重点工程取得成果 1987—1990年　治理整顿深化改革, 稳定政策经济好转 1995—1998年　对外全面开放格局形成, 抵御金融危机战胜洪水 1999—2003年　人大依法监督经济工作, 确定建设小康社会目标 1991—1994年　基本完成治理整顿, 控制基建抑制通胀 策划：《李鹏经济日记》真实记录经济发展 《李鹏经济日记》珍贵照片集萃 Share

Freedom .. Uncle Jimmy said Beida 北大 and Qinghua 清华 (Beijing and Qinghua universities) worked very hard to boost their standing into the top 20 schools in the world, they even invited/employed the former Columbia University president (?) to study/solve the problem. His parting word was: open the door. True freedom breeds innovation. Many might [...]

Michael Chinoy’s documentary on China the week that changed the world screened at China Center this evening at 7 World Trade Center @ 250 Greenwich Street more pix on FB It’s a wonderful documentary, also brought back many memories from that by-gone era. Did I mention that Dr. Henry Kissinger was the very first rock [...]

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Jiujiu had told me this story many times about CC Chow and her husband book donation to Beijing Library. The couple weren’t wealthy at all, not even well to do but they decided to donate books regularly to Beijing Library.  I’ve written about this in my book.  Many books, as it turned out to be very valuable to China. [...]

As I’m reading this, I can’t help but think about the unions in the USA – it’s time to go; the world is really flat now. I still vividly remember my first moments in New York: my baffling affection for it (as if I knew it for a long time) and rolling my eyes over [...]

Such bad manner !! By Kari Huus, msnbc.com Concertgoers at the New York Philharmonic Tuesday night did not have to be musicologists to work out that the marimba was not part of the famous work. Conductor Alan Gilbert halted the performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony when the offending iPhone ringtone sounded — and persisted. Just [...]

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I went to swim in the morning, 9am on the dot. The pool wasn’t crowded at all. I had the lane to myself till the 18th lap. I was out of the building and into my car by 10am. No complain. Driving into heart of Flushing at that hour was already slow. I sat in [...]

首届美东华语电影节暨原创短片大赛 我的两个参赛作品在业余/纪录片是 参赛作品编号 021 李鸿章和我的家谱 [07:21] Youtube 可以快点 参赛作品编号 098 擋板 纽约巨人队 [04:16] Youtube 可以快点 我也竞争 最受欢迎的电影 选择类别，所以请 在这里投我一票 如果你喜欢 (参赛作品编号021 和 098; 请用 最新上传 比较容易找到我的作品) – 谢谢. 请和你的朋友分享. 土豆网: 李鸿章和我的家谱 和 擋板 纽约巨人队, 很慢 The First East Coast Chinese Original Short Film Festival Contest My two entries in the Amateur/Documentary are: Entry Number 021 The [...]

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My primary/high school mate 郑宏伟 Zheng Hongwei sent me this link, pretty cute isn’t it? Wei was our class monitor banzhang 班长 too. Share

Ulysses S. Grant & Li Hung Chang [Hongzhang], Tientsin, China [1879] Attribution Unk [RESTORED] I found this pix in flickr, wondering how does the intellectual or copy right work here? I really enjoyed reading it, thanks to ralph repo. This image has no title, and was likely taken by an anonymous Chinese photographer (at Qing [...]

During a dinner conversation, Pump and I both regretted that we didn’t have much local breakfasts this summer in Beijing. Xiaoyi and Xiaoyifu served cereal, granola, boiled eggs and [great tasting] yogurt daily while we wished for porridge and pancakes- they tried hard to make Pump feel at home. One of the things stroke Pump [...]

Have I found another long lost cousin or mystery? A friend had information on this Mr. Chou who claimed himself to be one of the Zhous, who also a stamp collector. The last deal with him was around 2005/6, and unfortunately many items he sold were not too genuine. The forgeries are of very high [...]