The Newly Rich Chinese

热度 6 何毓琦 2013-10-18 21:30

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) The Oct. 15 2013 issue of the prestigious magazine, FOREIN POLICY, has an interesting article about the newly rich Chinese tourists abroad and in their home country. People love their money but ...

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It Is Now Known All Over The World

热度 15 何毓琦 2013-10-1 19:52

For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) Notes added 10/21/2013: see also another ECONOMIST cover sotry http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=spaceuid=1565do=blogid=734875 The September 28 - October4, 2013 issue of ...

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New York City Tourist Sites

热度 2 何毓琦 2013-9-26 22:49

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) . Visiting two tourist sites in New York City: Ground Zero (the 9/11 memorial) and the Museum of modern arts There are moments in one’s life that you remember exac ...

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Bill Gates at Harvard Before there was Microsoft

热度 1 何毓琦 2013-9-20 19:42

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) . Bill Gates at Harvard Before there was Microsoft http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/09/dawn-of-a-revolution/?utm_source=SilverpopMailingutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=09.20.d ...

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A Curious news story

热度 7 何毓琦 2013-9-20 04:22

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) . The last two days, the Boston media (TV, Radio and Print) featured a “feel good” story about a homeless person who found a backpack on the street with some $42,000 (cash and traveler checks) ...

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Visit to Luoyang and the Henan S&T University

热度 6 何毓琦 2013-9-13 14:00

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) . More than 7 decades ago during WWII both my wife and I had lived in Luoyang 洛阳 : my wife for one year and I for two days. Thus it is with great pleasure and nostalgia to receive an invitation &n ...

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I am a lucky guy (II)

热度 5 何毓琦 2013-8-25 10:42

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) . While I am enormously gratified but also a little bit embarrassed when a number of my former students organized a workshop, published a collection of essays at the 2013 IEEE Conf ...

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What if you are involved in an automobile accident in the US

热度 4 何毓琦 2013-8-14 21:30

( For new reader and thosewho request 好友 请求 , please read my 公告 栏 firs t) With increasing Chinese tourists and visitors who have driving licenses to the US it is only a matter of time before they will be involved in an automobile accident. &n ...

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An interesting news item

热度 3 何毓琦 2013-8-1 07:16

​ ( For new reader and those who request 好友 请求 , please read my 公告 栏 firs t) Recently an innocent Chinese American student at UC San Diego was wrongly imprisoned for five days without light, water, food or toilet facility. He was simply forgot ...

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