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Welcome to the official newsletter of the Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim Show that airs weekly on NewsTalk AM 1490 WGCH Radio in Greenwich, Connecticut USA.
HAPPY LANTERN FESTIVAL!
Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, I am told that taboos are no longer in effect -which means all those colorful, vibrant decoration we've come to know and love must come down. This festival has been around for 2000 years! Celebrations include enjoying the lanterns, solving lantern riddles, eating colorful ball dumplings in soup, lion dances and dragon dances. Oh, yes, family reunion dinners are held filled with good food and oceans of smiles!
WHAT'S NEW
The show is now listed on the station's web site: www.wgch.com. Our third show aired on Saturday morning, February 20. We remind our readers and listeners that the shows are archived as podcasts. These can be heard and downloaded for free from the station web site.
Just go to the station web address at www.wgch.com, click Shows & Hosts, scroll down and find the show's title, and click the broadcast you want to hear. The most recent show is added by the station on Monday or Tuesday.
Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim has a dedicated email address MarvelsofChina@gmail.
WE ARE ON FACEBOOK!
The show now has a Facebook page all its own! Please go online to https://www.facebook.com/
CONFUCIUS MOMENT
"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."
Isn't it true that experience is our best teacher? Whether in business or life in general, we make mistakes often.
Why?
Very often we are in a state of hope that circumstances will change. What I derive from this wise saying is that we should take chances and be courageous.
Hopefully, no matter what or how things turn out you'll look back, learn and have a good laugh.
Be sure to tune-in next week for another Confucius Moment on AM 1490 WGCH and at WGCH.COM everywhere.
CONVERSATIONS
Conversations is a regular segment of the show in which we hear from important and interesting people on Chinese culture, the arts, business, and more.
My guest on the February 20 show was Major General William Chen. This Vietnam veteran is the first Chinese American to attain the rank of Major General, U.S. Army. He spoke to the listening audience about his late-father, Moon Chen, a World War II veteran of the renowned Flying Tigers and a successful aerospace executive. Maj. Gen. Chen is also the chairman of the board of the Chennault Foundation. He also talked to me about his original ancestor in America who in the 19th century worked on the Transcontinental Railroad. This successful family epitomizes the "American Dream." Tune in to the February 20 archived podcast version of the show on www.wgch.com/
To learn more about Major General Chen visit this web site: http://
PATHS TO THE PAST
On this segment of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim we learned that a civil servant named Su Song built the first mechanical clock some time between A.D. 1088 and A.D. 1092. It could tell the time of day and also track the constellations so that accurate horoscopes could be determined.
During the broadcast my show engineer Tony Savino and I learned about an important 20th century American politician and his wife who spoke Chinese.
When Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover were newlyweds they left the USA for a two-year residency in China. Before his term as President of the United States of America, Hoover was a mining engineer and executive in Tianjin. Mrs. Hoover became fluent in Chinese. Her husband? Not so much.
In later years they would speak to each other in Chinese when they did not want people around them to understand what they were saying.
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COMING UP SOON ON MARVELS OF CHINA: PATHWAYS TO THE PACIFIC RIM
Want to learn some Chinese? The language has been around for thousands of years, so why not? This past week I met with two of the business and teaching staff of the Chinese Language School of Connecticut. I have invited representatives of this school -the only accredited Chinese language school in Connecticut- to be guests on the show. Go to the following web site to learn more about this remarkable school: http://www.
Thanks to my guest Major General Chen, I look forward to welcoming as my guest Ms. Nell Calloway, the president and CEO of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum. Her grandfather was Claire Chennault of the renowned Flying Tigers in World War II. We met briefly in Beijing in early September, 2015 when we and many others were guests of the Chinese government. The occasion was the 70th Year Victory Day celebrations on September 3 marking the end of World War II.
I received the following message from her:
I received the following message from her:
Jeffery thank you for promoting world peace by reminding people of this time in our history. I have been to the Pacific [Aviation] Museum and it is outstanding. l was invited to be there for the exhibit but unfortunately I could not arrange it in my schedule. I have been asked to participate in a Smithsonian Living History day next September which I have on my calendar.
The event in Beijing was truly amazing and I wish our country placed more importance on this time in our history. The Chinese do a much better job remembering their history and I can only hope that we can inspire our youth to do the same thing.
We are so proud to have General Chen as the Chairman of our Foundation and thank you for giving him the time to let your audience know about the Foundation and the work that we are doing here at the Museum.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Nell Calloway, CEO/President
Chennault Aviation and Military Museum
Go to this link to learn more about the museum: http://www.
The exhibit Ms. Calloway refers to is National Memories: China-USA World War II Collaboration: http://
You can learn more about the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii here: http://www.
I am also looking forward to welcoming H. Allen Larsen. He and William L. Dibble authored the book China in the Eyes of Flying Tigers 1944-1945. We enjoyed the pleasure to meeting each other in Beijing during the September 3 Victory Day 70th Year Commemorations in 2015. I was amazed to learn what a small world we live in when Allen mentioned that he and his family lived in Greenwich, Connecticut for two years -and in a 19th century home built by one of my ancestors. What an honor it was for me to meet and shake hands with one of the legendary Flying Tigers! Go to this link for more information on Mr. Larsen's book: http://www.amazon.com/
REMEMBER TO TUNE IN
Be sure to tune-in every Saturday morning 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Eastern USA Time on NewsTalk AM 1490 WGCH Radio in Greenwich, Connecticut USA and everywhere on wgch.com.
Xie xie! Thank you!
Jeffrey Bingham Mead,
Your Host
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