Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim on AM 1490 WGCH and Anywhere on WGCH.com: October 2017

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Coming Up Next: Mr. Cy Feng, Education Specialist and International Director, Honda International Center at Kapiolani Community College Hawaii

I caught up with my next guest while on recent travels to Hawaii USA. Mr. Cy Feng is a native of China. He is an education specialist and international director at the Honda International Center at Kapiolani Community College (KCC) in Honolulu.

As many of you know I am an educator by profession. I taught at KCC under the Honda International Center (HIC) where I worked with visiting short-term study groups from Eastern Asia nations such as Japan, South Korea and China. If you have access to Blogspot visit my academic blog TESL Teachers Rule My World for photos, videos and even lesson assignments for my students.

Located at the base of Diamond Head Crater near Waikiki Beach, HIC offers academic excellence to students from throughout the world with the goal of developing global citizens who understand and accept the interconnectedness of peoples while also celebrating cultural values and rich ethnic diversity.

My conversation with Cy Feng will focus on the HIC's educational programs, strategic alliances with east Asian institutions, people-to-people exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region and more.

The Honda International Center is located in the Iliahi Building, Room 107. Phone (808) 734-9300. Fax (808) 734-9454. You can contact Mr. Feng at cfeng7@hawaii.edu.

You can certainly count on hearing our usual segments, such as the Weekly Almanac, Confucius Moment, Treasures of China and so on.

Be sure to tune-in this coming Saturday morning, October 28 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 10:30 p.m. Beijing Time. You can hear the broadcast live via streaming audio on WGCH.com, too.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Coming Up Next: Ms. Stephanie Liu of the Chinese Consulate General's Cultural Office Joins Us

Join me this coming Saturday, October 21 as I welcome Ms. Stephanie Liu to the Conversations segment of the Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim show. She just joined the staff of the Chinese Consulate General's Office in New York City as the Vice-Consul of Cultural Affairs.

We'll be discussing the latest experiences on the China-US Cultural Forum. From Ms. Liu I learned that China has a vibrant, dazzling modern cultural scene in the areas of the performing arts, music and so much more.

Starting in November the content of our future broadcasts will include more from and about China's contemporary culture. China has one foot in its past and one in its future, progressing forward at breakneck speed.

You can certainly count on hearing our usual segments, such as the Weekly Almanac, Confucius Moment, Treasures of China and so on.

Be sure to tune-in this coming Saturday morning, October 21 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 10:30 p.m. Beijing Time. You can hear the broadcast live via streaming audio on WGCH.com, too.

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Friday, October 13, 2017

Coming Up Next: Continued Conversation with Ret. Brig. Gen. Frances Mossman and the Greenwich/Hangzhou Sister City Relationship

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Tune-in tomorrow, Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 10:30 p.m. Beijing Time for the next broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim on 1490 WGCH and WGCH.com anywhere.

I'll be resuming my conversation by phone with Retired Brigadier General Frances Mossman in Honolulu, Hawaii. Our topic for discussion is the recently signed sister city agreement between Greenwich, Connecticut and Hangzhou, China. We also discussed this agreement and the nuances of successful sister city relationships last week.

Mossman is the President and Founder of International Coordinated Systems LLC. The unique approach developed and used by ICoord Systems enables businesses, government agencies and non-government organizations to achieve sustainable, optimum solutions for international conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution and management, offering a broad range of services to the international community through high-technology and advanced concepts and practices for the effective application of multi-cultural, non-adversarial dispute avoidance and resolution. The results are coordinated planning and operations, better risk management, cost savings, achievable goals, and mutually profitable relationships.

Mossman is a planning and policy consultant with forty-five years of combined experience in national security, defense, international relations and domestic programs at the city, county, regional, state and federal levels of government. She has worked with such eminent organizations as Rand Corporation and McKinsey and Company.

After a long military career and assignments on the Air Staff in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Mossman retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Brigadier General.

Both Greenwich and Hangzhou are seeking to open, nurture and expand social, cultural, educational and commercial ties with each other. Both municipalities are recognized finance centers. Our task is to help educate leaders in both communities and beyond about the opportunities for trusting and mutually profitable relationships. The potential is considerable.

You'll also hear the Confucius Moment, Treasures of China, Chinese Fun Facts and much more!

Be sure to tune-in this coming Saturday morning, October 14 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 10:30 p.m. Beijing Time. You can hear the broadcast live via streaming audio on WGCH.com, too. Can't listen live? We'll post a link to the archived show on Podcasts.com.

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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Coming Up Next: Ret. Brig. Gen. Frances Mossman and the Greenwich/ Hangzhou Sister City Agreement

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Coming up on the Saturday, October 7 broadcast will feature the first of two conversations with Retired Brigadier General Frances Mossman (center photo) by phone from Honolulu.

She is the President and Founder of International Coordinated Systems LLC. The unique approach developed and used by ICoord Systems enables businesses, government agencies and non-government organizations to achieve sustainable, optimum solutions for international conflict prevention, mitigation, resolution and management, offering a broad range of services to the international community through high-technology and advanced concepts and practices for the effective application of multi-cultural, non-adversarial dispute avoidance and resolution. The results are coordinated planning and operations, better risk management, cost savings, achievable goals, and mutually profitable relationships.

After a long military career and assignments on the Air Staff in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Mossman retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Brigadier General.

Over the next two weeks General Mossman and I will be discussing the nuances of "sister city" relationships with a specific focus on the recently signed agreement between Greenwich, Connecticut USA and the city of Hangzhou in China.

Both municipalities are seeking to open, nurture and expand social, cultural, educational and commercial ties with each other. Both Hangzhou and Greenwich are recognized finance centers. Our task is to help educate leaders in both communities and beyond about the opportunities for trusting and mutually profitable relationships. The potential is considerable.

You'll also hear the Confucius Moment, Treasures of China, Chinese Fun Facts and much more!

Be sure to tune-in this coming Saturday morning, October 7 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 10:30 p.m. Beijing Time. You can hear the broadcast live via streaming audio on WGCH.com, too. Can't listen live? We'll post a link to the archived show on Podcasts.com.