Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim on AM 1490 WGCH and Anywhere on WGCH.com: June 2018

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Coming Up Next: Judge Michael Kwan of the Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association

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America's Independence Day is fast approaching. This year the Fourth of July falls on the Wednesday after the show.

Remember fireworks? Care to guess where they were invented?

It's my pleasure to welcome the Honorable Judge Michael Kwan from Utah to the June 30 broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim.

Judge Kwan is the president of the Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association. On Conversations, Judge Kwan will take us on a remarkable trip back in time when legions of Chinese and Chinese American railroad workers accomplished the seemingly impossible as they built the Transcontinental Railroad.

Barely mentioned in American history textbooks, the contributions made by countless Chinese railroad workers is nothing short of astonishing and extraordinary. In the 19th century they endured hardships, exploitation and discrimination -and despite it all successfully connected the eastern and western sides of the United States of America as never before -transforming the nation in the process. Learn more at the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University.

We'll learn from Judge Kwan about the recently held annual Golden Spike Conference -setting the stage for next year's 150 anniversary celebrations of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

I'll be in Utah next May -and you're invited, too!

Our regular segments such as the Confucius Moment, Treasures of China and more will be featured, too.

Set your alarm clock for 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/10:30 p.m. Beijing Time, Saturday, June 30, 2018. Tune in to 1490 WGCH and anywhere via stream-audio on WGCH.com anywhere.

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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Coming Up Next: Paul Cabo, American Entrepreneur, Student & Intern/Correspondent From New York City to Beijing

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“Go West, young man,” is a famous phrase that was first popularized in the 19th century by American author and New York Herald Tribune editor Horace Greeley.

Fast forward to the 21st century. Today it’s “Go East-everyone!” Where are they going? You’ll never guess-although, if you listen to this program the answer is a no-brainer.

A huge number of foreigners -including Americans- have pulled up stakes and focused their dreams on China. You’ll agree that it takes a fair amount of risk coupled with an abundance of grit, tenacity and courage to take the plunge.

Join me for the Saturday, June 23 broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim. You’ll meet Mr. Paul Cabo, our first Beijing correspondent, intern and guest.

This native of Bedford- Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City acted on his captivation with all-things Chinese. Cabo left behind his former life as a Starbucks manager and reached for the stars and a new life in China as an English teacher in the Chinese capitol, as an entrepreneur and university student at Beijing Chinese Language and Culture College.

Cabo was featured in a 2010 New York Times piece, From Brooklyn to Beijing to Teach Children English-and Into the Cauldron. (Click here) He’s described his life as “fact is truly stranger than fiction.”

His personal image evokes a “wow-factor” on the streets of Beijing, too.

Get ready for more words of wisdom on the Confucius Moment, a journey to another of the Treasures of China, and there's much to see and do on the Weekly Almanac.

Tune in this coming Saturday, June 23 to the next broadcast on 1490 WGCH Greenwich, Connecticut USA and WGCH.com everywhere at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/10:30 p.m. Beijing Time. Can’t listen live? Fear not; we have you covered. All our shows are archived and made freely available on our special channel on podcasts.com (click here).

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Coming Up Next: Ms. Nicky Honghao Ruan of Lotus Lee Foundation's Travel Fellowship

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Coming up on the Saturday, June 16 broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim, join me as I welcome Ms. Nicky Honghao Ruan of the New York City-based Lotus Lee Foundation.

Newly established in New York City, Lotus Lee Foundation is a non-profit that is partnered with Lotus Lee Studios, a theater company founded in Shanghai in 2015.

Does an all-expense paid opportunity to travel to Shanghai and be immersed in its exciting theater community appeal to you?

You’ll want to tune in and hear about the Lotus Lee Foundation Travel Fellowship!

Go to this link for details, and scroll down to the bottom of the page to register: https://www.lotus-lee.foundation/lotus-lee-travel-fellowship/

We’ll feature the Confucius Moment, Treasures of China, the Weekly Almanac and much more!

Tune in at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/10:30 p.m. Beijing Time to 1490 WGCH Greenwich, Connecticut USA and WGCH.com anywhere.

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Monday, June 4, 2018

Coming Up Next: Diane Ako from Hawaii and a Tribute to her Late Mother, Dancer Extraordinaire Vi Wong

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It’s time to get out your dance shoes!

When I was in Hawaii recently I read a very touching obituary about the one and only Vera Ako -whose stage name was Vi Wong- who at age 88 years “went over the rainbow” in Kailua on March 23.

In the 1960s she was among the first wave of Asian American pioneering entertainers who dazzled audiences across North America, Europe and Japan at such venues as the legendary Forbidden City Nightclub in San Francisco, California. Celebrities who attended these Chinese performers included Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Duke Ellington.

There’s more! Vi Wong was part of the dance team headed by legendary Dorothy Toy -who just turned 101 years young- and Paul Wing -at a time when Hollywood overlooked the talents of Asian American performers.

Joining me from Honolulu on Conversations on the Saturday, June 9 broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim is Vi Wong’s daughter, Diane Ako.

An award-winning journalist, Diane Ako anchors and reports for Honolulu’s ABC affiliate KITV Island News. She’s also reported at stations in California, Pennsylvania and New Mexico and worked at KHON2 and KHNL. Her reporting has garnered ten first-place award from the Society of professional Journalists’ Hawaii Chapter and four Emmy nominations from the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Check out her blog at DianeAko.com.

Diane Ako launched and headed her own boutique public relations agency, Diane Ako PR. From 2010 to 2014 she was the public relations director and spokeswoman for the luxury resort Halekulani and Waikiki Parc Hotel in Hawaii.

Ako is a Kamehameha Schools alumna who earned a B.A. in Communications from Menlo College and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Do you get the impression that groundbreaking and talent runs in the family? I certainly did! You will, too.

Please tune in on Saturday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time/10:30 p.m. Beijing Time on 1490 WGCH and via live-streaming on WGCH.com anywhere. If you cannot tune in live we have you covered! Those on our email list will get a direct link to the show when it is archived on podcasts.com, on MarvelsofChina.blogspot.com, Facebook, LinkedIn and more!

My friends I have a request.

Vera was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in Year 2013. Her family requests that you consider a memorial contribution to the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine “in memory of Vera Ako.”

Here’s how:

1) Indicate if it's for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Education Fund (#12722004), the Preclinical Research Fund for Alzheimer’s (#12583204), or both

2) Please make checks payable to UH Foundation

3) Mail to:

University of Hawai‘i Foundation

P.O. Box 11270

Honolulu, HI 96828

Thank you!

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