Richard Harris hosts discussion of the US presidential election, the global economic slowdown from the corona virus, and the bouyancy of Chinese market with Stewart Aldcroft, William Ma and Barry Wood. https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/money_talk/episode/713082 Continue reading RTHK Money Talk, 10-28-20, With Peter Lewis
Discussion of global unemployment, prospects for fiscal stimulus in the States, and the US presidential election, with analysts Stewart Aldcroft, David Roche and Barry Wood. https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/money_talk Continue reading RTHK Hong Kong, 10-21-20, Money Talk With Peter Lewis
Gotham Canoe OFFERINGS ABOUT CONTACT A Marine Memoir in Six Parts By Barry D. Wood PART I Slowly, silently the big ship slides away from pier 34. Nudged up close to the hull, the tug has taken hold of the mooring line and begins to guide the Swedish merchantman out into San Francisco bay. There’s a short toot and then a voice in Swedish over the … Continue reading How My Life’s Course Was Set, at 19, Aboard a Swedish Freighter, Heading for the South Seas
In September the long-delayed Frank Gehry designed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial was dedicated in downtown Washington. Understated and situated in a park-like setting across from the Air and Space Museum, a visitor strolls among panels depicting Ike’s childhood, war service and presidency. The most compelling statue is of General Eisenhower addressing troops setting out from Britain for the D-Day landing. Ike went on to become the … Continue reading Americans: Anxious and Worried
Shenzhen, 2019 In 1980 Shenzhen was an unimportant fishing village adjacent to Hong Kong’s new territories. Its population was 30,000. Today Shenzhen on a per capita basis is China’s richest city. Its population is 13 million, having become the world’s fastest growing city ever. Shenzhen is a technology center–headquarters for Huawei and Tencent. It has the world’s 4th biggest container port and China’s 5th busiest airport. During … Continue reading Shenzhen–Where China’s Economic Miracle Began
