Living Shanghai, My Perspective!

Linda asked a short but very good question by posting a comment to this previous article that I wrote last year: what made you buy in Sanya? By asking it, she gave me a good opportunity to reflect on my decision and the answer is: 1) Sanya’s mother natures such as its desired climate, ocean front […]

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Geely in Detroit

Just got back in Shanghai from Detroit, and one thing I felt quite differently during the trip this time than before was the feel of China’s economic influence finally reaching this American mid-west industrial hub city.

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Bi-colored Flower

【飲酒詩二十首其五】陶淵明
結廬在人境，而無車馬喧。
問君何能爾？心遠地自偏。
採菊東籬下，悠然見南山。
山氣日夕佳，飛鳥相與還。
此中有真意，欲辨已忘言。

I made a trip to GongQing Forest Park in YangPu district this weekend with family to see their annual “Late Autumn Chrysanthemum Exhibition”. Chrysanthemum is one of the most traditionally respected and loved flowers in China, especially to the Chinese intellectual class, thanks to the long-history influence of Chinese Taoism. In fact, chrysanthemum, teamed up with chimonanthus praecox (winter plum blossom), orchid, and bamboo are called four gentleman plants for their excellent characters.

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