One of the many graphics from a book of post cards depicting Cultural Revolution art from the 1960s and 1970s. This one depicts Proletarian hero Li Yu He, Shanghai 1970 (Courtesy of Madam Mao’s Dowry, 207 Fumin Rd., Shanghai.)Read More →
(SHANGHAI) JUNE, 2013 – “Funny in a way… If you have a dark sense of humor like me.” Curtis – who had made himself unreachable by phone – was starting up another conversation by email. Even in person sometimes he wasn’t there. This time it was about theRead More →
Placards and posters told consumers that they have a right, one of many listed on a translated bill of rights, to have things “their way” and to stand up and fight for that right if they don’t get it.Read More →
We’ve taken to speaking their language among ourselves. We call our cell phones shoji, our troubles mafan, our streets lu.Read More →
NBC chose to ignore both the story about the first out-Olympian, an Australian diver, and his partner who was in the stands. This, after making a big deal about heterosexual news among the athletes. I got the story from Yahoo and wrote and voiced it for FOX which was more than happy to take it. My first line: NBC PAID 900 MILLION FOR THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO BROADCAST THE BEIJING OLYMPICS BUT THEY COULDN’T AFFORD ONE SECOND FOR TOLERANCE.Read More →
When the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami struck I was in Shanghai, China. Now, more than a decade later, the shock still lingers. Read More →
(Dublin, Ireland) August, 2017 – The Irish who fled famine in the 1840s are just like the refugees today navigating the Mediterranean, says guard Henry Lee. Read More →
(BOSTON) Jan 21 – Bostonians don’t really care how footballs in the championship game were deflated.Read More →
Bill Marcus’s coverage of the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, friend of the alleged Boston marathon bomber.Read More →
(CHICOPEE, MA, BOURNE, MA) JULY 19 – Local pols say residents don’t want to extend welcome mat to unaccompanied immigrant minors. Read More →
(BOSTON) JULY 18 – Governor Deval Patrick says Massachusetts will welcome unaccompanied minors.Read More →
(BRISTOL COUNTY, MA) JULY 14 – A Massachusetts sheriff says health and safety are at risk. Read More →
(BOSTON) JULY 13 – Azamat Tazhayakov didn’t grow up watching American cop shows.Read More →
(RYE BROOK, NY) MAY 15 – Republicans today nominated for governor of the state of New York Mr. Rob Astorino. But for me, it was a chance to come home.Read More →
The L.A. Times has dutifully sent a reporter to Wenzhou. So has the BBC. Both have come up with on-the-scene articles.Read More →
In the case of the Wenzhou Church, CNN Thursday connects a change in government rhetoric to an investigation of five government officialsRead More →
Monday, the LA Times joined the Washington Post and The New York Times with its story.Read More →
The practical application of the negotiated settlement between local officials and local Christians in Wenzhou started being enforced today in China. Read More →
In a few hours, the floodgates will open on the next big thing: the rush to create a domain name in Chinese. Read More →
Duped. I let down my guard and my prejudices about the Communist government of China flowed through. Boy, do I feel like an idiot. Read More →