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Final thoughts on China…
March 16, 2024 Thank you for your recent comments on my blog regarding Tianjin, China and its regulatory compliance environment. Your comments let me know that some of you are following along. Any writer appreciates feedback. The blog begged the larger question of what is the probability of China overtaking the United States as the…
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Hong Kong…
March 17, 2024 If I asked you to find Hong Kong on a map of China, you would have difficulty finding it. You will note that I didn’t start this blog with Hong Kong, China… The reason being is that Hong Kong, unbeknownst to many, is not part of China. Hong Kong is a special…
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St. Patrick’s Day…
March 17, 2024 Surprisingly, they do seem to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in many different parts of the world. Saw some folks in Hong Kong wearing green and saw a sign for a St. Patrick’s Day Party. Uh, it was in a pub… Thanks for travelling with us…
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Da Nang, Vietnam…
March 19, 2024 No city is more synonymous with the Vietnam War than Da Nang. A few weeks ago, was the 59th anniversary of when the US Marines landed on the shores of Da Nang on March 8, 1965. For our young readers here is my quick synopsis of the Vietnam War. For over 150…
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Hoi An, Vietnam…
March 19, 2024 After a short time in Da Nang, I decided to return to a Vietnam that I remember. Hoi An is only a 50-minute ride away by bus from Da Nang, but a world of difference away in culture. Hoi An maintains many traditions that you do not see in the larger Vietnamese…
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Ho Chi Minh City…
March 21, 2024 First, let me share with you a photo I forgot to include on my post on Hoi An, Vietnam. I will explain to you later why I am including this picture. Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Or is it Saigon, Vietnam? Tourists have come to know this city as Ho…
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Singapore
March 23, 2024 Someone asked if I had taken a photo of Independence Palace while in Saigon. If you recall, on the morning of April 30, 1975, a column of 7 North Vietnamese tanks rolled down Saigon’s deserted streets and crashed through the gates of South Vietnam’s presidential palace. A soldier leapt from the lead…
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Sea Days 1…
March 25, 2024 I shared in a previously post that “Many passengers clamor the arrival at the next port. Not me. It is rare that one has the opportunity to have a completely unobstructed view, yet with the exception of sighting flying fish and a school of dolphins only the grandeur of the endless horizon…
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Sea Days 2…
March 28, 2024 I continue to learn from my travels. I find myself in geographical locations/environments whereas a Christian I am in a minority, which I somehow tend to like. It allows me to challenge and reaffirm my own faith. Many of the staff onboard the ship are from Indonesia and Bali in particular. Many…
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Happy Easter…
March 31, 2024 In People of the Lie, Psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, M.D., wrote evil people suffer from an extreme form of “self-protectiveness…Their “goodness” is all on the level of pretense. It is a lie…this is why they are “people of the lie.” They lie not to deceive others but to deceive themselves regarding their…
The Hope For Today Charitable Trust. Seeing God's hand at work… Around the World.
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