Jook-Sing in the Motherland

sights, sounds, thoughts from a Chinese American guy's first trip to China in June 2006

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

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4th of July - HOME SWEET HOME!! I made it back home from Shanghai to San Francisco on an 11 hour flight in time to get a little sleep, unpa...
Monday, July 03, 2006

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The food has been almost as much of an adventure as the trip to China itself. I am proud to admit that I finally ate foods like fried silkwo...

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On July 1 and 2nd I visited the cradle of Chinese Civilization, the Jinan/Shandong Province area, including the Yellow River, the birthplace...
Saturday, July 01, 2006

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I feel a bit sad as we leave Beijing today for a one hour flight to Jinan, the Capital of Shandong Province. As a Chinese American, I feel t...

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I feel like a new person. I climbed the great wall this morning, had lunch in the National History Museum , walked Tiananmen Square , touch...
Friday, June 30, 2006

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It is 6 am on Saturday morning here in Beijing. I have now figured out that our hotel overlooks the Beijing Zoo. This City is so huge and mo...
Thursday, June 29, 2006

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Flying from SF to Beijing we saw the incredible coastline of Alaska and the barren landscape of Siberia before coming upon the smog-covered ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

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After teaching my Ethnic Studies 220 course, Asians in America at San Francisco State late this afternoon I rushed to my SF Board of Educati...
Monday, June 26, 2006

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Photo: I-Hotel 2006. Community activists, tenants and social justice organizations have ensured that San Francisco's International Hotel...

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In 2 days I take off from San Francisco to Beijing for a short delegation of teachers, principals and superintendents from around the US. I ...
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dad, SF State Professor, attorney, Former Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors - District 1 representing the Richmond District; Past President - SF Board of Education; Asst. Professor, SF State Univ. - Ethnic Studies/Asian American Studies; Social Justice Activist; former director Nor. Cal. Coalition for Immigrant Rights, former Acting Dean, New College Law School, former shop steward SEIU 790 (now SEIU1021), and longtime leader Chinese Progressive Assn and APALA (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance) SF Chapter.
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