One love story. One belief. One massacre. Thirty-five years later, where is that love now? While a single photo of a man’s defiant image changed the world, two young loves had their world obliterated. Xui and Wei were madly in love. Inspired by the hopes pulsing through the new China that infused the student population, […]
About Face
A Cautionary Tale to Anyone Doing Business in China In the early 1980s, with the encouragement and mentorship of Dr. Armand Hammer, founder and Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Company, Carole Sumner Krechman and her husband, Sheldon Krechman, were presented with the opportunity to expand their U.S. roller rinks business into China. They excitedly pursued the […]
Free: Make Enterprise Great Again: The Gods Must Be Crazy!
Is U.S. capitalism failing? Is China as an economic force that we should worry about? Should we return Roosevelt-like policies to build a capitalistic society that works for all? This book digs into these questions and more. A note from the author: I, too, had an excruciating 2020. To begin with, including COVID taking my […]
Oriental Vagabonds: A Tale of a Far East Tramp
The eve of World War 2. Hitler is finalizing plans for the conquest of Europe and flexing his muscles in Spain, while the Japanese are poised to invade China, and eyeing off the resources of the East Indies and Indochina to fuel their war machine. Dangerous times, but there are still profits to be made […]