Tag: China
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Greatest Time to be Alive
Last night during NFL Sunday night football the U.S. Government broadcast the one minute message; The Final Battle. “This is the final battle with you at my side.We will demolish the deep state.We will expel the warmongers from our government.We will drive out the globalists.We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists.We will throw…
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Wilful Blindness: How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West
by Sam Cooper In 1982 three of the most powerful men in Asia met in Hong Kong. They would decide how Hong Kong would be handed over to the People’s Republic of China and how Chinese business tycoons Henry Fok and Li Ka-Shing would help Deng Xiaoping realize the Chinese Communist Party’s domestic and global ambitions.…
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Mustang Sally and the Pony of China
The year was 1969, my Dad’s friend was the proud owner of a new Mustang GT Fastback. We had the most amazing ride along Skaha Lake and the memory has never left me. At 8 years old the love of cars is already ingrained, we had Hot-Wheels miniature model cars of race cars. Ford Mustang…
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Dongjiao Coconut Plantation, Haikou, Hainan, China
Once upon a time a Coconut Plantation was a very valuable enterprise the coconuts were harvested for oils, minerals, fibres and milk. During the British colonization period there were coconut plantations in every colony that could support them. I visited several Palm Plantations, including coconut palms, in Queensland, Australia and the impression the row upon…
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China, Cheongsam and the Last Emperor
China has cast a magic spell on me, I’m enchanted with the middle kingdom, it’s wonderful people, past and present. My mind is attracted to all things related to the far east. Lately I’ve been admiring cheongsam worn by the stunning beautiful women of China. Men can dress to match, I once recall seeing a…
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China Excursion
Hong Kong to Shenzhen Epic is a word I’ve never used but is the only single word that begins to describe my China Excursion. It all started from Wan Chai in Hong Kong, with an early morning urban hike and photo shoot, to be the first to board the 7am vernacular tram ride known as…