Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile.
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo.
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Saturday, May 25, 2024
How to remember a Chinese name--
Chu--clan name or family name
Teh-Chun first or given name--
so in Chinese I would be
Kong Qi Mei.
Look up the meanings of each name online.
Differentiate Wade-Giles spelling/transliteration fromnew Pinyin spelling--
e.g--Mao Zedong from old spelling-
5-25-2024
