Interests and obsessions include
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Shanghai — well really, most things China-related (except moon cakes)
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History (China — natch, American Civil war, Ulysses Grant, African American history, Pacific Northwest are all of strong interest; I could go on…)
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Art Deco design/architecture
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Trying to keep up on my 'to read' book pile
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Politics and the pursuit of inclusive democracy
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Travel (especially by train)
My China obsession started when I was in my early teens and Deng Xiaoping came to Seattle in 1979. Already interested in becoming a lawyer, the discussion in late 70’s/early 80’s Seattle of how China was opening to the West made me think there might be a need for American lawyers who spoke Chinese. In university I started to learn about China and study Chinese, then did intensive language study in Taiwan in the late 80’s, and eventually became a China-focused corporate lawyer.
My long-running campaign to move to China finally succeeded in 2004. For over 11 years, my family and I lived in Shanghai, while I worked as a partner at large international law firms and immersed myself in learning about pre-World War II Shanghai. It was a fantastic and energizing time to be in China, particularly in Shanghai.
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Events
August 26: "China from Strategic Partner to Strategic Competitor" Economic Club of Las Vegas
September 9 (9:15 pm PST; September 10 in China): "Shanghai life in the run up to Pearl Harbor" American Chamber of Commerce - Shanghai
September 28: "Blackness and Interwar Asia: A Mobius Strip of Identity Building" with Professor Keisha Brown for Asia Society of Los Angeles (registration link to follow)
Recent Posts
Publications
Inspiration
China Rhyming
Envigorating treatment of true spirit of Art Deco
YANG DI
https://archive.shine.cn/feature/Envigorating-treatment-of-true-spirit-of-Art-Deco/shdaily.shtml
Shanghai Sojourns
ANDREW FIELD