Jack Yuan is now a sophomore at Stanford University and the founder of Tianchi Medical. (personal photo)
“I had a firsthand experience of what it felt like to be locked down back in China and how it completely wiped out the concept of living a normal life,” said 19-year-old Stanford University student Jack (Bi Tian) Yuan, who was home last January in China when his country began stemming the spread of COVID-19 by using PPE and quarantining cities.
Almost one year after the coronavirus outbreak, he tells Spend Matters about how the events he saw turned him into the unlikely owner of a medical supply chain company that delivers personal protective equipment (PPE) all over the world.
KJZZ revisits Palabras Bilingual Bookstore in Phoenix and The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale.
Every week since the pandemic began, the American Booksellers Association says more than one independent bookstore has permanently closed. In April, KJZZ reported on how two locally owned bookstores had changed their business models. In this report, we see how they’re doing.
The Poisoned Pen
In early November, Patrick Milliken interviewed Arizona author Isabella Maldonado as she launched the first volume in her new series at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale.
“It’s an FBI thriller,” she said. “You might describe it as like the Silence of The Lamb meets Criminal Minds meets The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo.”