Ειδησεις - The 135th Canton Fair was held in Athens - Bank of China's Athens branch is strengthening economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, encouraging investment and providing financial services to support business activities.
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I had dinner recently with Mr. Jose Luis Yulo Jr., president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands, who I like talking to because he does not only have a good grasp of history but he could provide perspectives that other businessmen cannot.
Among the topics we discuss
My first trip to China apparently began in Montreal.It was April 1971, and the American ping-pong team had just been invited to China, opening the public part of the complex diplomacy that eventually brought Richard Nixon to Beijing and direct relations between the U.S. and the People’s Republic. I was then the Washington-based diplomatic correspondent for the Wall Street
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Thursday April 1, 2021
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration,
Billy Bob’s Texas (2520 Rodeo Plaza, 817-624-7117) is kicking off the month with country legends the
Gatlin Brothers. Larry, Steve, and Rudy hit the stage at 9pm. Doors open at 6pm, and the house band starts up at 8pm. Tickets are $20-40 at BillyBobsTexas.com.
Downtown Grapevine (530 S Main St, 817-310-9400) for the
Gateway Classic Cruise Night Car Show. This event is free to participate in and to attend. For more info and updates, visit Facebook.com/GCCDFW.
Lowside with special guests Bullit and Empiire at
This essay first appeared as part of the
In my third year at McGill University in Montreal, a much older, married classmate suggested the two of us go to China during our summer vacation. I was 19; she was probably all of 25. When we applied for visas, she, a white Australian, was turned down and I was approved. It was my first lesson in Chinese apartheid.
As a third-generation Canadian, I didn’t speak Chinese and dreaded going alone. But the lure was too great. In 1972, China was radical-chic, at least to an idealistic university student in Montreal. Against a backdrop of protests against US involvement in the Vietnam War, Beijing was a beacon of hope.