Japanese Coastline

Chasing the Sun: On my way to China!

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July 2nd 2008
I headed out to China today for the last part of my EMBA program at UCLA. What should have been a simple trip to the airport resulted in nearly missing my flight. There was a bomb scare at the International terminal (terminal 5?) at LAX and they shut down all entry to the airport just as we were arriving there around 11:00 am. Traffic was a mess and we drove around for a while hoping that entry wo ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more