Chinese Canadian Library Weblog

It’s mild and warm this winter break. Besides attending parties, we took a walk along the river to Steveston. Many other people enjoyed the mild weather there. Starbuks and resturants in the village were full. While I was working from home, I heard geese flying by quite often, and I saw thousands of them landed [...]

We are lucky this winter in BC. Lots of Sunshine and beautiful mornings in Richmond. Tons of Chinese media coverage on our trip to China, and glad to see a couple from the States. One is by Dr. Lee in American Libraries. Another by Brother Qiu in World Journal.

Jade likes to walk over to our class. So many motor cycles on the road. People are in fast pace, polite and quiet rushing to different directions. We pass by a huge Memorial Park and the Library is facing the Memorial Hall, but on a much quieter block, near the Presidential building.

I love this car-free island and enjoy strolling around its quiet and windy alleys. We took the ferry here in the late afternoon, when most tourists are going back to the city.

I like the green campus by the ocean in Xiamen. Uncle Xiao is so much fun to be with. He appointed many sisters, and a niece. He has a very casual and encouraging management style. I gave him my new book. His present has been with me for many stops around the world. He’s been [...]

We tried a new format of orientation this term. Pascale from Political Science told me about her thesis proposal on China’s natural resource industry. The challenge is to collect and analyse different data sets from different sources, such as the associations on top of the National Statistical Bureau. She told me there are a whole [...]

Mr. Peter Eng brought a group of scholars from Macau, who need to interview the founders of UM in town. I remember what Peter told me about how that university was built and the support he gathered worldwide in early 1980′s…Getting to know Peter is the best experience this summer. Our chat about Kissinger’s book [...]

First time on UVic campus was on April 9th for BC China Scholars’ Symposium. I didn’t expect that sort of strong response to our presentation…I enjoyed my company of Chris, Allison, Tim, Anna, Desmond, and getting to know more China specialists in BC. On the ferry back home, I walked into Allan and Greg who [...]

Walking along the beach then into the Hilton Village and Ballroom, I saw a whole lot more attendees on March 30th. This is the first time when Chinese, Japanese and Korean librarians meet for common interest instead of having separate committee meetings. The new format worked out nicely, but we could still cut some speakers [...]

Managed to attend a couple sessions of this two-day conference. I am impressed by my junior fellows who organized the conference around the lastest issues, such as Jasmine Protest and Japan’s triple disaster. They invited experts like the former ambassador, Joseph Caron, and Victor Radujko from Privy Council Office. Many profs chaired the panel or [...]