In November 2009, President Obama announced the 100,000 Strong initiative, “a national effort designed to increase dramatically the number and diversify the composition of American students studying in China,” under the Department of State. Recently a separate initiative, Project Pengyou, signed on to manage the vast alumni network of 100,000 Strong. On December 10 in [...]

With this post the blog turns 100…in blog years. Or blog posts. To observe my 100th post I’m offering a quick tour of what I consider the “greatest hits” of the blog: the five key posts that get at core issues around intercultural communication, especially regarding China. The sentimental favorite has to be Post #1, [...]

I wanted to share an interesting thought thread that I came upon last Friday. I was in Shanghai, participating in a gathering of a new, informal body called American and International Universities in China. The event was sponsored by the Harvard Center Shanghai. Around two dozen representatives of American and International universities with a presence [...]

I’m now feeding the blog I write for Orchestrall into this page on my site. If you click on any of the posts you’ll end up at the blog page within the Orchestrall site, and if you’d like to subscribe you can do it there. Different flavor, you’ll see!

A year ago almost to the day I posted this to the blog. In it I describe some of the rewards of working with young people in a challenging intercultural context. Tomorrow I’m off to Beijing to rejoin the YingHua Summer Language and Leadership Institute for another go-round. What’s new this year is that my [...]

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I am now blogging for Orchestrall. Here is the link. Different topics, different style, all in service of making those trans-Pacific ties ever stronger. I’d love your feedback. Please email me here.

A bit late coming, but here it is: I am now working full-time as VP, Communications & Marketing at Orchestrall, Inc. It’s an exciting new company, and for me a thrilling opportunity to help build something from the ground up — something that promises to bring the U.S. and China closer, which if you’ve followed [...]

My apologies to one and all for being absent for so long. I’ve been in a significant professional transition for a while now, which will continue through the Holidays. Early in the New Year I’ll have more about what’s coming next. Meanwhile Happy Holidays to all who celebrate them!

Tomorrow I head to China for some consulting work. I’m hoping to have the chance to post but I may not. If I don’t, then I’ll resume posting the week of November 2nd. Until then…