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A Shanghai Fourth of July

Posted by Keith on July 4, 2007 at 5:54 pm | Leave a Comment

Treasure Our Independence Day

Shanghai’s 16 million people went about their business yesterday without so much as a nod to our Independence Day. But then, in a nation with little political freedom, and with, in particular, almost no freedom of political speech, why would they? How could they?

Yesterday, above and below a large color photo of Chinese troops marching in their newly-designed uniforms, the state controlled English language tabloid here, The Shanghai Daily, featured two articles on its front page: Yuan jumps to new high against dollar, and US Urged to pull China Piracy Charge.

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VIDEO: Spectacular Hong Kong Fireworks!

Posted by Keith on July 2, 2007 at 4:05 pm | 2 Comments

FROM HONG KONG: Keith’s July 1 Radio Show

Posted by Keith on July 1, 2007 at 2:10 pm | Leave a Comment

The Palauan Legend of Meduu Ribtal (The Breadfruit Story)

Posted by Keith on June 29, 2007 at 9:11 pm | Leave a Comment

By Keith DeGreen

IMG_0935Ling Tebang’s exquisite mahogany storyboards hang in the lobbies of the Pacific Islands’ most distinguished financial institutions and luxury resorts.

His Breadfruit Story carving tells a particularly compelling story.

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From Palau to Hong Kong — What a Trip!

Posted by Keith on June 28, 2007 at 3:30 am | 1 Comment

A final Sunset Cruise in Palau

I flew from Palau to Hong Kong yesterday. But the evening before my departure we were joined by many of our new friends on Palau for a sunset cruise aboard The Global Adventure – and what a perfect evening it was!

Our twenty-plus guests included citizens not only of Palau, and people of Polynesian descent, but also of Japan, Ireland, and Sweden, and – of course – the U.S.

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FROM PALAU: Keith’s June 24 Radio Show

Posted by Keith on June 24, 2007 at 3:14 pm | 1 Comment

Paradise on Palau

Posted by Keith on June 23, 2007 at 6:35 pm | 1 Comment

I own the early mornings here. The crew sleeps in. Captain Wolf will rise in an hour. It is quiet ashore. Only a rooster crowing somewhere behind Sam’s punctuates the morning stillness.

Nearby I see a few of the limestone cupcake-shaped Rock Islands, their bottoms just above the water, forming a perfectly horizontal lip, beneath which the tides have eaten away some of the stone, creating a pedestal on which each sits and above which a riot of mahogany, teak, and palm trees, and seemingly all things green crowd together to form a dense old-growth jungle canopy under which one could, with effort, climb or hike.
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Photo Alert! See the New Palau Photo Album in Our Photo Gallery!

Posted by Keith on June 21, 2007 at 10:27 pm | 1 Comment

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