By Jeff J. Brown
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Live from the streets of China, Jeff
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2019.4.4
Shenzhen, China
April is always a time of deep reflection for me. First, there is Qingming (Chinese Tomb Sweeping) and thoughts about the past. Then, I turn another year older and ponder the future. This month I will be 65, a symbolically important age in one’s life.
My original goal was to keep working at Professor Brown (the school company we opened last year), until June 2020, when I will receive full social security retirement benefits and can live, not lavishly, but comfortably. However, for professional writing reasons, I have decided to move that up one year. I am halfway through editing and publishing my fourth book on China, but have not had the time to finish it, since starting Professor Brown, on top of writing, interviewing guests on my show and podcasting two articles a week on my website, China Rising Radio Sinoland. This fourth book’s working title is, “Faster than a Speeding Bullet – the Chinese People’s Unstoppable Socialist Dream for Global Leadership into the 22nd Century”. It will be published for worldwide distribution in 2020.
My last day at Professor Brown will be June 13. After two months in France for summer vacation, my wife Florence and I will be moving to Chiang Mai, Thailand for one year, where I will co-write another book with a fellow China author, who is based there. Its working title is, “Worker–Peasant-Soldier-Teacher: a Biography of Mao Zedong – The Man Behind the Myths through the Eyes of China’s 99%”. It will be published in 2021.
I will continue to teach students online, but at a slower pace. I have also been asked by an education media company in Beijing to create scripts and act in audio– and visual lessons, via live streaming and virtual classes, using artificial intelligence (AI). This is very exciting and something I can do at my leisure, while writing, hosting my show and podcasting.
Chiang Mai has a big Confucius Institute, linked to Yunnan University, therefore I can keep up with my Mandarin studies and make new Chinese friends there. Direct flights from Chiang Mai to China are dirt cheap, so with no more “got to go to work today”, I can come back for visits whenever I feel like it.
I have lived and worked in China for sixteen years, 1990-1997 and 2010-2019. Through all these unforgettable experiences, the Chinese people have totally transformed me and my outlook on humanity – for the better – much better. Though my remaining time on Earth is considerably shorter than the past, I am excited for the best years of my life going forward. China’s people and their 5,000 year-old civilization – past, present and future, will continue to be central to my existence. To quote two celebrated lines from the science fiction blockbuster movie, Terminator,
“I’ll be back! Hasta la vista, baby”!
Respectfully,
Jeff J. Brown
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Why and How China works: With a Mirror to Our Own History
JEFF J. BROWN, Editor, China Rising, and Senior Editor & China Correspondent, Dispatch from Beijing, The Greanville Post
Jeff J. Brown is a geopolitical analyst, journalist, lecturer and the author of The China Trilogy. It consists of 44 Days Backpacking in China – The Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century, with the United States, Europe and the Fate of the World in Its Looking Glass (2013); Punto Press released China Rising – Capitalist Roads, Socialist Destinations (2016); and for Badak Merah, Jeff authored China Is Communist, Dammit! – Dawn of the Red Dynasty (2017). As well, he published a textbook, Doctor WriteRead’s Treasure Trove to Great English (2015). Jeff is a Senior Editor & China Correspondent for The Greanville Post, where he keeps a column, Dispatch from Beijing and is a Global Opinion Leader at 21st Century. He also writes a column for The Saker, called the Moscow-Beijing Express. Jeff writes, interviews and podcasts on his own program, China Rising Radio Sinoland, which is also available on YouTube, Stitcher Radio, iTunes, Ivoox and RUvid. Guests have included Ramsey Clark, James Bradley, Moti Nissani, Godfree Roberts, Hiroyuki Hamada, The Saker and many others. [/su_spoiler]
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You will enjoy Chiang Mai, though you do need your own wheels, either 2 or 4, to get around the city. Make sure you visit Northern Thailand’s wonderful hinterland .. best done of two wheels. David Unkovich has been there since the early 80s. His website is full of info on places to visit. See gt-rider.com. Mey and I will be motor-scooter touring the Nan area this November.
Cool! Thanks, Evan.
Let’s get together when you visit in November. Our good friend Godfree Roberts has a car and recommends we get one. We’ll check out Unkovich’s website.
Best from China (for now!)