Modern Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth
Even in one of the world’s richest countries, a significant percentage of the population slips deeper and deeper into debt.
Read MoreAntonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA is the author of seven books about China and Southeast Asia. He has worked as a lecturer and as a program director of business education and research for joint venture universities in China. Antonio holds a PhD from Shanghai University of Sport, where he wrote his dissertation, in Chinese. In addition, Antonio received his China-MBA, from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and is currently completing a second PhD at School of Economics Shanghai University, specializing in China –US Trade, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and Trump-China economics. His China economic reports are published at The Foreign Policy Journal and The Shanghai Institute of American Studies, a China government think tank.
Posted by Antonio Graceffo | Aug 29, 2010 | US, Viewpoints |
Even in one of the world’s richest countries, a significant percentage of the population slips deeper and deeper into debt.
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Aug 22, 2010 | Asia Pacific, Culture, Reviews |
3D is the radio of the 2000’s. People always said I had a great face for radio, and now I am putting it to work.
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Aug 11, 2010 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis |
Read part one of this story here. Chin refugees buy time in Malaysia, waiting for resettlement in a safe country. While they wait, they get arrested, again, and again. In Malaysia, immigration enforcement raids are often carried...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jul 26, 2010 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis |
The dead corpses of two mangled Chin babies represent the hopeless desperation of people fleeing...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jun 30, 2010 | Asia Pacific, Culture, Reviews |
Watching the proof of our 3D martial arts fight on a video monitor was incredible. The spinning,...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jun 28, 2010 | Asia Pacific, Culture, Reviews |
I just saw “The Karate Kid 2010” tonight in Bangkok, and I feel like I am 43 going on 16. I have one of those feel-great movie highs that prompts you to make life altering decisions, which you will never follow through on when...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jun 19, 2010 | Asia Pacific, Culture |
Silat Kalam takes the position to teach people to know each other, love each other, and to learn self-defense. Practicing Kalam softens your kindness toward human beings. There is no more quarrel. And that is how God teaches us to be all of the time.
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jun 15, 2010 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis |
“We know you help Shan people Burma. Please help we. We Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.” This was...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jun 1, 2010 | Culture |
Normally, Automatic Language Growth (ALG) theory says you do 800 hours of listening, then you start speaking, and you do writing and reading last. The reality is, however, if you are not at the ALG school in Bangkok, it is nearly impossible to arrange these type of lessons for yourself.
Read MorePosted by Antonio Graceffo | Jun 1, 2010 | Culture |
Learning a language is hard work. There are no secrets and no shortcuts. You need to go to school, hire a teacher, buy books, videos, DVDs, audio, whatever materials you can find, five hours per day for up to 800 hours.
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