China Hand: From the Great Wall to Olive Ball and Beyond
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How 22 young people raised $42,000 to pay for a tripto the People's Republic of China in 1979 is just one secret that Ruth Pennington Paget shares in China Hand. Paget's three-week study tour prepared he to sell sponsorships and coordinate public relations for the first Super Bowl show in China in 1986. Her section about studying Chinese art and society at the University of Chicago reveals how the Chinese view theworld and the infrastructure of China's economic success. Paget's knowledge of Chinese bronze vessels created her first opportunites to write about art, and her late-found love of Chinese food helped her become a restaurant reviewer for two years. Throughout China Hand, Paget shows how to benefit culturally andeconimically from learning Chinese though.
Book Excerpt:
"I would like to go to China, because it is a storehouse of knowledge," I told the television reporter, who had come to film a clip about the Detroit Youth Tourto China's efforts to raise $42,000 to send 22 young Detroiters to the as yet unrecognizedmainland China in 1978. The group had raisedabout $8,000 at the time of the clip, but time was running out. We had six months to go before we were supposed to arrive on March 1, 19798....
We had to resort to some Motown-style fundraising to realize our dreams...
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Original Publish Date:
August 1, 2005
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0-595-36730-5
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paperback, e-book
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