Hong Kong on the Brink by Syd Goldsmith
Syd Goldsmiths first taste of Chinas Cultural Revolution is blood on his tongue. It is 1967. Hong Kong is simmering, plagued by communist-led riots and strikes, crippled transport, punishing water-rationing, takeover threats from Beijing and roadside bombs. And Syd -- the only Caucasian Foreign Service Officer at the American Consulate General who speaks Cantonese -- is made responsible for reporting and analysis of the Hong Kong governments ability to survive. The CIA station chief and the head of Macaus gold syndicate play major roles in Syds story, along with Newsweeks bureau chief Maynard Parker, correspondent Sydney Liu and a steady stream of inquiring foreign correspondents and China-watchers. Richard Nixon makes a cameo appearance -- to talk football with Syd since the consul general wont see him -- in this riveting memoir of a year when Hong Kongs borrowed time seemed about to expire.
Syd Goldsmith's first novel, JADE PHOENIX, was a finalist in two major international competitions. His second explores the hearts and souls of three passionate people in TWO MUSICIANS AND THE WIFE WHO ISN'T. His op-eds on the U.S.-China-Taiwan relationship have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times and the Asian Wall Street Journal. Some forty commentaries on the 2008 Presidential election and the American scene during the early months of the Obama administration appeared in the opinion pages of the China Post. Syd has enjoyed multiple careers as a diplomat, musician and entrepreneur on both sides of the Pacific. While in the Foreign Service he learned Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, and Spanish in addition to French, and was posted to East Asia and South America. As a leadership and strategy consultant to American and Chinese companies in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, Syd served a stint as interim CEO of a Taiwanese multinational manufacturer with 8000 employees in Taiwan, China and Thailand. Syd was trained in New York as a concert flutist and has performed in twenty countries. His lifelong passion for music leads deep into the desires of his characters in Two Musicians and The Wife Who Isn't. Syd and his wife Hsiu-chen Chang live in Taipei with their two teenagers. They can be found in upstate New York in summertime, cavorting with writers and other fascinating people at the Chautauqua Institution.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789887792789 |
| ISBN 10 | 9887792780 |
| Title | Hong Kong on the Brink |
| Author | Syd Goldsmith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Blacksmith Books |
| Year published | 2017-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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