Shopping in Shanghai
Not far from the Hengshan Hotel where I always stayed when I was in Shanghai was Nanjing Road (Nanking in English). This well-known...
Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy
The deity I saw most in China was Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. She is possibly one of the most revered supernatural beings of the...
Thank you Publish Authority for helping make the 'book within me' a reality!
In my first blog post I mention the journals I took with me on my trips to China to record much of what I saw and experienced during the...
Why a Tiger?
When I wrote the specifications for the Mei Wen Ti, I didn’t ask the shipyard to include any carving or artwork on the hull much less a...
First Blog Post
Hello, you have found your way to the blog of author Walt Hackman. After I had made the decision to travel to China to investigate...