The Tang Dynasty poem "Chang Hen Ge" ("Song of Unending Sorrow") by Bai Juyi (Po Chu-i) is about the tragic love affair between the Chinese emperor (Tang Minghuang) and his favorite concubine (Yang Guifei) in eighth-century China. The poem was composed in the year 806 by Bai Juyi (born 772 in Xinzheng - died 846 in Luoyang).
Born Wah Kong Chan in Guangzhou (Canton), China and educated in Hong Kong and the U.S., James Chan, Ph.D., started out as a professor of geography with a foucs on China and Asia. James Chan received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1977, M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1973, and B.A. from the University of Hong Kong in 1970. An animated public speaker in three languages (English, Mandarin Chinese (putonghua) and Cantonese), Dr. Chan is the author of the book, Spare Room Tycoon, on how people with an entrepreneurial mind can turn their personal passions into profitable businesses and achieve self realization. Visit him at asianmarketingmanagement.com.
Born Wah Kong Chan in Guangzhou (Canton), China and educated in Hong Kong and the U.S., James Chan, Ph.D., started out as a professor of geography with a foucs on China and Asia. James Chan received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1977, M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1973, and B.A. from the University of Hong Kong in 1970. An animated public speaker in three languages (English, Mandarin Chinese (putonghua) and Cantonese), Dr. Chan is the author of the book, Spare Room Tycoon, on how people with an entrepreneurial mind can turn their personal passions into profitable businesses and achieve self realization. Visit him at asianmarketingmanagement.com.