Timeline Stories Archives - Weijian Shan https://weijian-shan.com/ctl-stories/timeline-stories/ Economist, businessman, author of Out of the Gobi Tue, 05 Mar 2019 18:12:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Weijian Shan with Zhang Zhiqiu https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/july2005/ Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:57:23 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11194 Weijian Shan with Zhang Zhiqiu (Er Gou), right, at Fanshengedan by Lake Wuliangsu, with the crumbling barracks used during reed-cutting seasons in the background, on July 10, 2005.

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]]> Weijian Shan with Zhang Zhiqiu (Er Gou), right, at Fanshengedan by Lake Wuliangsu, with the crumbling barracks used during reed-cutting seasons in the background, on July 10, 2005.

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]]> The Gobi in 2005 https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/gobi2005/ Sun, 09 Jan 2005 18:56:02 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11192 The Gobi in 2005. To protect the sparse vegetation, only camels, considered to be endangered, are still allowed to graze the land.

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]]> The Gobi in 2005. To protect the sparse vegetation, only camels, considered to be endangered, are still allowed to graze the land.

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]]> Family in Grand Teton Park https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1995/ Mon, 09 Jan 1995 18:54:50 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11190 Family in Grand Teton Park in 1995.

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]]> Weijian Shan in Berlin https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/march1990/ Sat, 17 Mar 1990 18:53:23 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11187 Berlin, March 17, 1990. Weijian Shan (hand up in a victory sign) and Wharton colleague Isik Inselbag.

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]]> Berlin, March 17, 1990. Weijian Shan (hand up in a victory sign) and Wharton colleague Isik Inselbag.

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]]> Weijian Shan in his office https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1990/ Tue, 09 Jan 1990 18:51:58 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11185 Weijian Shan, in his office at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1990.

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]]> Weijian Shan, in his office at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1990.

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]]> Weijian Shan and family in San Francisco https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1985/ Wed, 09 Jan 1985 18:50:29 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11183 The family finally together in San Francisco in summer 1985.

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]]> Weijian Shan chatting with mayor of San Francisco https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1980/ Wed, 09 Jan 1980 18:49:30 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11181 Weijian Shan (far left) chatting with Dianne Feinstein, then mayor of San Francisco, in 1980.

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]]> Weijian Shan (far left) chatting with Dianne Feinstein, then mayor of San Francisco, in 1980.

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]]> Weijian Shan with future wife https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1978/ Mon, 09 Jan 1978 18:47:47 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11179 Weijian Shan with future wife, Bin Shi, at the Great Wall, summer 1978.

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]]> Tiananmen Square on April 4 1976 https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1976/ Sun, 04 Apr 1976 18:45:23 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11177 Tiananmen Square on April 4 1976. The author took the pictures of the mass protest against the radicals led by Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, in the name of mourning Premier Zhou Enlai, who died on January 8 of the same year. The crackdown on the next day marked the event as “April 5th Movement” of [...]

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]]> Tiananmen Square on April 4 1976. The author took the pictures of the mass protest against the radicals led by Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, in the name of mourning Premier Zhou Enlai, who died on January 8 of the same year. The crackdown on the next day marked the event as “April 5th Movement” of 1976 in Chinese history.

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]]> Gobi friends on home leave https://weijian-shan.com/timeline/1974/ Wed, 09 Jan 1974 18:43:58 +0000 https://weijian-shan.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=11175 Gobi friends on home leave in Beijing, 1974. Left to right, front row: Cui Xianchao, Yang Yulong, Li Changsheng, Wang Dacheng. Back row: Ding Desheng (“Dasheng” or “Great Saint”), Yang Shengchen, Liu Xiaotong, Li Rongtian, Qin Zhiqiang, Huang Shurong, Weijian Shan, Li Zhuangzhong, Wang Zutong.

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]]> Gobi friends on home leave in Beijing, 1974.
Left to right, front row: Cui Xianchao, Yang Yulong, Li Changsheng, Wang Dacheng. Back row: Ding Desheng (“Dasheng” or “Great Saint”), Yang Shengchen, Liu Xiaotong, Li Rongtian, Qin Zhiqiang, Huang Shurong, Weijian Shan, Li Zhuangzhong, Wang Zutong.

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