People+Society

By Ralph Novotney  “Young people today need to look at the bigger picture. Part of that picture is responsible business,” says Dr. Manson Fok. The founding Dean of Faculty of Medicine at the Macau University of Sciences and Technology speaks well with wisdom on this subject—not just as as a …

By Peace Post Staff//Images: Peace Post Staff The Sino Phil Asia International Peace Foundation donated trans-vaginal sonograms to the Health Department of Davao City and the Southern Philippines Medical Center. Presented by Sino Phil Asia International Peace Foundation Chairman Sir Billy Chan, the sonograms will be used to address rural …

  By Christopher Cottrell Images: Christopher Cottrell As an extension of medical diplomacy and peace, Professor Manson Fok, President of the Sino Asia Pacific International Medical Forum and Sino Luso International Medical Forum, presented the Davao Mayor Sara Duterte’s office and  local health officials with state-of-the art medical devices. These were …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Dr. Billy Chan A saxophone wails. The dueling bass guitarists duel as the drummer flicks his sticks. The keyboardist’s fingers dance like dragons. And the lead violinist pulls his bow like loosing an arrow. It’s Monday night in a cozy nightclub called Strumm’s in Manila. In …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell A doctor and a gentleman, Professor Nivritti Gajana Patil is one of Asia’s finest surgeons and medical education experts. From esteemed English medical wards to the witch-doctor jungles of Papua New Guinea, he has sharpened his surgical knives and intellectual wit with one main …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell Special Guest: Dr. Allan Zeman Happy Hong Kong 2020 Salute Series Looking back and to the future of the world’s first SAR—with Chinese characteristics “I’ve been in Hong Kong for 48-years,” says Dr. Allen Zeman. A Hong Kong resident who needs no introduction, Dr. …

By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Christopher Cottrell “This one I took of an antique shop because I think traditional furniture is now fading away in Macau. I also personally like vintage things,” says Macau photographer Zara Chou Cheng I. An award winner for the student led The Perspective photo and video …

By Peace Post Staff/ Images: American Chamber of Commerce for South China Guangzhou based Harley Seyedin is a champion of peace. Indeed, The recent Oslo Business For Peace Awards 2017 found the deeds of Mr. Seyedin worthy of praise and encomiums of the highest order. As President of the American …

By Peace Post Staff/ Image: Xinhua The One Belt, One Road Initiative is a “Project of the Century,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping. With over 1,500 international delegates in Beijing for the Silk Summit held Sunday and Monday, Xi further called for joint efforts to build the Belt and Road …

By Christopher Cottrell/Images: The Ocean Cleanup Dutch millennial entrepreneur and engineer Boyan Slat’s astounding plastic cleanup plan for the world’s oceans is exactly the sort of hopeful news people have been hungry for. Particularly the peoples of the Pacific who recoil in horror with the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—a field of plastic …