As the American Consulate Generals Hong Kong/Macau Political Officer during the 1967 Emergency, Syd Goldsmith had access to everything the CIA, a Chinese Deep Throat, and Hong Kong Government contacts would share as the colony faced Chinese Cultural Revolution-inspired threats to its very existence. He has been a diplomat, advisor to Chinese companies, concert flutist, and university professor during his 40 years in Chinese places. Syd, Hsiu-chen and their two children call Taipei home.
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"A lively, informative and well written effort and, for me, an evocative trip down memory lane. The personality sketches are deft and right on the mark. -- Burton Levin, former US Ambassador, Consul General & Asia Society Director in Hong Kong