Hello world!

In Chinese, the number ‘8’ is lucky. It’s a homonym (it rhymes)

with the character for wealth. When combined with the number ‘2’,

it’s even luckier, because 2 sounds like “easy”.

Hence, 28 is easy wealth. You’ll see these numbers all over China and

in places where Chinese live. License plates are common.

So today, I’m launching my blog on an auspicious date. Not that

easy wealth is a priority of mine. Nor that I actually believe in lucky numbers.

Some of the characters in my books do, though. You’ll meet them later.

peter