Zhao Xiaolan (with disc)

Author: Zhao Xiaolan Zhang Kerong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: 108 individuals, 108 stories; spanned 4 years, with multiple transoceanic field shoots. Unraveling the threads, telling the successes and failures, the indescribable emotional impact that can only be encountered once in a lifetime, measuring their journey of the heart. Bridging the distance, sharing with you the glory and dreams that can move every Chinese person. Every story has a reason to stir the heart. There are times of prosperity and adversity, places of vastness and narrowness, positions of honor and disgrace. The twists and turns of life, the warmth and coldness, are all insignificant here. Let us get closer, touch these unique yet highly charming individuals. In this ever-changing era, the moving stories buried deep in their hearts and the growth experiences that shine with the light of humanity will lead people into their inner worlds and life journeys, thought tracks, and emotional realms. They will experience and understand a heartfelt, sorrowful, yet tender confession from the depths of their souls, as well as the impact their existence has on the times, lifestyles, and cultural changes. "Global Chinese: A Panoramic Chronicle" is the first large-scale documentary in the history of Chinese-language television to comprehensively record Chinese people worldwide. It has now begun broadcasting in over 100 television stations across Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and within China, including Taiwan, Hong Kong's Phoenix Chinese Channel, Europe Channel, and America Channel. It ranks in the top 10 in viewership ratings in over 40 television stations. In 2001, at the age of 48, Zhao Xiaolan became the 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor, becoming the first Chinese American to hold a cabinet position in the U.S. government. Zhao Xiaolan was born in 1953 in Jiading, Shanghai. She immigrated to the United States with her parents at the age of 8. In 1975, she graduated from Manhattanville College with a major in economics. In 1979, she obtained a master's degree from the Harvard Business School and later worked as a senior accountant at Citibank in New York. From 1983 to 1984, she was elected a "White House Fellow." From 1984 to 1986, she served as the vice president of international finance at U.S. Bank in San Francisco. In 1986, she left the business world for politics and became the deputy administrator of the Maritime Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation. In 1988, she served as the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. In 1989, she became the undersecretary of transportation.