An Exciting Young Manhood in Shanghai
| The family moved to Shanghai in 1940 and lived in the French Quarter. Their apartment house still stands. |
| He had to bike one hour each way to attend St. John’s University in another part of Shanghai. The students were mostly Chinese, but the courses were given in English. Joe also studied Chinese in another school. Despite this double load, he graduated from St. John’s at the age of 19. Here is his graduation picture. |
| After graduation, he covered war criminals, UNRRA activities, refugees and other stories as a reporter for the Shanghai Evening Post, which was then an English-language newspaper. |
| When the Bank of China offered him a fellowship to study economics in the U.S., he grabbed it. In February 1947, just after his 20th birthday, he took off—alone. Here he is in Manila, on his way to the U.S. |