Aldrich, M. A.: - M.A. Aldrich is a retired lawyer who has lived in East and Central Asia for more than thirty years. Originally from a fishing village on East Long Island, he was drawn to the study of Asian culture at a Jesuit university in the United States. Later on, he qualified to practice in California and Hong Kong. After several decades during which he garnered acclaim as a pioneer in PRC telecommunications law, he successfully escaped from the world of Big Law and now resides with his family in north-east Taiwan where he conducts research for further works about traditional Asia.