The Shanghai show has begun

June 2, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment 

The latest Global Sources Trade Fair is underway in Shanghai.  Sadly, I could not make this one, but the PassageMaker / China Quality Focus booth is there, staffed by personnel speaking English, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian. Stop by booth # 3A55 and meet our team and make the time to participate in Mike [...]

Great trip is almost complete

April 30, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment 

I apologize for my recent absence from blogging.  I am wrapping up a month long trip to Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and it has been insanely busy and VERY successful.  New clients signed (including one WHALE), several huge trade shows, a new Assembly Center, customer visits, many new foods eaten, legendary hangovers and a whopping [...]

PassageMaker 2010 trade show schedule

April 9, 2010 by whit · 2 Comments 

As with the Global Sources Sourcing Fair in Shanghai this past January, Mike Bellamy will be in Hong Kong next week hosting Global Sources’ China Sourcing Fair’s Buyer Education Conference as well as holding separate seminars on issues of Vendor Coordination and Intellectual Property Protection.  PassageMaker and our sister company China Quality Focus will also [...]

Day 14

January 19, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment 

Day 14 – Tuesday – Some interesting China article links to kick things off: Daring blogger tests the limits Article with some interesting graphs on Chinese military spending Article on Google Power rationing in China Why America and China Will Clash Avatar banned in China chinaSMACK – this is an awesome news aggregation site sent [...]

Days 6-13 – Shanghai Hooters, Mao’s Revenge, and rotten cell phone companies

January 18, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment 

Day 6 – Woke to steady rain after a fitful sleep.  The Chinese believe in sleeping on hard beds, as it is supposed to be good for you.  And when I say hard, I mean sheet of plywood hard.  And how having your hips so sore you can barely get out of the bed in [...]

Boy, were the trade shows REALLY different this October

October 31, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment 

I’ve written about this before.  Mike Bellamy asked me to avoid politics in this blog.  Which is mostly fine, because generally I am sick of politics. But there are times when it is really, really, really, reeeeaaaaally hard, and this is one of those times.  Why?  Well, I’ve been going through the follow-ups from the [...]

Meet the PassageMaker Sales Team!

October 30, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment 

My biggest project this year is the development of an international team of sales representatives to promote PassageMaker.  While the roster is not complete by any stretch, we have a good start, with representatives in Brazil, Europe, Mexico and the USA.  We will be adding more photos and bios shortly, and I will post updates [...]

Mike Bellamy knows his stuff (part 2)

October 22, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment 

For anyone thinking of doing business in China, please listen here for an excellent interview with PassageMaker founder Mike Bellamy.  In this interview, he focuses on practical measures to protect your Intellectual Property (IP) when dealing with Chinese suppliers. PassageMaker has years of experience protecting our clients’ IP, including filling Chinese patents and trademarks using [...]

Trade Show Season 2009 is different

October 20, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment 

In years past, the China trade shows were dominated by American buyers.  What we’ve seen at the trade shows in April 2009 and so far this October is an increase of attendees from the developing world.  It is not for nothing that PassageMaker opened our first two satellite sales offices outside of the USA in [...]

October is Global Sources Trade Show Month!

October 15, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment 

With the China National Day holiday behind us, the trade show season starts and Mike Bellamy will be in Hong Kong hosting Global Sources‘ China Sourcing Fair’s Buyer Education Conference as well as holding separate seminars on issues of Vendor Coordination and Intellectual Property Protection.  You can find information on Mike’s seminars here and here. [...]