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 [...]

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. [...]

Sick of China

September 23, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment 

I’ve been an expat several times in my life, from studies in the UK to stints in Singapore, Taiwan and China.  All were relatively short, so my sense of excitement and wonder never wore off.  For that I am grateful. I’ve known expats who stayed away for 15 years or more, and many were counting [...]