The Law of Conservation of Filth: In order for something to get clean, something else must get dirty. Corollary to the Law of Conservation of Filth: It is possible for everything to get dirty and nothing to get clean. This is one of Murphy’s Laws. I used it in my answer when asked recently about […]
In my post yesterday, I wrote that China was not embracing “green” technologies… yet. This article in The Washington Post gives a good overview of the steps China is taking to make that ‘yet’ come quickly. Nuclear may not be everyone’s idea of clean energy, and certainly there is a large CO2 cost upfront to […]
Short Sunday post – interesting opinion piece in the Times of London on the dollar, including why the Chinese renminbi (RMB) is not a substitute (yet). As long as the RMB remains pegged to the dollar, Chinese exports will have a substantial cost advantage. The saddest part of the article (from my perspective anyway, and […]
I haven’t read TIME magazine regularly in years. My parents had a subscription and I read it weekly as a adolescent. When I was living in the UK and then later in Singapore, I started reading The Economist as a far more comprehensive weekly news magazine than either TIME or Newsweek. Both of those magazines […]
Fascinating article on the switch to Mandarin from Cantonese in American Chinatowns from the NYT. One of the accomplishments of the PRC has been universal Mandarin instruction, providing the country with a standard dialect for the first time in its history. American multiculturalists undervalue universal English – one of the reasons India lags behind China […]
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 […]
There has been lots of ink lately about Mao the “political philosopher”. I won’t get into that other than to say that if any one person deserves credit for China’s economic transformation over the last 30 years, it is Deng Xiao Ping, not Mao. It was either Mr. China or China Road (both wonderful books) […]
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 […]
Short Sunday post – more media coverage for our client, TrekDesk, this time a great segment from Bruce Pechman, aka, “Mr. Bicep, the Muscleman of Technology”. A comprehensive review of this great new product! PassageMaker manages the entire supply chain and assembly for this product and one of our Endorsed Service Providers did the design […]
I love my clients! I have the best job in the world working with creators and innovators to help them bring their ideas to market. TrekDesk is one I have a special interest in, as I’ve used the product and it is an AWESOME way to work. You are more alert, feel better at the […]
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