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Days 32-36 – Wrapping it up
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyDay 32 – After recovering from the party the night before, Adam Supernant and I pick up a couple of our clients for a shopping outing to Dongmen. It is actually quite brisk – south China this time of year can go from the 80s to the 50s in one day – and neither of […]
Day 31 – 恭喜发财 – PassageMaker’s Chinese New Year party!
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike Bellamy恭喜发财, gōng xǐ fā cái, wishing you a prosperous new year! More articles and weird stuff: Toxic Linfen – regardless of Climategate, there is still room for commonsense pollution controls in developing nations Think You Know China? Eight Things Foreigners Get Wrong Interesting talk on Vested Outsourcing – not sure if I care for the […]
Days 27-30 – Plenty of hard work and plenty of visitors
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI’ve already returned to the States a few days ago, but the last couple weeks in China were so hectic, I am filing these posts late. Days 31-37 to come shortly. Articles, articles, articles… Chinese diplomat: Ties with US deteriorated recently – no, really? More from Reuters This is just wrong – Chinese girl, 9, […]
Days 15-26 – Pollution, street food, deadlines, Hong Kong and crossing the road in China
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyOur founder, Mike Bellamy, who evidently doesn’t have enough WORK TO DO posted the Rick Roll the other day under my name. That was his hint that I should blog more often, so here goes. Sorry for the Rick Roll. Sorry for the absence. And sorry in advance for the length of this post. More […]
Day 14
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyDay 14 – Tuesday – Some interesting China article links to kick things off: Daring blogger tests the limits Power rationing in China Why America and China Will Clash Avatar banned in China chinaSMACK – this is an awesome news aggregation site sent to me by Dave Learn – a real insight into modern China […]
Days 6-13 – Shanghai Hooters, Mao’s Revenge, and rotten cell phone companies
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyDay 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 […]
Days 4-5
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyAnother quick note on Facebook being blocked in China, thanks to all of you who have commented on these blog posts, but I can’t reply. Such is life behind the Great Firewall. No YouTube either. Sucks. While I was writing yesterday’s post, I had a snack of the best dumplings in the world. They are […]
Days 3-4
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyA note on these blog entries – if you are following this on Facebook (which is blocked rather effectively by the Great Firewall of China), if the photos don’t load properly go to my blog page – http://psschina.com/category/whits-china-business-blog/. In yesterday’s post, I failed to include one very important photo of the single best vegetable dish […]
Days 1-3
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyThis trip to China started in auspicious fashion. I spent my last day with the family (wonderful time) and got everything packed the night before. As is always the case, I travel light. This is my luggage for a 5 week trip: They don’t call it a “Chinese laundry” for nothing. PassageMaker is a relaxed […]
Headed to China
/0 Comments/in China Business Blog /by Mike BellamyI am flying to Hong Kong in the morning, and looking forward to good and lengthy trip back to Shenzhen, hopefully with some side trips to Yangshuo and my old home of Singapore. I intend to do a better job with daily “life-in-China” posts, including plenty of food blogging. Wish me luck!