All Roads Lead to China:

With all the coverage right now of the US debt crisis negotiations, one of the things I keep coming back to is the “what if”, not unlike much of the commentary you will find on CNBC, CNN, etc. As far as I can tell though, the existing discussions that are occurring only involve the dynamics [...]

Meeting government officials, and getting a picture with them in China, is one thing.  Working with them is a whole different animal, and over the course of my time in China I have had a number of experiences for both (although I am not one for pictures). In many ways, the interactions that I have [...]

Back in 2008 when the price of nearly everything in China was at a record high, discussions surrounding moves away from China were taking place. Vietnam was being tapped as the “next” market, and a few stories began popping up in the US media of firms returning home. And with China posting some serious inflationary [...]

Riding the metro this morning, I was once again reminded by the fact that in China systems fail.. on a regular basis. I realized this while trying to go up an escalator to get out of the metro, but alas it was “being maintained”.. apparently a very common site around town now after a couple [...]

for those of you who are counting, this is the second post this week… a 2011 record!…. and it all started from the MSNBC article U.S. official says pre-infected computer tech entering country。  Which absolutely floored me. Oh course, given the fact that there have been other stories where items like Kevlar vests are now [...]