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"When visiting several migrant schools about five years ago, I asked what help the schools needed from society. At each school they asked me if I could come and teach English to their kids."

In Shanghai, Helping Migrant Schools Compete with Public Schools

10/27/2010 - Five years ago Corinne Hua became aware of the need for qualified English teachers in schools for the children of migrant workers.  What at first began as word of mouth volunteering is now a formal program called Stepping Stones that participates in 18 schools across Shanghai. Read More...
"My conclusion is too many people go to China too fast without enough background."

Seeing China Through its History of Aviation

10/23/2010 - Magnus Bartlett founded Oddessy Publications with his first book, Over Hong Kong, a book of arial photos of Hong Kong.  Oddessy is now expanding from travel and interest books on different cities and regions in Asia to conduct small guided tours of Chinese aviation history through Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing. Read More...
"The number of Chinese individuals in Hong Kong, for business or tourism, has increased dramatically in the time we've been away."

Hong Kong Keeps Changing to Stay Strong

10/21/2010 - Allen Andersen has been living in Hong Kong for more than thirty years, and during that time has worked in private equity and venture capital for both domestic and multinational organizations.  He recently spent three years on sabbatical in Mongolia and had very little contact with people and events happening in Hong Kong.  In this video he talks about the changes he found when he returned, and changes he's seen in the time he has lived there. Read More...
"Everybody in the world is now wanting to be something increasingly related to China."

Foreign Business Schools Beef Up Chinese MBA Programs - And Vice Versa

10/18/2010 - John Van Fleet is the Assistant Dean, USC Marshall School of Business, Executive Director, Global Executive MBA in Shanghai (with Shanghai Jiao Tong University).  Antai College offers both English and Chinese language MBA programs, as well as a Chinese EMBA program with about 400 annual participants.  The program is one of the top 5 in China, and is extremely successful in its global MBA programs. Read More...
"The Chinese want to be more assertive of their position in the South China Sea. It's a kind of probe to see where Japan of even the US might take a stand."

Sino-Japanese Tensions Still Run High in Qingdao

10/12/2010 - Howie Snyder has lived in China for nearly 20 years, and has also lived in Japan for 10.  Because of his knowledge of both countries' histories, mindset, and cultures, he can see why the claim of both sides of the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands) by Japan is so upsetting to China. Read More...
"An $8 trillion market for services will be created in China - that's the size of the current US market."

Orchestrall and TCBN Put China In Your Business Future

7/28/2010 - Dr. Jason Patent is VP Communications & Marketing at Orchestrall, a China market access firm.  China's growth in the next few years will be from export manufacturing to value added services.  Orchestrall and The China Business Network are presenting a seminar, China Business Toolbox, on September 8, to help introduce companies to the services market in China. Read More...
"Part of the reason there’s so much consternation lately regarding China’s business laws is not because they’re arbitrary or unfair, but because they now have them and they’re being enforced."

Think China Has Too Much Legal Gray Area? Ask Google, and Think Again

4/1/2010 - Rio Tinto executives plead guilty, Google chooses to exit rather than comply with China's content censorship laws. Dan Harris says these cases show that: everyone who has moaned about too much gray area and inconsistent enforcement of business law are getting what they wanted. Black and White. And a Sheriff who doesn't care who you are, the Law is the Law. Read More...
"People who read this book are people who want to be entrepreneurs in China. That means by nature they have limited time. I just had to pick out the best bits and pieces and present it to them."

Wisdom from those Who Seek Fortune on Distant Shores

Interview with Laurie Underwood
3/8/2010 - After the recent publication of her new book China Entrepreneur, co-authored with Juan Antonio Fernandez, Laurie Underwood talks about how the idea for the book came about.  More than 50 entrepreneurs in China were interviewed for the book, giving it a very real, hands-on feel to it.
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