I was much more uncertain of India than China, since I have gone to China many times before. But even after meeting so many Chinese, I still have learned much of the Chinese, especially from a business perspective. When I visit China, I often see my peers of my own age, but after meeting expats, […]

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Today’s final “company visit” was Bollywood. We actually got to see some sets and step foot onto a live recording of a soap opera. The typical hospital scene is where you’ll find high emotions, as your loved one is about to die or has had some tragic accident (or was it an accident? :o). Stars […]

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Actually, it turns out that because of monsoons, half of us could not leave on the plane on time. And the other half still had 5 people who were left behind for almost 18 hours in HK. As this is weather related, there was nothing anyone could do. A safe, grounded plane is better than […]

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Before we left for China, a Cal Poly Alumni, Bill Chillingworth, told us about his franchised business with Subway in Shanghai. What I didn’t know about Subway was that it’s not just Bill Chillingworth is not the only franchisee… everyone Subway store is owned by a franchisee. On a rainy day in Shanghai, and it […]

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Only select delegations are allowed to even visit the Yangshan Deep Water Port connected by the Donghai bridge (the 2nd longest bridge in the world at 33 km or 20 mi long, the longest bridgeis also in China in Hangzhou). It is simply amazing to drive for nearly half an hour on a bridge that […]

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This day was largely a resting day. After arriving from Suzhou late due to traffic, we were allowed to sleep in until we visited the Bund later together at 2 PM. I took this opportunity to get some rest, as I had been very sick the past couple days. It turned out to be the […]

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Last night is probably going to be known as one of the worst days of the trip. I felt very ashamed to be American last night. The story starts the afternoon before on Day 6 of the trip. While at a Carrefour in Beijing, we were given time to buy whatever we would like to […]

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A Non-Government Organization (NGO) is or will be an integral part of China’s governmental structure. However, there are many hurdles to forming one of these organizations, and sometimes, the formation is not even clearly defined. From what we understand, they must have a significant amount of money in the bank and also must be partnered […]

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Today was a free day, since we were all allowed to wander off into a Beijing we hardly knew. Even after being here more than 4 times, I’ve still found that it’s hard to speak to a local and even harder to know where all the hot spots are. Fortunately, I have a girlfriend who […]

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So, as many of you know, my flight to India didn’t go as planned. Typhoons in HK led to a delay in our flight to HK, which caused us to miss our flight to Delhi. As a result, many of us had to be split up and endure a great inconvenience by sleeping in the […]

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