“China is a young country in an old civilization. It an exciting place and the right time to be an entrepreneur in Beijing.” Read more about my background story here.
Notification from Beijing Local Taxation Bureau regarding hiring disabled as employees or paying the disabled career funds for the year 2007 Notice: 11 October Notice period: 2 weeks All companies should declare the employment situation of hiring disables employees to the related organizations. Situation A If the companies hired disables in 2006, they have to [...]
Public Relations in Asia – just what does it take to make a great media relations campaign?
October 8, 2007 This week we have entered the clogged arteries of Beijing’s roads, hiring a car, and took ourselves away to the Fragrant Hills, in search of sunshine and fresh air, phenomena that the Government is telling us will be in growing abundance as we get to within 300 days of the Opening Ceremony. [...]
Beijing Countdown – 312 Fatherhood Countdown – 28 days The 1st of October is the 58th National Day celebration in China which falls just after the Mid Autumn Festival, and the start of a government mandated one week holiday that will see tens of millions of Chinese clutching Moon cakes for family and friends, with [...]
Help me become a Torch Bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. Foreigners living in China are eligible to become one of 8 expat Torch Bearers. China Daily has set up a website where you can vote to support me. The applications of the top 100 candidates will then be forwarded to a [...]
Beijing Countdown – 320 Fatherhood Countdown – 33 days I can’t believe that it has been two months since I last wrote. Well, in truth I can, because life has been a maelstrom of emotions, thoughts and necessary actions. I feel as though I am now re-emerging from a period during which I felt as [...]
“Where has the proof of China’s history gone?” This thought came to me after spending two weeks with Wei traveling around a well preserved England. Awaking with jet lag in the dead of night awaiting the choking dawn, I felt the well deep of anxiety of a father about the state of this nation’s health. [...]
This week I traveled to Shanghai to meet the Chen’s, Wei’s family, and on the way experienced some serious travel anxiety, perhaps best summed up by Chairman Mao’s expression “People Mountain, People Sea” (???? rén shan rén hai). Meanwhile, in preparation for the Olympics Beijing has started to create a sea side beach in Chaoyang [...]
