19 Jan 2010 Business China Culture Foreign Mental Blocks While working in China is a completely new experience for most foreigners—and a completely foreign experience at that—there are some things that are,
12 Jan 2010 China Culture Another day, another interesting conversation (headache) with a factory. We’ve been working on samples for a large order of clothes for over a year now. The clothes are cool, new, fun. But it’
12 Dec 2009 Book Reviews Business China Culture Politics Thailand Books to read if you’re coming to China I apologize for not posting for a while. I was completing a year-long goal of losing 50lbs and running a triathlon, the Laguna Phuket
25 Nov 2009 Business China Culture “Yea, I know where it is” and other lies. Sometimes doing business in China is like getting in a taxi. The guy pulls up to the curb and you get it. It’s a
12 Nov 2009 Business China Culture Before we just did business together, but now… now we’re friends! I spent one day this last week translating some new product negotiations for a client that is here visiting a factory that I’ve previously