Business Expecting the Unexpected We’re back! No, we were not on vacation for all of last month. Not all of it, at least. We’ve actually been so busy that I’m wondering where the depression I’ve been reading about is. Really. Back in SLC, the stores, mall parking lots, theaters and
Business How long is your Chinese New Year Holiday and other unresolved China Questions. This post is a collection of client questions from emails, Skype conversations and other online postings. I've left peoples names off and updated the hyperlinks and correct some spelling to make it more readable. I get these questions, in some form or another, about every week. So I
Business Save Baby Whales from Starving, Vote for SRI The SRI Blog has been nominated for the Best China Business Blog 2008. Thanks to whomever nominated us (and no, it was not me or my wife, or my mother, or any of our employees). It's nice to be recognized. I hope you'll vote for SRI,
Business What?! A Driving Test?! You've got to be kidding me! I’ve been driving for 25 years now—since I was 14 actually. I started out with big farm trucks, bailers, swathers, tractors and a 40 year-old IHC pick-up truck that you had to prime with a choke to start. I’ve driven in snow storms on canyon
Business Article Pass-along Two excellent articles on China from other sites. First, China in the context of the world's melt down--it's not only not going to save the world, it's probably going to make it worse. This is a great piece--if you don't
Book Reviews Outliers, The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell—BOOK REVIEW Outliers, is the latest thought provoking book from Malcolm Gladwell. I don’t typically review books that I read that are not specifically about business in Asia here. And this book has, as it’s thesis, nothing to do with China. But there are a couple of really impressive ideas
Business Ancient Chinese Secret: Don’t Lie (to foreigners), it’s just not worth it. The pearl of wisdom in the title came from my Chinese neighbor in a conversation he and his wife had with my wife about a week ago. A Chinese man of about 65 years of age, he is a multi millionaire who made his money importing machinery from the US
Book Reviews Jeremy Haft’s: All the Tea in China—BOOK REVIEW All the Tea in China is a 21st century version of Mr. China—and in a handy “how to” format to boot! Jeremy Haft has taken all his lumps and learning in China and distilled them down to a 200 page "how-to" on getting started in China.
Business One More Day of News Links Since I've been at factories and solving project issues all week, I've not had time to write a "real" blog--so here is another of my (usually) tri-weekly news links list. Enjoy.1. China on President Elect ObamaFirst, be careful on Taiwan. Second,
Business News Round Up--The Best Links of the Last 48 Hours I collect news links to read as I travel back and forth to factories. Here is my edited list of hightlights from Wednesday and Thursday. I thought it was especially good reading so I'm sharing. You're welcome. China stocks continue to drop, and while you can’
