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Comment on Eurobiz Column on Safety in China Operations by allroads

allroads — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:29:57 +0000

10 years ago I was in Vietnam as part of a class trip and in one morning we visited a gleaming Nike factory were all of the equipment was well maintained, everyone was wearing safety equipment, spray booth operators wore moon suits inside clean rooms… followed by a visit to the local knock off shoe manufacturer.

15 year old Cambodian girls cutting 10 layers of soles on unsafe presses, inhaling chemicals, raw materials hanging over their head… and so on.

it was one of the most interesting juxtapositions I have ever experienced, and has taught me a lot about the differences between companies who hold worker safety as a core virtue.. and those that don’t

hope all is well and see you at the Go West conference.

R
www.allroadsleadtochina.com

Comment on The Latest Olympics Track and Field Event: Getting a Visa to China by Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:22:30 +0000

Anthony gone but not forgotten

Same thing happened to me in YiBin; the only difference was you can’t fit my whole name on an airline ticket it’s to long. Next passport no middle name, I hate flying in China.

Comment on The Latest Olympics Track and Field Event: Getting a Visa to China by John

John — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:43:19 +0000

Serves Americans right.

Have you ever bothered to find out how excruciatingly difficult it is for citizens of China and other non-Western nations to obtain even the most basic American visas.

The US embassies all over the world are known for rudeness and requiring even the old and infirm to queue in the hot sun. Several people have died while waiting in the hot sun to see the relevant embassy official.

What goes around comes around.

Comment on The Latest Olympics Track and Field Event: Getting a Visa to China by Len

Len — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:04:17 +0000

Had my passport checked by no less than 3 people when registering at Canton fair. Each person also shuffled thru it to find the current China visa. It was odd, more passport checking then when going to get on a flight at the airport. What’s up with that?

Comment on Ningbo: Mayberry RFD It Ain’t by Mr. Ningbo

Mr. Ningbo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:48:32 +0000

Yeah, tell me about it. The best place in Ningbo to go for relocation help is Reindeer Station, www.reindeerstation.com and even they aren’t that great. There are no Western relocation or real estate companies here.

Comment on Who Knows Huzhou? by Jack Shen

Jack Shen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:58:56 +0000

Huzhou is actually located within Zhejiang Province. It was much nicer before when there were lots of rivers running across the city. Almost all the major streets in Huzhou were built along a river. Unfortunately, most of the rivers in Huzhou were buried and roads were builts over them. If you have even been to Wuzheng, Huzhou was more beautiful than that. There were two huge lakes just half an hour walk from Huzhou, they were transformed into farm lands.
For those expats, you, as a group, can talk to local government for your concern. They will listen and accomodate you.
I live in Toronto, it takes years to get anything done here. But I know it should not take days for the local government in Huzhou to do something (not everything) for you.

Comment on Changzhou Cleans Up its Act by Meijia Yang

Meijia Yang — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:16:49 +0000

My impression was Changzhou is an amazing city in changes. Pollution of Tai Lake can’t be attributed to a single source. Do you know how much fish culture industry is poluting the lake? Many in Suzhou and Wuxi blamed others for the ill and many factories in Changzhou were shut.

Now, there is report this year’s algae outbreak could be worse than last year.

BTW, you should take a look at Science and Tech City in Wujin.

Comment on Book Review: A China Hand’s Story - Something to Crow About by Anonyous

Anonyous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:25:33 +0000

I love the author’s claim about how there are half as many books out now about China as before the Communists. There were certainly some good China experts who lived in China a lot longer than most of the so-called experts of today, but they got forced out.

Comment on When the Student Becomes the Teacher by Meg

Meg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:59:25 +0000

This is a truly beautiful post.

Comment on Graphic China: Global City Comparison by Bill

Bill — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:11:03 +0000

China will have better, faster infrastructure money can buy. I can also believe that China will have more “certified”, “graduated” IT workers than India, but not “trained” workers. If you have worked with Chinese “certified”, “graduated” workers you will know why. Indians do their best. Chinese do enough. Indians chat about work and projects. Chinese talk about parties and singers.