China Access 2008 - Strategic International Business in China

RCS CEO Remarks at China Access Vancouver - Raincity Radio Podcast

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:28:24 -0800

Robert Scales winds up the Vancouver China Access event with his personal narrative and candid remarks about his experiences with Kris Krug exploring China, setting up businesses and understanding the cultures. Recorded by Roland Tanglao on video.

Download the RCS CEO Remarks at China Access Vancouver - Raincity Radio Podca

China Access Participants Raincity Studios and Bryght Creating Success in China

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:27:21 -0800

Raincity Studios' international ambassador of open business (and also CEO) Robert Scales, along with Bryght's honcho (and fellow new web luminary) Kris Krug, are in China for their fourth foray in the past couple of years. This time, it's getting permanent.

After 4 years spent making hundreds of Drupal-driven sites, building a diverse and noteworty client list, and hosting/promoting/sponsoring/covering dozens of events, Raincity Studios is now officially trans-Pacific with a new office in Shanghai as of yesterday China time (which is sometime late tomorrow here on the left coast ;-)).

China Access Eases the Way - Raincity Radio Podcast

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:20:14 -0800

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Doing business in China in advance and following the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, is the topic as Australian businessman Andrew Gilkes, Chairman of ChinaAccess2008, an international business facilitation program, shares tips and best practices for interacting with this rapidly growing economy.

Celebrity Bloggers In China Win The Audience

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:37:59 -0800

From information technologists, to media workers, to celebrities, blogging in China has always been a place to have the freedom of speech in a country that does not permit it in the mainstream.

Now more than ever, celebrity blogs are becoming more and more popular and has increased audiences into the hundreds of thousands for just one post.

Check out this article and celebrity post that has been translated, highlighting the progression of the blogosphere power that's rising in China.

Chinese Bloggers Conference: Compassion, Hard-Working, Global

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:29:53 -0800

Blogging In China - They Have Open Source Conferences Too

I recently found this article in China's Danwei online magazine. It highlights an article written on the recent blogging conference held last week in Hangzhou, China (it was the second annual!), and touches on reasons why the Chinese government should be embracing, not blocking, these future-thinking, web 2.0 savvy citizens and bloggers.

Read this article here, a summary of the conference, the people in attendance and the issues and topics that were covered.

China Turns To Big Film Names To Promote Beijing 2008

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:47:56 -0800

Oliver Stone Among A List Of Big-Wigs to Produce Shorts

The next Olympic Games is just under 2 years away, and there still seems to remain a slight question mark on the topic of citizen journalism in China and how blogging and people adhering to open source communities reporting from the games will be received.

After a month of having his new film delayed, Oliver Stone is in China for the opening of "World Trade Center". (Beijing imposed the delay in an attempt to promote homegrown films.) It looks like Stone will be doing more than just that for the Chinese. He has been named, along with 2 other international directors, Italian Giuseppe Tornatore and Majid Majidi from Iran, to create a short film promoting the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The Olympic Committee has already brought on board the likes of Steven Spielberg as a consultant for the opening and closing ceremonies, while also summoning the great work of Ang Lee to boot. They seem to want to include the great filmmakers of our time to help cultivate a positive impression of Beijing and China to the world. What better person than one of the most controversial directors known to current day film!

The Paradox of Registering Bloggers' Real Names in China

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:20:49 -0700

Registering Your Legal Name To Blog In China

The powers that be over the blogosphere in China, China's Net regulator Ministry of Information Industries (MII), has just put forth an initiative that may be issued in the near future, where upon all bloggers in China will be required to register their real names if they wish to continue to blog. This has been instigated in an attempt to put a stop to or get control over the insults, curses, libels and fraud typically found on blogs - a tactic that is both illogical and absurd. And what the hell are they going to do to these "real name" bloggers when they find them?!

China Access in Vancouver: Scales and Krug

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:44:05 -0700

Head Down To The Morrissey Tonight For Some Roundtable China Chat and Pints

Scales and kk+ will be conducting a casual roundtable chat this evening at the Morrissey Pub on Granville St. at about 5pm. They'll be sharing their experiences on their latest trip to China which wrapped up about a month ago, speaking about the business connections and relationships they formed and about the first BarCamp in China, BarCampShanghai.

Find The Morrissey Pub here.

The gathering will continue after 6pm with any new media types who want to get together to connect, an event that has been happening regularly every second Friday of each month. Come down and join in on the conversations and meet some new and old friends alike.

China's IPOs

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:33:01 -0700

The Top Ten IPO's are in China - Quelle Surprise.

And they're all banks.

This past week-end, Sinclair Stewart of the Globe and Mail wrote an article in the business section on the top 10 IPO's, all of which are in China, and all of which are banks.

There is money to be made in investing into "The Big Four" and for investment banks on advisories for the means to reform, but there are skeptics who have a lot to comment on bad loans and ill-fated financial blow-ups.

Read the article in full.

More barcamp shanghai news coverage..

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:26:39 -0700

Crystal and Franz pointed me to another article on barcamp Shanghai written by �?玻 and published on the 21st Century Business Herald.

It covers a wide range of topics ranging from the background of barcamp to the upcoming barcamp Shanghai2 next March. It mention my session on Open Source Business with a picture taken by Andy Chang, various mentions of Andrew Gilkes and China Access 2008 can be found throughout the article.

The Next China Program: October 2006

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:39:15 -0700

As the September Program winds down, there is another opportunity to take part in the Growth Economies/Growth Industries in China program later this fall.

On October 30th and 31st, there will be a Regional Business Meeting that will focus on investment and business partnering opportunities. This will lead into the 10th Annual Business Week CEO Forum on November 1st to the 3rd.

The event will be held at the Grand Hotel in Beijing.

Read more information about the Late Fall Program here.

China Access : September Program Day Two

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:51:38 -0700

Day 2 From Beijing

We convened again in the Beijing Grand hotel and launched into the creative industries portion of the week's events with a panel chaired by Hal Josephson, President of MediaSense, Inc. We were joined by Susan Ho, Head of Creative Industries, Standard Chartered Bank; Lifeng Wang, Founder & President at
Eastar (Xing Xing) Digital Corporation; Frank Yu, Program Manager with the Advanced Technology Center, Asia Center for Interaction Design; and Becky Sundling, User Experience Design Lead for Advanced Technology Center, Asia Center for Interaction Design.

From Energy to Software, China Readies for Innovation

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:29:41 -0700

Day 1: The China Access September Program

The program kicked off a great note on the top floor of the Beijing Grand Hotel, with representatives from creative and financial companies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the US, all gathered to receive a crash course in a variety of China's emerging markets from Alan Carroll, Executive Chairman of the Pacific Rim Forum.

Nick MArsh

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:36:56 -0700

Nick MArsh

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:36:56 -0700