Had dinner tonight with a couple guys from Paypal China, while here in Shanghai.  I am talking to them about payment processing, merchant accounts, IPs in different countries.  First of all, CHINA IS GREAT in the fact that I go to a Paypal office, can meet a representative, and then GO OUT FOR DINNER AND [...]

I guess I am getting too confident on my chinese traveling skills, hit a bunch of speed bumps last night….I tried saving money to shanghai and booked a night flight leaving around 10:30pm.  And of course, like normal, there was a flight delay – for “flow of flight control” per the repeating PA announcement in [...]

I have personally been wondering what is going on with the Google vs. China government.  My friends are asking me the latest, but its really quiet….there was tons of news on it, back and forth with the Chinese government,  news press releases, and other crazy news….then it got quiet.
Google Buzz came out, and seems to [...]

Had to post this…..its amazing……will Google really leave China  ?  The news I’ve been reading it is highly unlikely.  But the news loves hearing about the battle between Chinese government and Google.  Almost wondering – is it a PR stunt to get attention to Google from China?  Or is it a USA political match to [...]

Google has just released google buzz, a twitter like platform that is integrated into your gmail account – so your “buzz” from friends and followers comes through as a folder in your email box.
This is all cool stuff, but from the matter of the current state of “google leaving china”….this is another step towards leaving.
Its [...]

I feel that Google has lost its attempt to “change the Chinese government” and is still trying to remain in China. Wow, they really scared me a couple weeks ago – but even if they pull out of China, now they say only pull out selectively – keeping some research and development here , [...]

This is a great example of how you need to have guan xi (good relations) in China.  Even in the digital age, its important to have strong relations with government agencies and high power internet companies here in China…let me show here below. (breath in….)

Man….how annoying…..after some talking in beijing to internet companies, i [...]

Well, I am gonna rant a little bit, a bit of a short post, but hoping to get some comments and feedback.
Maybe its not China wanting to unwelcome foreigners…but by the government controlling what is said, and how you can say it, it doesnt give foreigners that warm and fuzzing feeling inside.
I guess while I [...]

I had a coffee break with my new friend Guang Yao (english name is Tristan), who is an avid social media guy, loving twitter, blogs, and other social online stuff. Here are some notes of what I got from our discussion this evening:
There is a coffee shop in Hangzhou city, China called “Beta Cafe” [...]