http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanadManufacturing Innovation Networkhttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/happynewyearofthetiger<div><p>Well, it is that time again to celebrate Chinese New Year 4707 on February 14, the year of the Tiger. I had planned to take Hua back to China for this New Year but because we are going to China in April for conferences, I decided that next year may be better.</p><p>So this year, we are celebrating year 4707 in Las Vegas. This year works out well since…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:50 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/happynewyearofthetigerhttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/chinaandthelast12monthstimeflies<div><p>I will unfortunately miss the 1 year anniversary gathering on January 28 of the Waterloo MIN group because I will be in Montreal speaking to a First Nations group from Northern Canada at the Northern Lights Business and Cultural Showcase about Chinese outbound investment.</p><p>This year has been historic from the Canada China perspective. In December,…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:48:06 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/chinaandthelast12monthstimeflieshttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinapart4hongkongguangzhou<div><p>We have now migrated to the far south of China and you will note how different things are in this region. Historically this is the area which was the first real "trading" area in China. Guangdong or Canton as it used to be known was the main area for many years where foreign traders came to and did commerce.</p><p>Let us begin with Hong Kong. This is…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:37:28 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinapart4hongkongguangzhouhttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinapartthreeshanghai<div><p>Shanghai is a city that is on every China traveler's itinerary. It is of course China's financial capital, a position it had even back in the days of the British and Portuguese traders. It used to be called the "Paris of the orient". It is a jewel and truly a world class city.</p><p>Hua and I lived there for a few years when my company had its offices…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:11:34 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinapartthreeshanghaihttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinapart2beijing<div><p>The Capital Airport in Beijing is a great facility. Terminal 3 is the newest and it reminds me of the Hong Kong Airport. Air Canada and most of the other Star Alliance carriers use this terminal. Unlike Pearson Airport in Toronto, there are no signs going in to tell you which airline is in which terminal so I advise you to check into this before…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinapart2beijinghttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinaandwhattoexpectpart1<div><p>Last week we were planning our programs at CCBC for 2010 and where we have to go, etc. I thought that this would make a good topic to share this week, as I suspect many of you who are engaged in China, will be going there sometime before April.</p><p>In part 1 today, we will deal with Beijing and points north.</p><p>When I was a lacrosse player, I played my…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:48:40 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/travellinginchinaandwhattoexpectpart1http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/christmasinchina<div><p>I always found it interesting when I thought about the factory workers in plants in southern China and their reaction to all the Christmas products they make and ship to North America and Europe.  I am sure they wondered what we were thinking about when we designed these decorations.</p><p>Christmas in China is celebrated like a birthday party on…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:30:00 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/christmasinchinahttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/santacameearlierthisyear<div><p>Santa came early this year. I am not talking about the recent success and turnaround of the Maple Leafs (although this is good) but rather Prime Minister Harper's long awaited visit to China.</p><p>Check out the CCBC link below for full details of the Canada China Joint Statement <a href="https://www.ccbc.com/Portals/0/Highlights%20of%20Canada%20China%20Joint%20Statement.pdf"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">https://www.ccbc.com/Portals/0/Highlights%20of%20Canada%20China%20Joint%20St…</span></a></p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:14:37 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/santacameearlierthisyearhttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/lostintranslation<div><p>I am not referring to the Bill Murray movie of a few years ago about the US actor who seems to be baffled by the complexities of Japan. I am referring to the study of Chinese language and culture.</p><p>I started to study Mandarin (<em>Putonghua</em>) Chinese back in 1996 when I first began my journey of 1000 miles. I had a few lessons, bought a book, jumped on a…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:35:21 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/lostintranslationhttp://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/catchingupaftermytriptochinapart2~2<div><p>To continue on about my last trip to China, I must tell you that China has found a great way to make rain.</p><p>I arrived on November 3 in Beijing and was surprised to see snow on the ground. While sitting in the lounge waiting for my flight that night to Xian (for the Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech fair), one of the passengers told me that I was lucky I…</p></div><strong> - Author: Tony Gostling</strong>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:13 +0000http://www.waterloomin.com/blogs/chinacanad/catchingupaftermytriptochinapart2~2