Today we visited AB InBev in the morning, and saw the city of Shanghai. AB InBev's presentation was great. They did a great job of explaining how innovation really impacts there business, not just using it as a buzz-word. What I found most profound among what was said was how Ben described the regulations surrounding … Continue reading 5/22 Post →

Today involved a lot of travel. But in addition to this we visited tiger hill. This location was amazing for many reasons, but the biggest was the Indiana Jones type background story. According to legend, robbers tried to enter the emperors tomb. In order to do so, they started to drain the water which was … Continue reading 5/21 Post →

Today we had a packed schedule. First we visited a stone garden which was similar to the one we saw in the Forbidden City, but much more beautiful. We had the opportunity to climb on, through, and around these magnificent stone structures and immerse ourselves in this piece of Chinese culture. After this we went … Continue reading 5/20 Post →

Today we took the trip to Suzhou and saw the water canal. This was a really pleasant experience because I got to go to my first chinese tea house. There I learned from Jun what the proper ways of drinking tea were. In the US I drink a lot of sweat tea, and so I … Continue reading 5/19 Post →

Today we took the trip to Suzhou and saw the water canal. This was a really pleasant experience because I got to go to my first chinese tea house. There I learned from Jun what the proper ways of drinking tea were. In the US I drink a lot of sweat tea, and so I … Continue reading 5/19 Post →

Today started out with going to visit Yili. This gave me insight into an industry that I did not know much about. The biggest take away I had here was how big of a role automation had. For how many bottles were being produced, there were so few employees. From there we went to the … Continue reading 5/18 Post →

Today we took a trip to the Great Wall of China. This was an amazing experience. What really helped to make this trip such a great time was the folk singing of Jun on the Great Wall of China. In addition to this I got to hear from him about his experience living in the … Continue reading 5/17 Post →

While there were lots of great things that I learned, what I found most interesting was comparing the reactions to similar concerns in the energy industry by both the US and China. Both countries have a history of relying on foreign producers of fossil fuels and are concerned with the leverage that that gives producers … Continue reading 5/15 Post →