Today was our last full day in China. We started with a visit to the Want Disney company. It was great to talk about the brands and characters that I loved such as Marvel and Star Wars. I was interested by their marketing strategy for China, such as not including Mulan as a princess but … Continue reading Last day in Shanghai! →

We started the day with a visit to AbInBev in Shanghai. I was immediately surprised by their modern office layout and casual dress code which reminded me a lot of silicon valley. The presentation by Ben Huang was very informative and he made many good points about tech and innovation in China. I was specifically … Continue reading AbInBev and Freedom →

We started the day with a visit to Tiger Hill and its leaning tower. We were able to take lots of pictures at the location and just hang out. Jun paid with his face at one of the vending machines. It was scary because he did not sign up to be able to pay with … Continue reading Tiger Hill and Abbot →

Today we went to the Lion Grove in the morning. I usually don't enjoy sites like this but I had a good time exploring the maze of stones and learning some history about the location. Then, we went to the silk factory where we saw the process of how the silk items are made. There … Continue reading Lion Grove, Silk Factory, and Caterpillar →

Today, after traveling from Zhangjiakou to Shanghai, we visited a water town. The plane took off very quickly and very poorly. We noted on the bus ride from the airport to the water town that there were a lot of groups of identical apartment buildings. We noted that we prefer variety in the buildings for … Continue reading May 19 Water Town →

Today we spent the day doing various cultural immersion activities. We started by seeing the Yi Li factory in Zhangbei. It was very impressive and crazy to think about the volume of milk and packaging that is processed in that factory, which is 1400 tons per day. Then, we went to the elderly home and … Continue reading 5/18 cultural immersion day →

We started out the day by checking out of our hotel in Beijing. We first visited the Microsoft garage in Beijing. The garage was interesting because it was a space for Microsoft employees to work on side projects for the company on their own time. We saw Microsoft's goals of changing their company culture but … Continue reading 5/17 Microsoft and Great Wall →

Today, we visited John Deere and Boeing Tianjin Composite in Tianjin. Both visits were very insightful. I appreciated how John Deere gave us an overview of the agriculture industry in China. During the lunch time we were able to talk with a product manager at John Deere and connect with him on WeChat. BTC was … Continue reading 5/16 John Deere and BTC! →

Today started with the flag raising, leaving the hotel at 3:45 am. One of my goals of being was not to waste any day, so I wanted to make the flag raising no matter what. I was definitely affected by the loss of sleep during the first site visit to bp, but I do not … Continue reading 5/15 day 2 →

Today we went to the temple of heaven and the forbidden city. I was impressed by these man made feats and got to learn a lot about Chinese history which has been interesting me a lot lately. I also got to help explain to my dinner table how to eat the Peking duck which has … Continue reading 5/14 Blog →