Blog by Jim James

We submitted the application forms of automatic import license online and to the Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau.  The documents are fine through their initial examination and was accepted.       According to the officials our application needs to be checked by MOFCOM, thus i...

Research conducted in 2011 by the British Council and YouGov showed that University students in the UK had mixed views on Globalization, and their roles within it. This is important as an internationally aware and experienced British workforce will sustain the UK economy in the future. Due to the co...

It was on 25th January 2006 that I boarded the plane from Singapore to Beijing. I had promised myself an adventure, after all life is supposed to begin at 40. Had I returned to the UK after 11 years in Singapore my future would have been comfortable, content but also potentially unfulfilling. Tackli...

With thanks as always to Lee & Lee, as we received our import license today in just under 12 months from starting this whole process, I thought it would be a good reminder to list down the steps we have taken to get to the stage where we can import Morgan cars to China. A process which predicted...

Sailing from Southampton to Tianjin. 38 days.