Jim James

Founder UnNoticed Ventures Ltd
https://www.jimajames.com/

Blog by Jim James

25 June 2006 forbidden_city_in_the_eveningThis week I came up against the might and mercurial instincts of Chinese administration, whose ‘promulgation’ of Ordinance 14 places a road block firmly in the path of my Company registration, and encountered the canine features of the Immigration service; both authorities impenetrable...
05.07.06 03:58 PM - Comment(s)
This week saw the work start in earnest, a week when I could have been in any big city meeting with the former CEO of Apple & Pepsi, attending my first Rotary club meeting and flying to Phuket to present my thoughts on marketing satellite mobile communications. The main tangible difference betwe...
18.06.06 06:05 PM - Comment(s)
I couldn’t bring myself to write my diary on Sunday – Mum and Shelley left Beijing at mid day and all of a sudden the city of 14 million people felt as empty as a village grave yard at dawn. It had been a wonderful holiday with the cities, hutongs, rivers, and galleries providing the perfect setting...
29.05.06 01:24 PM - Comment(s)

This week my mother, jie jie (elder sister) Shelley and I spent a wonderful holiday in Yangshuo, 2 hours flight south of Beijing, and realised that tourism in China is alive and well, and that it is also illustrating my growing sense that there are two China’s.

Apparently 95 million Chinese went on h...

14.05.06 05:34 PM - Comment(s)
Having my mother and sister in Beijing is proving to be a wonderful experience, I believe for all of us, as we celebrated my 100 day anniversary in China with good friends and a sense that I am managing to balance the stresses of starting a business with my need for companionship. Wednesday May 11th...
14.05.06 04:50 PM - Comment(s)