Blog by Jim James

I spend so much time in the lower, less rarified atmosphere of Jian Wai Soho and small business that it was a delight to get a glimpse of China from a helicopter, and the view of the European Union Trade Commissioner on what he terms, “The Grand Bargain.” CCTV producer & cameraman Qi Kejun is a...

This is May week in China, when no work happens and people visit their families, or have their families visit, and I decided to make the most of the down time to take a long bike ride and explore Beijing, praying for my safety on future journeys at a Catholic Church on Sunday evening. I had wanted ...

This week I have had the essential documents for Government approval translated by a junior accountant, employed an unfailingly happy full-time assistant and started on the media charm offensive with 3 of the 1,922 daily newspapers; as Mao said, “a long march begins with the first step.” In Novem...

Somehow business moved to the backseat this week, as although I did some media training for a client, the rest of the week I seemed to meet people involved in non-profit activities in China which piqued my interest and at the end of the week I went to relieve the stresses with the Beijing Hikers. ...

This was a week when I started to mix more with other entrepreneurs, interviewed candidates and experienced the Gobi desert attempting to suffocate Beijng in a blanket of fine sand. The Chinese word for entrepreneur is???(qi ye jia), the first two words are the same as business, but interestingly w...