Blog by Jim James

This was a week when the largely academic and logistical challenges of starting EASTWEST in China became superceded by practical issues of sifting through resumes,  the moral dilemma of ‘cash for coverage’ and the realization that even some simple tasks are open to misinterpretation. In respon...

This week I made progress in transitioning the Jianwai soho unit into an office, started the recruitment drive and felt what it is like to commute between cities, a fatiguing experience destined to be the fate of a growing number of mainland Chinese. On Tuesday Guosheng Qi, a serious young IT gradua...

‘Springtime is seen as a season, growth, renewal and new life. But it is also a time when chronic diseases break out’

This has been an excellent week, one in which I secured first ever coverage for clients in mainstream English language publications in China, gave EASTWEST it’s Chinese christening ...

‘Springtime is seen as a season, growth, renewal and new life. But it is also a time when chronic diseases break out’

This has been an excellent week, one in which I secured first ever coverage for clients in mainstream English language publications in China, gave EASTWEST it’s Chinese christening ...

This week marked the first time that I was not pre-occupied with operational things, except installing the washing machine, and upon my return from Singapore I was greeted by a clean and tidy SOHO and felt that life is getting good. I landed 2 months ago to set up a Beijing office and finally I have...