Rapid Growth to Sustain 20 Years
June 15th, 2007
Submitted By: Kristin Moran
I recently read an article in the China Daily that grabbed my interest because of its focus on China’s predicted sustainability (Rapid Growth to Sustain 20 years).
When asked, “What was the most repeated “buzz” word or topic by your professors this year?,” most of us would immediately respond, sustainability! Most, if not all, of our professors have discussed sustainability as it pertains to accounting, economics, lean operations, corporate governance, etc. I thought this article did a nice job of summarizing Michael Spence’s (a Stanford University Professor and 2001 Nobel Prize Winner) position on China’s long-term sustainability.
6 Comments Add your own
1. Chris Carr | June 16th, 2007 at 6:49 am
This is an interesting article, and a different take on the term ’sustainability’, for sure.
2. Paul | June 17th, 2007 at 6:18 am
That is what “we” are doing now, and the rapid growing should take soft-landed in the economic environment of China. Still, a huge gap should be filled up, “sustainability”, which could be a better way.
Goooooooooooooooood Idea~
To Chris
How many Chinese surf on the web-CALPOLY MBA TRIP-?
If some Chinese joined the talk, china would be a real China.
3. Chris Carr | June 17th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Hi Paul.
Yes, I think you are right. We have a number of Chinese students in our program, and who participate in this blog.
Sometimes students from/in the PRC join in our blog discussions. It would be great to have more of them do so. They are always wecome. This blog is accessible in China and it is not limited to participation only from American students.
Don’t know what “real China” is and I am not sure that even Chinese could reach a mutually agreed upon definition in the year 2007. For example, I once spent a night train trip from Shanghai to Beijing listening to local Chinese arguing about this very point and even they could not, would not agree. My friends in China (sometimes) lament to me over and over that they don’t even know what the “real China” is anymore. Too big. Too many people. Too many proviinces. Too many villages. Too many facets. Too many poor. Too many rich. Too many changes happening at breakneck speed …
4. paul | June 17th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Chris
i can image what is on your face when hearing the “too many”, some foreigners maybe puzzled.
on real China, i mean the different status not only in big city but also the villages, and that lopsided is normal everywhere.
do you feel better regarding China a continent? Beijing, it is as big as a country in Europe.
a question for myself:
do you mean that you have the MBA course for the students in China?
to be honest, i find your web when searching the suitable MBA for me.
5. Chris Carr | June 17th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Hi Paul. Thanks for the check in.
Our courses are in the US. Only this 4 unit course, and one of the courses in our curriculum, the MBA experiential business tour, is offered in China. The rest of our program is a general MBA program offered here in California. China is only a part of what we study in the program.
Let me know if you have further questions and I will do my best to answer them.
Where in China do you live?
6. Paul | June 18th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Well, Chris
Thanks for the note your answering my question.
I am living in Beijing, China, near the Chang An Street.
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