Comments on: Business Hotspots in China http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/china/business-relevance-of-the-places-we-will-visit/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Tue, 22 May 2012 21:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Amanda Podesta http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/china/business-relevance-of-the-places-we-will-visit/#comment-19650 Amanda Podesta Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:00:44 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2006/china/business-relevance-of-the-places-we-will-visit/#comment-19650 I realize that this was written by a Westerner in a Western publication ... but this article actually perfectly exemplifies my current frustration with the questionable standards and quality of the online resources on Chinese destinations available in English. Ok. So, really? Hangzhou is the "best place for business" in China? ... what does Russell find to impress us about the city: "A Marco Polo favorite." wow. Maybe this would be relevant if were we talking about the best business hub... in the 14th century. You know who else thought what Marco Polo had to say was interesting: Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus = Amanda Podesta. hardly. ... but there's time before the 2011 trip, maybe I should go buy a copy of his Travels? I like to do my homework before travelling to a country and before buying tour books I surfed the internet for footage from travel services or tourists as feedback on travelling in China. It's like a black hole out there. Maybe this would be a potential business or promotion opportunity for a Chinese agent or a "gold-mining" Westerner? -- frankly, I was surprised, I'd have thought that the Chinese government would be all over this: being apparently so sensitive to snubs against their civilization/culture wouldn't they like their cities to be easily viewed as attractive tourist destinations/business hubs? I think this is a conspiracy by book publishers. Sells are down -- what better than to nab customers when they have no option but to purchase expensive books in HARDBACK with BIG pictures and LOTS of color that get "out-dated" before you've left the store. I know this game. I'm a student and buy textbooks every semester (note: my edition of "Lonely Planet: China" is in it's 5th publication since 2000). Check out this one for Shenzhen (our first city on the itinerary) -- most of the time the city is shown... in CG (?!?!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHe6dnJT_Xo ... I'm not trying to cherry-pick a link to prove my point. This was genuinely the standard for what I was finding. The CCTV travelogue hosted by Chen Lei is even worse--- I DARE you to watch it all the way through (and share my amazement that this was apparently aired on TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQGjRVBwaA&feature=related I realize that this was written by a Westerner in a Western publication … but this article actually perfectly exemplifies my current frustration with the questionable standards and quality of the online resources on Chinese destinations available in English.

Ok.

So, really?

Hangzhou is the “best place for business” in China? … what does Russell find to impress us about the city:

“A Marco Polo favorite.”

wow. Maybe this would be relevant if were we talking about the best business hub… in the 14th century. You know who else thought what Marco Polo had to say was interesting: Christopher Columbus.

Christopher Columbus = Amanda Podesta.
hardly.

… but there’s time before the 2011 trip, maybe I should go buy a copy of his Travels?

I like to do my homework before travelling to a country and before buying tour books I surfed the internet for footage from travel services or tourists as feedback on travelling in China. It’s like a black hole out there. Maybe this would be a potential business or promotion opportunity for a Chinese agent or a “gold-mining” Westerner?

– frankly, I was surprised, I’d have thought that the Chinese government would be all over this: being apparently so sensitive to snubs against their civilization/culture wouldn’t they like their cities to be easily viewed as attractive tourist destinations/business hubs?

I think this is a conspiracy by book publishers. Sells are down — what better than to nab customers when they have no option but to purchase expensive books in HARDBACK with BIG pictures and LOTS of color that get “out-dated” before you’ve left the store. I know this game. I’m a student and buy textbooks every semester (note: my edition of “Lonely Planet: China” is in it’s 5th publication since 2000).

Check out this one for Shenzhen (our first city on the itinerary) — most of the time the city is shown… in CG (?!?!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHe6dnJT_Xo

… I’m not trying to cherry-pick a link to prove my point. This was genuinely the standard for what I was finding. The CCTV travelogue hosted by Chen Lei is even worse— I DARE you to watch it all the way through (and share my amazement that this was apparently aired on TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQGjRVBwaA&feature=related

]]> By: Yuxiang Gao http://calpolymbatrip.com/2010/china/business-relevance-of-the-places-we-will-visit/#comment-18409 Yuxiang Gao Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:14:48 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2006/china/business-relevance-of-the-places-we-will-visit/#comment-18409 How can Wuxi be second.....it is just a normal small city in triangle area..... How can Wuxi be second…..it is just a normal small city in triangle area…..

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