Lenovo's 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch

The Beijing Organizing Committe anounced the route for the 2008 Olympic Torch. I talk about this and a few othe things on this first expermential Saturday Moring CoffeyGrinds.

Behold "The Nest"!

The picture you see is “The Nest” Olympic Stadium in Beijing. The countdown clocks around town say 475 days till opening ceremonies. This place is big bring your walking shoes or invest in a HDTV. The swimming event pool facility next door called “The CUBE’ is equally impressive. Dr Wu and I drove out to UFIDA software engineering campus. Our discussion during the ride was about India pitch to the world about them being the software programming place to go. They have a good start but ask your self this question. What if China were to start doing projects? India has 99% of this market right now. Hummmmmmm

Recollections of 15 years ago

Reunited

It’s been about 15 years since Mao and I have met. Gone are the bikes and my roller blades. It’s a different city and Im not a rock star anymore in this town. Oh well I looked for the Starbucks in the Forbidden City and could not find. I also did not ask any one either.

Original Art work and food

Normally when I go on trips i take pictures of the food. Im kicking myself for not getting a snap of the Roasted veal fillet, cream parsley and rosti finished in a ragout of veal sweebreads,chanterelles,truffle,Dijon mustard cream. Not to mention the appetizer of cappuccino of smoked salmon soup infused with fennel and dill soup.
However I got this snap of original art work from the club. My host Larry Wu from New Market China shared with me that many dignitaries that come to this club wish to purchase these and there NOT for sale. For more snaps go to the fiker site.

Your ride and appointment are waiting

A phone call to my room 5 minutes after I arrived in Beijing whisked me away to a dinner meeting with the Deputy Managing Editor of Caijing magazine. Caijing has a talent for exposing the less illuminated surface of the financial world here in China. The editor Ms Hu Shuli is widely respected for keeping her independence and is becoming more widely known.
A story that is not getting the foreign media attention is the rural movement by the Chinese government. Fascinating conversation and more posts later on this. Caijing has a version in English now.

Do you know the way to Beijing?

The New Market Team [NMKT] is moving north to Beijing today and of course Im rolling along with them. We are doing site visits and the theme will be software integration. New Market's man on the ground there Dr Wu is very knowledgeable and I have spoken to him before and looking forward to meeting him.
I will post on the Shanghai Rail Summit when I get back. Lots of material. Went to the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday in the midst of a correction. What was more telling is the pack of gentlemen that hang outside banks trading like a scene from the 1920’s.