beyond the green

This was our last full day in Shanghai—and the last day of our China Interterm adventure! We were met as scheduled in GM’s modern office block by a lady who showed us a scale model of GM’s facilities at this location and, to our pleasure and surprise… more »

This was a day of sightseeing—our destination was Suzhou, located about 100 miles SW of Suzhou (“Su”-“fish, rice and grass”; “zhou”—“state” or “city”) is a booming city of 7 million with a history of some 2,000 years. It was mentioned by Marco Polo in re… more »

Our visit this morning was the Shanghai Stock Exchange located across the Huangpu River in the city's ultra-modern financial sector. We were met by our host for the visit, Mr. Jackie Liu, Senior Manager, Global Business Development, who informed us that… more »

When we are not working in the fields, helping Neal with his research or weeding, our time at the mission is relatively free. Over the past week I have found joy in this down time. After a hot morning of work, a few of us walked down to the river th… more »

Our business visit this morning took us eastward across the Huangpu River on a 45-minute drive to Pudong’s business district. Of Shanghai’s 23 million residents, about 13 mn live west of the river (Puxi) and 10 mn on the eastern side (Pudong). Travel acr… more »