I think you all read about the Japanese disaster the last few days in the papers when the earthquake hit followed by a Tsunami that wrecked the Nuclear plant in Fukushima. So far there is no sign that it would spread to Shanghai or China but who knows...A friend of mine had his HQ calling him as saying that he should probably start checking some plane tickets home to Finland soon...Hope it does not come to that because if that happens when is it safe to come back?
The last few days I've been going to different seminars organized by the Finnish Chamber of Commerce and some other networking events for people working in Shanghai. In this one below they were talking about the risks and corruption there is when doing business in China. The speaker had a background the Swedish secret police and has been in China since 2004.
Yesterday there was a very big "Spring Mix" where about 500 people showed up and when coming home my pockets were full of business cards. I met one British guy who came to Shanghai December 1980 and has been here since then. He had a lot of interesting stories to tell, wish I could see pictures taken at that time when Pudong was only grasslands. The view from the hotel (Fairmont Peace Hotel) where the Spring Mix was kept is amazing!
Next to the bus stop they have a store which makes car keys. Never has stealing cars been this easy before! You can make any sort of key you want here...
Also found a store that was so nice that it was actually called NICE.
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