Shanghai Stock Exchange Tour Today was a busy day! Our China Trade Mission toured the Shanghai Stock Exchange, The Bund, Yuyuan Garden and Nanjing Road. Today’s first stop was the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This exchange is the largest in Mainland China with a 2007 market cap of US$3.02 trillion. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is managed [...]

Shanghai – The Paris of the East Jim Trippon reporting to you live from Shanghai. Today our China Trade Mission the 2008 China Investors Field Trip arrived in Shanghai. Shanghai is the largest city in China an one of the largest urban areas in the world. The estimated population is over 20 million in the [...]

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Tour We begin our day by visiting the Shenzhen Stock Exchange by the reception by the management of the Exchange who will give us a tour. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange is the 9th largest stock exchange in Asia by market capitalisation. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange launched the blue-chip composite index in Jan. [...]

After we depart from Macau, our next destination is the port city of Shenzhen on China’s Mainland. I am especially fond of Shenzhen since it has a sister city relationship with my hometown Houston, Texas. Upon arrival in Shenzhen we will be greeted with a reception of the local Shenzhen City Government officials and have [...]

Macau – Day 5 China Trade Mission “The customer in Las Vegas comes into the casino to be entertained… The Chinese customer walks into the casino to face destiny. They are here to do battle – and strike it rich.” – local Macau casino manager, on the Chinese love of gambling. Today is our last [...]