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Date change: 27th May 2008 at 19:30
Great Eastern Studio
presents
China Insider series
2008 Beijing Olympics Hype and Reality
Hidden China exclusive tour
IoD City China Interest Group Networking Reception
With the recent media attention on China being largely hostile (or
viewed as such from China), how do Chinese feel the Games will affect
China's business environment and relations with other countries? In a wider perspective, what benefits, challenges and opportunities do the Olympic Games bring to China? Has the Chinese government learned lessons of other Olympic host cities and will London learn from Beijing?
Join other IoD China Interest Group and CBBC members as well as members of the London business community with a strong interest of China to discuss these issues and more in the setting of the Great Eastern Studio, a centre for Chinese cultural awareness and business communication training in London.
Following a short presentation about Great Eastern Studio's programs we will hold a talk by Roy Graff, Managing Director of ChinaContact and Director of China Business Services. Roy will address the aforementioned topics and host an open discussion giving guests the opportunity to openly share their views.
We will introduce a special exclusive tour program which is scheduled for October 2008 and which will visit behind the scenes of several Unesco World Heritage sites in Western China. A social networking reception will follow.
Program
18:00 China cultural awareness and business communications workshop (limited to 20 people - click here for registration)
19:15 Registration, drinks and snacks
19:30 Presentation of Great Eastern Studio 'China Insider' training workshops
19:45 Talk: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - the hype and the reality
20:10 Open discussion (open bar and food)
20:30 Introduction of the 2008 Executive 'Hidden China' tour to Sichuan and Yunnan
provinces in Autumn 2008
20:45 Networking and drinks
Hosted by:
Roy is a fluent
Mandarin speaker who has lived and worked in China from 2002-2005 and
currently travels to China regularly. He is involved in China tourism
and hospitality related ventures, PR and marketing. He holds positions of Managing Director, ChinaContact; Director, China Business Services and is a member of the 48 Group Club and China Advisers Network. Roy will be in
Beijing in the lead up and during the 2008 Olympics.
Yu SUN
A cross-cultural consultant with a
particular focus on Anglo-Chinese communications in Business.
Previously working with Shanghai government as a project manager, Yu
Sun has worked on many international projects between China and Britain. Yu is Managing Director of Orient Business Consulting and is a member of the China Advisers Network.
About the 2008 Executive 'Hidden China' tour:
In autumn 2008, a small group of senior executives and business people from the
UK will travel to Western
China on an expert-led visit to UNESCO World Heritage sites in Sichuan and Yunnan
provinces. Through access to local community leaders and managers of socially
and environmentally significant sites the group will learn about the efforts of
local communities from various ethnic backgrounds to provide sustainable
development and livelihoods. The tour will offer a behind the scenes view of
life in rural China
and the contrast between the cities and villages. It will also take the guests
through magnificent sceneries and wildlife as well as the intangible heritage
of China's
minority cultures.
Highlights of the trip:
- Interaction with Giant Pandas at the Wolong Panda breeding centre
- Learn to cook Sichuanese food or participate in a Sichuan Opera
- Explore restricted gorges at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jiuzhaigou
- Meet with Tibetan, Qiang and other minority families and discuss their future
with the village heads
- Visit the famous Dazu Grottos near Chongqing
- Discuss eco-tourism and conservation work with leaders of WWF and The Nature
Conservancy
- Visit scenic spots such as Lijiang Old town and Tiger Leaping Gorge
The tour will be led by Roy Graff who has over 6 years of tourism experience in
China and is a frequent
speaker on China's
tourism industry and sustainable tourism development.
Contact information:
Telephone: 020 8180 5790 or 07821 093199
email: events@greateasternstudio.co.uk
website: www.greateasternstudio.co.uk
How to find us - click for map
About the venue:
Great Eastern studio (www.greateasternstudio.co.uk ) is located within walking distance to Liverpool Street train station and Old Street Tube station on Great Eastern Road. The studio offers regular monthly workshops on Chinese communication and cultural awareness as well as bi-monthly specialist seminars on specific Chinese sectors. For a full list of upcoming events please visit the website.
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