新年快乐

SRI’s 2007 Year-End BlogFirst, Happy New Year!I guess that I should have called this the SRI 2008 New Year Blog, but I started it on the 31st and then went out to celebrate and didn't get back to it until now. Anyway, whatever it's called, I hope that 2008 in China is notable for the Olympics and not for pollution, a crash in the stock market, fakes or more recalls.Second, welcome to our new blog. Enjoy; and say thanks to Dan at CLB if you like it. There are some changes to come, but it's good to start the new year with the new page and a new post--all at the same time.Now, for the new or uninitiated.The goal of the SRI blog is to share experiences, success and frustrations of a small, independently owned US business working with small to medium sized factories in China and SEA. There are a lot of blogs and books on how big business works here--but not much for the SME. Enter SRI.What makes me think that I can share anything of value? Well, I've been living and working in Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China for almost all of the past 18 years. I've cut my teeth in Chinese SME's and managed projects ranging from a couple thousand to a couple hundred thousand USD in multiple countries and in multiple languages.More importantly we’ve had great response from readers, other bloggers and some other major outlets. 6 original articles from SRI were published both online and in print form by two different international organizations. More than 20 of this last year’s blogs were also featured on other blogs. I was able to read and review more than 30 books on China as well.2008 will be more of the same—more book reviews. More published papers (some already requested and others in the works). More thoughts, insights and experiences from working with SME’s in China. Next year will also have more updates from Southeast Asia as we do more projects in and invest more time and money into Thailand, Vietnam and maybe a couple other places too. I’ll keep you posted.I appreciate your patronage and hope to keep you interested and informed during the next year. I hope that you enjoy the blog and look forward to your feedback.Thanks,DD