One More Note on (Chinese) Politics

Last political stump, I promise.  I've avoided the incredibly huge white elephant in the room over this last week simply because I want to stay on line.  But I need to say something.  These two posts are concise but thought provoking; compare this about Ta!wan to this about T!bet.I do most of my project management with clients via the internet and so I try to stay away from overtly political issues.  But there are "non-business" issues that affect business and affect the individuals involved in business.By the way, if you think that the issues last weekend in T!bet, the elections this weekend in Ta!wan, the Olympics in August and the US presidential elections in November will not affect your business in China, you are mistaken.  These are important issues that affect who you can work with, the balance of trade and import/export policies, how much information you'll have access to, the prices for materials and labor, the accessibility of markets and products, taxes, visas and most importantly the lives of real people.