High Grades Versus High Values

We are already gearing up for Cross Border Summit 2018 – but let’s not forget about the past. For those who attended or are interested in attending future events, please fill out this survey so we can help you out more!

Legco Set To Discuss Increase in Welfare payments, but Many Fear Changes Will Not Go Far Enough
High amount of housing rent has been an issue to many Hong Kongers especially to those who have below or just the average earnings. Some of them are even skipping meals to make sure they still have enough money to pay for the rent. The Legislative Council (Legco) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is taking an action to resolve the matter.

Changing Lives for Good: Operation Santa Claus Launches 30th Installment
South China Morning Post and government broadcaster RTHK, the organizers of the OSC (Operation Santa Claus), launched its annual fundraising event on Monday, aiming to help those who are in need. The most important thing that you can do is to let others feel that they are not alone.

How One Hong Kong School Broke Away From City’s Cramming Culture
Many have noticed that school is no longer about learning but it’s all about passing. High grades are more important than high values. Alan Chow Ping-yan, a school principal in W F Joseph Lee, agreed that school shouldn’t be all about academic learning. Children will learn more if engaged in real life activities. Therefore, I quote Benjamin Franklin’s words, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.

We are excited to announce that one of our amazing speakers, Lorenzo, will be having his meetup tomorrow in Slim’s New York Steaks and Burgers (Binjiang Branch), Hangzhou, China at 7pm to 9pm. This is an open event and for free! So, if you’re in the area, don’t miss this opportunity to learn about Ecommerce Business.

Lessons Learned From First Month and Half of Starting an Ecommerce Business

This is a way to connect quality service providers in Asia with companies around the world. Over the years hosting the podcast and running our blog, we have seen so many business owners pulling their hair out trying to find the right service provider in China, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia to tap into the market. This GFA Market is our answer – we want to connect you directly to our network, and allow smooth and safe business transactions to be placed here. It is our way to put buyers (Western business owners) and sellers (Asia focused service providers) together to go “Global From Asia”.

GFA Job Posts

While I have been doing podcasts and video blogs for years now, this was a whole new ballgame. We had our professional video crew come with us to record and it was true lights, camera, action! I interviewed in English (really gotta up my game in learning Chinese) and some of the interviews were answered in English while others were answered in Chinese. We will take all this amazing and one of a kind content and open it up for the world to watch and learn.

Interviewing Top Chinese E-commerce Executives

GFAVIP News

After a crazy month and the successful CBM2017 event, we have another featured member for this week. He’s none other than Cameron Walker, the President of Gifts, Home, & Hardware for Global Sources. He’s a Canadian and been in China for 15 years in 3 different cities – Beijing, Xi’An and Shenzhen.

Cameron Walker President of Gifts, Home, & Hardware for Global Sources