Dear Readers, Just arriving back in Thailand from a 10 day trip to China – and things are cooking. Many have been asking, and it is a pleasure to announce we have opened up early bird tickets for our fourth annual Cross Border Summit! What started in April 2016, the Cross Border Summit has become Global From Asia’s main event … Read More
It Ain’t A Pretty Picture
I sat down to write what I thought would be a simple column but how this stuff adds up….it accumulates faster than Kangde Xin Composite Material Group Company’s manufacturing of profits; for those of you unaware, they didn’t just manufacture laminating film but also manufactured (sic) profits – from 2015 to 2018, RMB 11.9 billion of them ie. US$1.729 BILLION … Read More
Double Down in Vegas
Dear Readers, I am on the road again – passing through Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Ningbo – seems I can’t stay away from this area. On the trip, I had a chance to catch up with Howard Thai – the Professor of Amazon – and an expert in our GFA community (also will be a speaker at our fourth annual … Read More
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
Some interesting facts issued forth this past week – I use the word, “facts”, deliberately and advisedly as so much of what we read/hear today only loosely fits that classification (if at all). I am addressing not only the issue of fake news, however defined, but also the deliberate slanting of the raw data used to generate the so-named facts. … Read More
Contributor Spotlight: Bennett Little’s Global Gab Series
Dear Readers, One of the most valuable things about what has been budding here at Global From Asia is the community. The amazing people that have been discovered from the podcasts, blogs, and other nuggets of content via online and offline production. This week I want to spotlight Bennett Little. A regular reader of the newsletter last year he started … Read More
The Jerks Are Jerking Us Around
Good afternoon from Canada – land of the stockpiled canola and the embargoed pork. Well, those of us concerned with international trade can breathe a little easier (but probably not for long). China and the USA have agreed to talk some more and, in the interval, Huawei gets a lifeline for parts and everyone else gets a lifeline from … Read More
Bloomberg Quote on USA China Trade War (things brewing and chance for you)
Dear Readers, As I have mentioned in previous emails – Global From Asia has been a top destination for readers on this trade war and I am studying closely how to adjust our content and direction – today we will share some new developments (at the end of the email) If you also remember, I have said the media … Read More
Case Study of Knowing Your Factory [Video]
Dear Readers, I was back up in China (second time in a month) from comfortable Thailand, and visiting our moka pot factory. As a content creator and host of Global From Asia – I took my v-log camera and made an interactive video to share insights of why it is so important to visit your factory, and build a long … Read More
Nothing serious?
Good evening from Canada…well, it sure has been an interesting week. The Trumpster, no sooner than backing off from Mexico, decided to up the stakes with Turkey while at the same time downplaying Iran’s apparent attacks on 6 oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz over the last 2 weeks as, “nothing serious”. Folks, I don’t make this stuff up … Read More
What Insights We Have Been Getting On the Trade War
Dear Readers, Thank you for those who filled out the survey for this USA/China trade war last week. If you didn’t get a chance to fill it out yet – you still have time to have your voice heard! Fill out the survey here. Don’t miss out on playing your part on this survey and having your voice heard. … Read More