Pete raised a very good topic about the One Child Policy and the decision of investing in China or not. Here is Pete's first post.
Also-- Jian Shuo Wang, this is a little off-topic but I had a question myself. I was at a business conference recently where an international consultant was speaking-- he's one of these people that gives advice to American businesses, on where to invest abroad.
Anyway, he said something that shocked me quite a bit. Many of us have been planning investment in China for a while, but this consultant-- who used to be a Chinese investor himself-- is now advising all of us to avoid investing in China and to focus instead on Latin America, India and Vietnam. The reason for his advice, he stated, is China's One Child Policy-- he said China should get rid of it immediately, within maybe two years, or the investment consultants in the USA are going to recommend that US companies pull all their money out of China.
I don't know whether he's right or wrong, but More
Continued from this entry: One Child Policy in China
Well. I am back home. It is 23:44 Tuesday night, and I think it is the good time to get started to answer this big question.
The Disclaimer (I hate it but I have to)
Before I started, just put the disclaimer here, as I usually did.
This is just a personal blog, and what I am talking here only represents my CURRENT point of view. Not anybody else, not to mention the whole country. I emphasis that it is the current point of view, because any one's POV may change after he/she is exposed to more data, and has more experience, including me. Also, I am not a consultant, and I don't want to pretend to know China well. I was born in small city in China, and lived there for 18 years before I moved to Shanghai about 10 years ago. I didn't see the whole China, even didn't see enough about Shanghai. I promise I don't put anything I know is not true on this blog, but I am not saying whatever I believe is true is the truth.
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Thanks for everyone's discussion on my work and life balance. ILH asked:Is it worth it if you are starting to neglect your personal heath and sacrifice your family life in order to have a full time job, maintain a couple of Weblog, and have a lots of social activities? Posted by: ILH on May 14, 2005 02:19 AM
Well. It is NOT worth to have a full time job to sacrifice my family life and health. In Stephen R. Covey's First Things First put this sentence as the headline of the first chapter:"How many people on their deathbed wish they'd spendt more time at the office."
I totally agree. What I am doing is really integrate my dream, my life and my job together. I have my commitment to every friend around me, my family, my company and my life. I believe I can balance for most time. This Beijing trip is an exception, that I believe what I sacrified well paid for what I got. Thanks for everyone's care.
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