What a way to celebrate Christmas! Take the whole family out to the Shenzhen Safari Zoo – Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, oh my! And yes, this zoo has that and more!

Back in Hong Kong and just before Christmas holiday. Got to ask some friends in my business trip what people in Hong Kong and China do for this big holiday. Have you spent a Christmas in Hong Kong or China? Well – in Hong Kong it is celebrated, whereas if you’re in Mainland China it is like another day of …

My friend Wilson, met back in Startup Weekend China days in 2010/2011 timeframe and we’ve become good friends. He helped a lot organize a ton of those events, and has also helped me organize last year’s Cross Border Summit. All these years he has asked me to come visit him in his hometown in Chaozhou city – a couple hours …

Been a hermit lately so this past Friday went around to some coworking spaces – 36KR and Simply Work, as well as a local shenzhen Marketing meetup. Made some new friends and had fun!

So, been disappointed to see Casey Neistat has stopped his daily vlog! But I’ll keep this going – and its kinda boring now – I’m stuck without a passport in China as I renew my China visa for the next year. Hope it goes through without a problem!

Taking a Cross Border Business Trip in Hong Kong Action Packed Friday in Hong Kong – The Global From Asia cross border trip – this time we did a full day covering how to do Chinese E-commerce from HK, and caught some of it on this video blog.

Happy birthday Tencent (One of the biggest tech companies in China, and the world, parent company of Wechat and QQ) Wendy, Miles, Maggie, and I took a trip around the birthday celebration at a “Mini China” – aka Splendid China in Shenzhen, China.

Trump & Hong Kong Hong Kong reacts to Donald Trump, I walked around a bit between business meetings and get a few different perspectives, from locals and expats in Hong Kong.

Busy way to end October – a house party full of babies for Halloween – at my place!

Helped host the first DCx Hong Kong event last week – keep things simple and get it done! Had fun in construction zones, rooftops, and cupcake making classes – then to wife’s birthday!

Hanging w/ the Amazon FBA power seller crew in Guangzhou, China and having fun – thanks Chris Davey for putting this together!

More trade shows! This one is for the gadget enthusiasts and hobbyists – in Shenzhen, China we have people form around the world making stuff and hacking products together!

In Guangzhou, China visiting the Canton Fair. Why people come to China? We met a few members at Enter China at our meetup and learned a couple stories of how they came here, and how they are staying here longer than expected. How did you end up in China?

Still in the midst of an action packed October. Trade show season – and my first stop to a trade show – the Global Sources Trade Show. But the main event for me was the Smart China Sourcing Summit, that Peter Zapf from Global Sources has been heading up now for 2 seasons (first one was in April). In our …