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Apr 04 2009

Business in Beijing

Posted by scott in Business Trips

Last night I returned home from an exhausting week long business trip in Beijing. I honestly wasn’t that keen on heading over to Beijing after my last trip there some 6 years ago. My faithful readers may remember my bad experience there – getting boned by endless rude service and people aiming to rip you off… well – not this time around!


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My week in Beijing was – dare I say – delightful!

From my perspective the city has changed dramatically. There are tons of new buildings – of course the Olympic ones – but also a fantastic new airport which I would rank in my top 3 (… Vancouver still being #1!). Even the attitudes of people have changed. I recall getting yelled at last time by an airport Immigration officer for not having a pen … well now – they have machines installed that let you instantly rate the service you’re getting on a scale of 1 to 5. Sweet!

I regret not having more time for sightseeing – but that’s the way these business trips go: work, work, work, see a few sights from the car, rush back home. One of these trips I must take in the great wall…

In any case – I did take a surprising amount of pictures for a business trip. Read on to have a look see and join me on my business trip!

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Call me crazy – but I’m looking forward to my next trip back to Beijing.

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7 Responses to “Business in Beijing”
  1. Can. Mike says:
    April 4, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    Ok, I’ll call you crazy.

    What? No spitting? No rude waitresses? No bad hotel service and disgusting buffets?

    Hope you at least ate some peking duck?

  2. scott says:
    April 4, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    Mikey – Spitting – yes. Rude waitresses – no. Bad hotel service – no. Disgusting buffets – no – in fact I had an amazing breakfast buffet every morning! The hotel was super cheap too – like $100 US / night breakfast included. Perhaps you guys just got boned with your choice in accommodations last time?

    I didn’t have peking duck this trip unfortunately – that is one thing food item I probably should have squeezed in … ah well – the pizza was good! ;)

  3. Okumura says:
    April 6, 2009 at 12:31 am

    Why do you call the food peking duck while you call the city Beijing? Both are “北京”.
    Probably, “peking” is Japanesed (wrong) pronunciation, so I assume correct English should be “Beijing duck” and you two are too much exposured by Japanese?

  4. scott says:
    April 6, 2009 at 7:27 am

    Okumura-san – Peking is the old English name for the city. I guess the food was never renamed! :)

  5. Okumura says:
    April 7, 2009 at 12:55 am

    Oh, that’s why. I see.

  6. MJG says:
    April 8, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    That CCTV thing is pretty amazing.

  7. scott says:
    April 9, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    MJG – isn’t it! When we drove by – I swear it nearly fell on us!

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