Recent Articles from Donna Evans
Donna’s excellent adventure in China: The final day
The last day before we fly home started with a business meeting with an Australian business man doing business in China. He talked a lot about the opportunities in China and some of the challenges. One of the biggest challenges, the one that has been at the top of the list for seven years, is the […]
Donna’s excellent adventure in China: Day 6
We started the day at the Lingyin Temple, the main feature is a 64.3 ft-high camphor-wood carved Buddha. The gardens are beautiful and the temples are brightly painted with intricate carvings. It is a working temple with monks who take care of the grounds. In one of the temples there is an incredible carving that […]
Donna’s excellent adventure in China: Day 5
The weather in Suzhou was sunny and beautiful. Our first excursion was to the beautiful Lingering Garden. Covering four acres, it is one of the four most famous gardens in China. It was constructed in the 21st year of the reign of Wanli under the Ming Dynasty (1593 A.D). The Lingering Garden is celebrated for it’s […]
Donna’s excellent adventure in China: Day 4
Our flight from Beijing to Shanghai left at 7:30 a.m. and arrived at 9:30 a.m. The airport in Shanghai was built for the World Expo. It was very exciting for China because it was the first time the Expo was held in a developing country. They built thousands of apartments and other buildings in anticipation. […]
Donna’s excellent adventure in China: Day 3
Bright and early we headed to the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420 A.D., where the emperors prayed to heaven for a good harvest. After touring the grounds we visited a large jade factory. I didn’t realize that there are so many colors of jade. The intricate carvings show an incredible amount of artistic talent […]
Donna’s excellent China adventure: Day 2
It was great to land in Beijing! On the bus to the restaurant, we were offered a beer brewed in Beijing; there are quite a few breweries in China, and evidently no open container liquor laws. Our tour guide “Brad” graduated in tourism from the Beijing Tourism Institution and touted the city’s major renovation spurred […]
Donna’s excellent adventure in China
I’m on my way to China! It will be my first visit to Asia where I and 23 other Chamber CEO’s, along with 18 guests, will participate in a trade mission hosted by the American Association of Chamber Executives and Citslinc Travel. The goal of the trip is to encourage more American businesses to do […]
Employee Free Choice—or forced choice—Act?
The 4th Workforce Freedom Airlift 2010 Takeoff, a gathering of roughly 250 delegates from eight states organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was the largest ever due to continuing economic uncertainty — combined with the fact that small business and community leaders across the nation believe the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or any related compromise, would […]