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Download this podcast Length 14:00 Download audio file (20091122_a_bill_powell_pt3.mp3) In our recent Podcast series, we have been talking with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines, based in Shanghai.  In the last Podcast, we got into, what I thought, was a VERY interesting discussion about the uniqueness of what is going on in China these days.  Literally, what we are seeing in China is unprecedented … never before has an economy (and a society) grown and changed so much in such a short period of time.  Understanding it, let alone predicting it, is very difficult and we are all, in a sense, working without a script.  We talked earlier about what the U.S. and other Western economies could learn from China … to wrap up our conversation, I started by asking Bill what he thought China could (and should) learn from the West …

Download this podcast Length 21:17 Download audio file (20091118_a_bill_powell_pt2.mp3) We are in the middle of a discussion with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines.  In the first part, we talked about China and the rest of the world, how we try to make comparisons to what is happening in China with what we have seen in the past.  In this Podcast, I wanted to start off by getting Bill’s take on the challenges of covering China.  I prefaced my question by saying that, in our consulting practice at Technomic Asia, we are very careful not to talk about “THE” China market … there are, in fact, MANY China “markets” taking into account big cities, small cities, northern cultures, southern cultures, urban and rural, etc.  I asked him to talk about the practicalities over covering such a vast subject and the challenges he finds in trying to do so …

Download this podcast Length 17:29 Download audio file (20091115_bill_powell_pt1.mp3) Over the past 4 years of the China Business Podcast we’ve done many interviews with business people in China, typically leaders of companies or operations.  We’ve talked about the intricacies of doing business here, the opportunities and challenges, and specific strategies and tactics that have worked for them. Well, I would like to take a chance to back up a bit and view the China environment from a different perspective through an interview with someone who has been reporting on the action, not only in China but around the world.  Bill Powell is the senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines and is based in Shanghai.  We’ve known each other for a couple of years and he calls every now and then to bounce around some ideas and perspectives.  I have always appreciated his perspective and I thought he would make a great interview … and I was right. Here is part one of that interview …

This is an online session of question and answer with Dr. Lewis Lancaster, former president and adjunct professor at University of the West. In the course Spread of Buddhism to Central Asia and China, Dr. Lancaster approaches the geographic spread of Buddhism as a method of studying the development of Buddhist thought and philosophy.The Spread of Buddhism to Central Asia and China is an online course offered by UWest Extended Studies Programs. Visit our online media home, Open Campus, to see a class lecture sample lesson

This is an online session of question and answer with Dr. Lewis Lancaster, former president and adjunct professor at University of the West. In the course Spread of Buddhism to Central Asia and China, Dr. Lancaster approaches the geographic spread of Buddhism as a method of studying the development of Buddhist thought and philosophy.The Spread of Buddhism to Central Asia and China is an online course offered by UWest Extended Studies Programs. Visit our online media home, Open Campus, to see a class lecture sample lesson

Dr. Sandra A. Wawrytko, faculty at San Diego State University, presenting at University of the West's Institute of Chinese Buddhist Studies Conference, Chinese Buddhism: Past, Present and Future." Topic: "Buddhism in Times of Crises: Lessons from China s Period of Disunity" Date: December 12, 2008

Dr. Robert H. Sharf, Chair of the Center for Buddhist Studies Institute at UC Berkeley, presenting at University of the West's Institute of Chinese Buddhist Studies Spring 2009 Lecture series on campus in Rosemead , CA. Topic: "Is Nirvana the Same as Sentience? Chinese Struggles with an Indian Buddhist Ideal." Date: February 6, 2009