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25
Nov

“Typically Foreigners”

It is widely known that everyone in Sweden drink beer for breakfast, hunt polar bears in the backyard and enjoy eating chocolate and cheese inside our Alp cabins*... Well as a Swedish I know that this is not a good description for the majority of my Swedish countrymen, but when you arrive in China you will quickly realize that the Chinese people have just as many stereotypes of us western people as we do have of them. When talking to people in China you will quickly be told that “Westerners do this”, “African people are like that” and “Chinese people

01
Nov

Trade Show Highlights

Members of our sales team, Fredrik and Suzanne, travelled to Asia and together we became a big delegation covering last month’s trade shows. The shows provided excellent opportunities to see and feel new products and they provided valuable updates related to the environmental and social aspects of production. This year the best show for new and cool products was the Mega Show (in particular Part 1) taking place in Hong Kong. The Mega Show had the most items that any company in merchandising can ask for and in

31
Oct

Shenzhen – Electric City

Shenzhen is located in the Pearl River Delta on the border of Hong Kong and is said to have more than 14 million inhabitants. The city which a few decades ago was an obscure fishing village has grown to become an electronics production mecca where most likely parts of your phone, TV, computer, dishwasher and hair dryer have parts originated. In 1980 the city was declared one of China’s five “Special Economic Zone”, which gave it vital economic freedom making capital from the west stream to the city through Hong