Here we are

Sitting in an internet cafe in the Tokyo airport waiting for the final leg.Not sure how the electronics stuff is going to work out - my phone has no service here and I can't access my work e-mail. so this should be interesting. So far all is well, though we're dragging. Ready for a good night's rest and then we can hit Shanghai tomorrow.

Why China Isn't the Next Silicon Valley

What makes China so staggering is that everything that happened to corporate America over decades—think the television and media studios build out of the 1950s, the greed of the 1980s, the dot com bubble, the build out of physical and IT infrastructure, current Web 2.0 and CleanTech innovation—is all happening to China at once.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/01/why-china-isn%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%9cthe-next-silicon-valley%e2%80%9d/

Hong Kong Destination Guide

With an entire day of freetime in Hong Kong, here are some ideas:

http://guides.travelchannel.com/hong-kong

China Revealed

The Discovery Channel has a whole section dedicated to China:

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/atlas/china/china.html

World Heritage: Terra Cotta Soldiers

Quick video on the Terra Cotta Soldiers:

http://www.travelchannel.com/Video_%26_Photos/Video_Detail?videoRef=TITLE242

World Heritage: The Great Wall of China

A quick video about the Great Wall:

http://www.travelchannel.com/Video_%26_Photos/Video_Detail?videoRef=TITLE76

Top 10 Beijing Attractions

From the Travel Channel: http://www.travelchannel.com/Travel_Ideas/Museums_and_Culture/ci.Visit_the_Top_10_Beijing_Attractions.artTravelIdeasFmt?vgnextfmt=artTravelIdeasFmt