Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Commercialism and Bargaining

Today was so amazing! 
Today we went to the Commercial Office in the American Embassy. We talked with Ted & Mark A. Lewis, who is a standards officer in the commercial department. We discussed China's growth, piracy, importing, and exporting. We talked about so many things. Once we finished talking we took a tour of the office and viewed the CCTV Towers from the board room. A brief discussion with Mr. Kaiser Kuo took place within the same building. We discussed Tibet, piracy, music and China's expansion over the past few years. Mr. Kuo also told us about his life as a 'rockstar'. We went to the Silk Market where we each had our own adventures both individually and as a group and bargained prices, some were more successful than others. We had dinner at a restaurant with many of the people who made this trip possible and it was just another great experience to add onto our list of great experiences.

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