Archives for December 2010

Taking the long view on China

Beachhead advisor Adam Williams is the fourth generation of his family to be living and working in China. Get his take on the big economic and cultural shifts happening in China, and what New Zealand companies need to know to be successful in the market. Click here to view on the NZTE website.

A Christmas message from Adam Williams

Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Adam Williams

The Queen of the Wood – The Dezi Winery, Le Marche

On a temperate June evening three years ago, I was having dinner with my friends and guests, Stephen Bradley, then British Consul General in Hong Kong, and Count Florian Von Hirsch, a merchant banker from Bavaria and London. We had chosen the I Piceni Restaurant, in the hilltop village of Ortezzano, with its fine views […]

A Visit to Number 27, The Bund, Shanghai

Last Monday my Shanghai colleague, Eugene Liu, and I escorted a 93-year-old Jardine veteran, Mr S C Fong, a former senior manager of the Airways Department, back to his old office at 27 The Bund. Mr Fong is probably the last person left alive who worked there when it was the headquarters of Jardine Matheson […]