Many thanks to our colleagues at Renmin University School of Law. This is a press release, albeit all in Chinese, about a joint program held this past summer. I’ve been fortunate to be participating since 2011 with 2010 being the Program’s inaugural year.
Here is a partial English translation of the overall program and then the business piece.
Boston 2014 “insights into US law” study tour documentary
2014-9-22On July 20, we have a line of ten people from Renmin University Law students going from Beijing to the United States, and deplaning at the Chicago airport, three hours after a brief wait, finally arriving in Boston at about 5 PM EST.
This year’s “Insights into US law” Study Tour program is again hosted by Boston College, with Professor Judith McMorrow in charge. Warm and friendly and the Renmin University Law School professor– Judith McMorrow’s teacher– Yao Hai– sent early at the airport to greet us and arranged a taxi to the study tour destinations: Boston College. In the car, we enjoyed the dizzying historical city of Boston, glimpses of roadside trees, blocks of independent villas, and a beautiful church gave us a strong visual impact. In the fresh air and sunshine, the way the scenery is particularly clear and vivid, our first twenty minutes in the United States constitute a wonderful initial impression.
…The second class of the day was by Professor Gregory Stoller, on international business. He has taught for many years at Boston College School of Business, but also runs a company that provides consulting services for international business. Professor Stoller is very interested in the Chinese market, he speaks fluent Chinese, and also has adopted a Chinese name (“Shi Gao Le”), and his gestures display shrewd temperament. Professor Shi Gao Le bilingually first introduces the background of US companies investing in China, including the American approach, the US’ general impression of China, China’s strengths and weaknesses, and Americans worries about China. This information and his personal experiences are very granular but also very direct, as the Americans tend to doubt the sustainability of China’s economic success, and also have questions about intellectual property rights, human rights, entrepreneurship, etc.. He used another example, that when doing business with the Americans, it’s important to develop a habit of replying to emails promptly. Next, Professor Shi Gao Le uses a real case to leads us, in discussing the feasibility of the project to carry out a US food and beverage brand in China. The students offered their point of view from their own personal experience, the perspective of cultural differences, and the atmosphere was very lively class discussion. At the end, and in the classroom, Professor Shi Gao Le and all the students shook hands, everyone was infected by his enthusiasm.
