LIVE & WORK U.S. STYLE IN CHINA AT NEW AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARK NEAR BEIJING: HOLMES STONER NAMED US REPRESENTATIVE
Most US cities feature areas called "Chinatown" but now the tables are turning and an America-town is evolving near Beijing. 
Can you imagine being able to live in an Ameican-style home, go to bowling league weekly, speak English 24/7 and eat and shop at U.S. style shops and restaurants in a foreign land like China? 
Go bowling at American Industrial Park near Beijing.
Well, now Americans in China can live and work U.S.-style at the American Industrial Park at Machikou, Changping District, Beijing.
US style homes at American Industrial Park. You're not in Kansas anymore but you can live like it near Beijing.
Why is this important in a blog about the future of entertainment? Because China holds the purse-strings on international sales for Hollywood's future. 
High tech facilities at American Industrial Park will help build the next-gen of entertainment & technology.
Plus, the demand for US television and video programming in China will prosper as more and more Americans begin visiting and working in China.
HOLMES STONER APPOINTED US REP AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARK:
My colleague and associate Holmes Stoner, Director, Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce is just back from Beijing.
He is the appointed US representative for the new American Industrial Park. Holmes gave me the gorgeous all-color brochure for the American Industrial Park which featurs 128, 000 square meters of living space. 
21st Century Infrastructure & Telecommunications open China to business internationally.
Stoner says, "Major American firms are realizing the importance of establishing working offices in China; the American Industrial Park makes it more comfortable for U.S. citizens to work and live near Beijing. The high-tech, modern facilities streamline the transition for Americans doing business in China." To reach Stoner directly contact him via email at [email protected]. 
In-bound China Tourism 2004: Chinese inbound tourism breaking the 100 million mark
For the first time ever, inbound tourism in China reaches 109.4 million visitors in 2004. Not only is it a new record on the international scene, but this earned the foreign exchange revenue up to $25.74 billion, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics and the China National Tourism Administration, CNTA. The inbound tourists mainly came from 16 countries: Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, the United States, the Philippines, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, India and France.
As for the number of Chinese leaving their country to visit the rest of the world, they accounted for 28.85 million in 2004. Some 5.87 million Chinese mainland people travelled abroad for business purpose, up 8.55% compared with last year. About 13 million mainlanders went abroad for private reasons, representing an increase of 55.15%. The CNTA also mentioned that tourism revenue represented $58 billion in constant progression.
DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA: YOU NEED INTERMEDIARY & CONTACTS:
Stoner's appointment reminds me of a story I saw in HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW(see excerpt below). Holmes explains that it is still challenging to deal with China not only because of culture shock and cultural clashes but because of the importance of connections and an intermediary like Stoner to help interpret not just the language but more importantly the style of doing business and of course in making introductions.
click on thumnail to see intro to American Industrial Park colorful brochure.
When U.S. and Chinese businesspeople sit at the negotiating table, frustration is often the result. This Harvard Business Review excerpt summarizes the historical and cultural disconnects.
In preparing for a business trip to China, most Westerners like to arm themselves with a handy, one-page list of etiquette how-tos. "Carry a boatload of business cards," tipsters say. "Bring your own interpreter." "Speak in short sentences." "Wear a conservative suit." Such advice can help get you in the door and even through the first series of business transactions. But it won’t sustain the kind of prolonged, year-in, year-out associations that Chinese and Western businesses can now achieve.....The root cause: a failure on the American side to understand the much broader context of Chinese culture and values, a problem that too often leaves Western negotiators both flummoxed and flailing. ...
IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTIONS AND THE INTERMEDIARY:
Guanxi (Personal Connections)
While Americans put a premium on networking, information, and institutions, the Chinese place a premium on individuals’ social capital within their group of friends, relatives, and close associates.
Zhongjian Ren (The Intermediary)
Business deals for Americans in China don't have a chance without the zhongjian ren, the intermediary. In the United States, we tend to trust others until or unless we’re given reason not to. In China, suspicion and distrust characterize all meetings with strangers For more details and the other 6 factors to helping close deals in China please see: "The Chinese Negotiation," Harvard Business Review, Vol. 81, No. 10, October 2003. John L. Graham and N. Mark Lam
VIRTUAL TOUR AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARK:
Holmes Stoner,US representative for the American Industrial Park provides us with this 'virtual tour" inside the vast area for exhibition, working, free trade and living quarters:
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