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RADIO SHOW WITH AUTHOR JOYCE SCHWARZ THE VISION BOARD ON HOW TO USE A VISION BOARD TO GET INTO THE FLOW OF LIFE

Weds Feb 4,8 p.m. EST/5 p.m.PST

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by Joyce Schwarz at 10:44 AM PST, February 4, 2009

  The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life author Joyce Schwarz will be a featured guest for a full hour on "In The Flow with Tara" radio show Weds, Feb 4, 2009 @ 5 pm PST and 8 p.m. EST on BLOG TALK RADIO. Here's the call in information and topics to be discussed. Please join us by listening or by calling into the show @

 

 

 

 

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THE VISION BOARD author Joyce Schwarz (left) with Bob Proctor right who wrote the preface for THE VISION BOARD book and is an acclaimed personal development guru! Tune in on FLOW WITH LIFE Radio Show on February 4 to talk directly with author Joyce Schwarz!

QINGDAO CHINA DELEGATION VISITS PACIFIC RIM CHAMBER & LA TECH VIP'S

HOLLYWOOD2020 MEETS QINGDAO CHINA DELEGATION....yes, Joyce Schwarz, emerging entertainment analyst and author was on site for the visit of the Qingdao, China delegation to talk about animation, technology and of course eco-tourism. Why should Hollywood2020 readers be interested in Qingdao -- check the stats at the end of this article and you'll discover that according to Sinoces.com, China has become the 2nd largest consumer electronics market in the world. Plus, lots of animation and cartoons and new technology and eco-tourism give this area of China an exciting future. It is also a plus that it is so gorgeous and that people call it the "SWITZERLAND OF ASIA". js

Joyce Schwarz (second from right) welcomes Qingdao delegation to USA. Schwarz is on the board of the Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce and is consultant to many Pac Rim firms including telcos, wireless, software, technology and tourism. She is also a business and travel writer who covers economic development and emerging tech trends in books and trade and consumer publications. 

KUDOS TO HOLMES STONER:

The event organized by Holmes Stoner, President, Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce (wwwpacrimchamber.org) in conjunction with URI Inc. (www.uriinc.com) international advertising agency headed by Xochitl Hwang, President and CEO featured many Los Angeles VIP's in the technology, digital media and tourism industries.

PIX AND FACTS ABOUT QINGDAO CHINA: Hollywood2020.blogs.com is sharing photos taken at the USA welcoming reception and facts about Qingdao that you may not know: You may know Qingdao for its beer festival and beer which is popular in the USA, but did you know the area is also called the "SWITZERLAND OF ASIA?" --it's that beautiful!

Holmes Stoner, (far right) President and founder Pacific Rim Chamber and VP URI Inc. welcomes Qingdao delegation to Los Angeles.

QINGDAO DELEGATION & GUESTS INCLUDED:

DID YOU KNOW THE OLYMPIC SAILING COMPETITION WILL BE IN QINGDAO?

The Qingdao delegation and guests at the event included: Hou Zhichang, Vice Director, Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation of Laoshan District, Qingdao; Song Rendent, Director, Human Affair Bureau of Losahn District Ming Zhou, China Jiangsu Provincial Trade Representative Office in USA; Yin Ming-qin, Deputy Director-General, People's Government of Laoshan District, Qingdao Municipality; Jenni Li, Managing Director, ATL International; Neil McCarthy, Tech Coast Angeles; Patrick Mulcahy, Team China/California LLC; Stephen Son, Power Seal; Larry Peters, VP Asa Events; Gunnar Keel, Biognosis and of course Holmes Stoner, Xochitl Hwang, and her executives and friendly staff including JerryRakfeldt, Vice President, URI Inc.

Xochitl Hwang, President, URI Inc. welcomes Qingdao delegate in the Uri Inc. impressive offices in Culver City near AOL and other major technology firms.

 

A reception line welcomes Qingdao delegates to USA.

Eco-tourism is beginning to thrive in the Qingdao area.

Gunnar Keel and Steaphan Weir, new President, SmartSMS Corp

Qingdao is beautiful area.

 

USA technology and tourism VIP's join in welcoming Qingdao delegation to USA.

Qingdao is also the site for the 2006 International SINOCES -- supported by the US CES
(Consumer Electronics Assn).

FACTS ON CHINA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS FYI

According to Sinoces.com, China’s consumer electronics market is developing rapidly these years. Currently it has reached to 24% of the entire industry of the world and it still has a large potentiality. In 2005, China’s consumer electronics market dealt 34.75 billion US dollars. It will exceed 60 billion in 2006 by estimation. China has become the 2nd largest consumer electronics market of the world.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AREA visit :

www.laoshan.gov.cn, www.sinoces.com

WATCHDOG GROUP SHOWS BLOGGERS HOW TO COUNTER CENSORSHIP

FRENCH MEDIA WATCHDOG GROUP SHOWS BLOGGERS HOW TO COUNTER CENSORSHIP...GOAL TO ENCOURAGE FREEDOM OF PRESS.... 

Reporters Withough Borders is an association officially recognized as serving the public interest (according to the www.RSF.org website. That site goes on to say that "more than 1/3 of the world's people live in countries where there is no press freedom.  The site says, 42 media professionals lost their lives in 2003 for doing what they were paid to do --keeping us informed. The site says, taht today, more than 130 journalists around the world are in prison for 'simply doing their job.'

(EXCERPTED FROM THE REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS WEBSITE)www.rsf.org ) Here is an excerpt from Reuters coverage of REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS new handbook from an article by Timothy Heritage, datelined Paris (Reuters) and going on to say, "A Paris-based media watchdog released a handbook on Thursday to help cyber-dissidents and bloggers avoid political censorship in countries as far apart as Chinga, Iran, Vietnam and Cuba. BLOGGER JOYCE SCHWARZ COMMENTS: Technology may soon make it impossible to block bloggers and/or podcasts, video conference calling and more....blogger Joyce Schwarz noted in a previous Hollywood2020 blog post that the same week that info on China's censorship on more than 1000 words reached the press, video conference calls from Cyber Cafes in China were still reaching the USA. That same week, personal pals of Schwarz were using SKYPE (VOIP voice over Internet protocol) to talk directly to friends and colleagues throughout China). Take a look at the power of video in this previous Hollywood2020 post: One Picture Worth 1000 Words, One Video Worth 1 million words? : The list of banned words at 1041 is just 41 words more than the famous saying, "One Picture worth 1000 Words" which is increasingly being upgraded to the phrase "one video worth 1 million words". So I did a quick google search for "China blogs" and quickly came up with this link videoconf_ from a blog by Chris Enway, a Rhode Island resident pursuing a PhD. Enway's blog ironically themed " my journal; not very interesting lately" So here's the screengrab of his videoconference with his pal Michael (I dug deeper and found Michael was an intern to Tom Brokaw at NBC on September 11, 2001)who appears to have had no problem going into a Beijing web-cam equipped cybercafe to videoconference with USA on February 3, 2005. Thanks to both Michael and Chris for helping me make my point that nothing can ban the next-generation of communication for 93 Billion people forever. videoconf with michael in beijing (courtesy link to Chris Enway's blog) " my friend michael's in china, just having recently arrived in beijing en route to teaching english in crazy-desert western china (xinjiang).I've ibeen keeping odd hours lately, and by chance caught him online in a webcam-equipped beijing cybercafe, producing this neat screenshot of videoconferencing with michael in beijing! Thanks to both Michael and Chris for helping me make my point that nothing can ban the next-generation of communication anywhere forever.

HOLMES STONER DELEGATE BEIJING WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

IP & IT KEY SUBJECTS AT BEIJING WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM CHINA BUSINESS SUMMIT SEPTEMBER,2005

My colleague Holmes Stoner, Founder, President, Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce,(www.pacrimchamber.org) and international guru on China business and trade is in Beijing at the World Economic Forum, China Business Summit.

Holmes Stoner, Founder/President, Pacific Rim Chamber  in Beijing for the World Economic Forum, China Business Summit and leading delegation.

Stoner Leads International Delegation To China

Holmes Stoner is leading an international delegation to the conference and to touring business centers in China.   The group will benefit from his deep knowledge of business in China and his extensive contacts with political and business leaders throughout China.

China Business Summit 2005 HIGHLIGHTS:

China's Next Phase of Modernization: Creating Scientific and Sustainable Solutions (World Economic Forum - Homepage): Beijing, China 9-10 September  China pursues strategies to promote international and domestic development ― China is actively forging closer regional and global ties that promote prosperity and peace. "China is open to be a more vibrant player working with countries in and outside the region for win-win results," Lv Guozeng, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China told over 600 business, political and civil society leaders on the closing day of the World Economic Forum"s China Business Summit 2005. "China's development is not a threat but an opportunity for the Asian community and the rest of the world," Lv assured the domestic and international leaders in the packed plenary session, stressing China's commitment to its policy of a "peaceful rise" Building the Chinese multinational ― China's entry to the WTO has created a new economic order, according to Zhou Zhongshu, President, China Minmetals Corporation of China. Chinese companies, he said, have to reform their practices to international standards. "Now, it's necessary to have macro regulations and a change of policy at the government level to help Chinese multinationals go global." Cheng Siwei's comments and the World Economic Forum's IP programme ― "We need a 'Chinese Nasdaq' to further develop the market. The current Shenzhen Board has around 50 listed companies but we recognize this is too few and we are encouraging further development," said Cheng Siwei , Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee, National People's Congress, China, during a private working group session of Financial Services and IT/Telecom executives taking part in the World Economic Forum's Industry Partnership Programme.

China Inc.'s march abroad ― For Chinese companies, going global has been the hottest trend as evidenced by international newspaper reports on high-profile globalization moves such as the IBM-Lenovo deal and the failed CNOOC-Unocal deal.

LINKS TO OTHER CONFERENCE COVERAGE: Asia News Network,
China Daily, FTChinese, Sina.com,The Times online, Chinese.WSJ.com, and photo links: Summit photographs 

关于世界经济论坛 I 网络报道 - Sina.com I 中国企业高峰会 PROGRAM LINKS:

China pursues strategies to promote international and domestic development:
***Building the Chinese multinational
***Banks must undergo "stringent" reforms to compete in an open market
***China Inc.'s march abroad
***Currency reform forces corporate structural changes
***Asian business responds to AIDS crisis
***More on Cheng Siwei's comments and the World Economic Forum's IP program

RED HERRING COVERAGE OF SUMMIT

China's Markets Face Reform (excerpt):

China’s Markets Face Reform With reform, some say Shenzhen could overtake the Nasdaq by 2013......To get there venture capitalists, tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and university professors meeting Friday and Saturday identified seven key action areas: reforming markets; building networks and fostering mentorship for entrepreneurs and CEOs; improving training of local venture capitalists; expanding domestic investment into alternative asset classes; promoting two-way dialogue between government and both domestic and foreign investors; encouraging multinationals to do more core research and development in China; and the creation of a national venture capital association, which would give local venture capitalists local representation. 

DANNY DOES CHINA --JUMPING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

JUMPING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA -- so what did you do this month? link Skateboarder Danny Way leaped over the Great Wall of China for Quicksilver's 'Megaramp(tm)' jump. He says "Skateboarding is all about freedom and self-expression" one of the reasons he wanted to do his jump in China as inspiration for individuality for the people of China.(click on thumbnail to see partial home page for Danny Way and his DANNYDOESCHINA.com exploits.link). Danny rolled down the ramp at 50 miles per hour here's a link to the press release for more details..

Quiksilver Sponsors Danny Way's Great Wall of China MegaRamp(TM) ...click on link for more details from the Business Wire press release....

.don't miss Danny already an ESPN XGames Gold Medalist at this year's event--here's the link to the latest XGames release I could find online:

X Games 11 Concert Line-up Announced SO WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH THIS WEEK -- remember where there's a wall there's a way!! Thanks Danny --- you rock man!

REVEALED: LIST OF 1000 WORDS CHINA IS FILTERING ONLINE

Revealing:"THE LIST of 1041 Words" China Bans Online by Joyce Schwarz, Blog founder, Hollywood2020:

CNN, AP, WIRED and other mainstream news outlets are raging about new censorship online in China. USA TODAY tackles the subject in a strongly worded editorial that US firms help China censor fr**dom, d*mocr*cy. Their opinion piece maintains "What is a shock is that several huge U.S. companies are helping China muzzle free expression." and chastises not only Microsoft, but also Yahoo and Google for "helping a repressive regime censor such ideas". 

SHHHHHH, forbidden to write:

    So are you wondering what's on the list of 'forbidden words'? Well, I was, and it took almost 30 minutes of searching online to get some insight into how extensive the list of censored words may be. Finally at "China Digital Times" link I find an excellent article that not only lists the 1041 words but also gives a Translation of the Filtered Key Words in Chinese Cyberspace ... Author is Xaio Qiang, Director of the Berkeley China Internet Project at the Journalism Grad School, UC Berkeley.

The list of 1041 words in the China Digital Times article is reportedly gathered from three different sources including Chinese Internet company Tenent and a Chinese ICP (Internet Content Provider) not named and an unnamed Chinese ISP (Internet Service Provider). According to the author there are some variations (less than 2%) of the banned list, but the majority are the same. Qang the China Digital Times says it will be interesting to test this list on the Chinese version of MSN SPACE link . Note, since I can't read it and despite 8 weeks of private Mandarin tutoring speak only few words, I'm going to leave that test to my readers. Here is a screengrab of that site:

Click on thumnail to see MSN SPACE China home page. Go ahead and test words to see what terms are being banned online according to news reports by CNN, USA TODAY, AP, WIRED etc.

Analysis of Banned Word List:

According to the "China Daily Times" the list can be divided into 7 categories including: Rough analysis: Falungong related ~ 20%; Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan ~ 15%; names of Chinese leaders and their relatives ~ 15%; democracy, corruption, politics ~ 15%; social unrest, police ~ 10%; names of dissident writers, political exiles ~ 10%; porn related ~ 15% .  Check ou the complete list now in English courtesy of a student translation, Cached - Did you notice that the words "night club" are on the list --unless there is a sexual connotation there I'm not sure why that made the list?

Wikipedia: Falungong Info

Okay what's Falungong? According to Wikipedia.com which lists it as Falun Gong is a Chinese spiritual practice, with some beliefs outwardly similar to those found in Buddhism and Taoism, purporting to improve the mind, body, and spirit.

One Picture Worth 1000 Words, One Video Worth 1 million words? : The list of banned words at 1041 is just 41 words more than the famous saying, "One Picture worth 1000 Words" which is increasingly being upgraded to the phrase "one video worth 1 million words". So I did a quick google search for "China blogs" and quickly came up with this link videoconf_ from a blog by Chris Enway, a Rhode Island resident pursuing a PhD. Enway's blog ironically themed " my journal; not very interesting lately" So here's the screengrab of his videoconference with his pal Michael (I dug deeper and found Michael was an intern to Tom Brokaw at NBC on September 11, 2001)who appears to have had no problem going into a Beijing web-cam equipped cybercafe to videoconference with USA on February 3, 2005. Thanks to both Michael and Chris for helping me make my point that nothing can ban the next-generation of communication for 93 Billion people forever.

videoconf with michael in beijing (courtesy link to Chris Enway's blog)

my friend michael's in china, just having recently arrived in beijing en route to teaching english in crazy-desert western china (xinjiang). i've been keeping odd hours lately, and by chance caught him online in a webcam-equipped beijing cybercafe, producing this neat screenshot of videoconferencing with michael in beijing!

Thanks to both Michael and Chris for helping me make my point that nothing can ban the next-generation of communication anywhere forever.