Interesting and Useful Web Sites
(http://www.zhaodaola.com/english/index.html)
According to the corporate bio, this site was first established in 1996 as the Global Business Development Network (GBDN) to facilitate stronger web-based contacts for Chinese companies wishing to do business with foreign firms. The bio notes that M. G. ("Pat") Robertson and MUI Media LTD played important roles in providing the capital needed to launch the site as it appears today. Although I do not see a strong connection between the private interests of the site's financial backers and the site content, students ought to keep this fact in mind when surfing through material presented here. However, anyone interested in the lives and activities of internationally minded folks in modern urban China should certainly take a look at this Web page.