听 Michelle 讲述美国故事

“Made in China” is almost everywhere in our life, no matter which country you are living. Today we will talk about the apparel industry and the trade with China, with Mr. Benjamin Lee. For four generations, Mr. Lee’s family has been in the textile industry and later the apparel industry. They started from Shanghai then Hong Kong and expanded to many Asian countries. From 1970s, Benjamin came to the US and continued the family business with import and export in textile and clothing. What has changed in the apparel industry over these many decades? What is the competitive advantages of China today? Is China still going to play a big role as the cost is constantly increasing in China recent years? What should you know when you are considering getting in the apparel industry with China?

Please listen to Michelle Zou’s interview with Benjamin Lee about trade with China in the apparel industry.

一转眼我到美国二十年了。在这二十年中，我像大多数华人一样，没太参与美国的政治。一方面是因为平时工作和家庭太忙，顾不上去仔细研究政治；另一方面，是觉得美国的国家大事用不着我这样一个百姓去操心。所以除了总统大选和关注一下新闻以外，我作为一个美国公民，对自己手里的选票也没太当回事。 

前不久，我遇到了LindaYang，看到了她这样一个华人，一个普通的母亲和职业女性，在非常积极地为某些政客在华人中拉选票。我很好奇，就约了她来聊聊，她为什么要参与到政治中。和她的谈话中我才意识到，我在美国的权益和政治是息息相关的，我应该通过手中的选举权利来表达我的观点和保护我和我的家人的权益。 

这里我想强调一下，Linda的观点只代表她个人的观点，很多事情或者人不是一分为二、黑白分明的，每个人看事物的视角不同就必然会产生不同的观点。我这里分享Linda的观点主要是希望听众和我一样，觉醒到每个选民在美国政治体系的权利。

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Ava Bao是我们西雅图地区一位颇有成就的房地产经纪人。同时，她也很热心于社区服务，还和几位朋友成立了西雅图中美总商会，并担任了会长。Ava是怎样在短短几年在西雅图开辟一片新天地呢？让我们一起来听听她的故事。

Located at the Northwest corner of the United States and by the Pacific Ocean, Washington State is the No. 1 state in USA in terms of trade volume with China. It is interesting to investigate Washington State’s value proposition, understand what major industries that are trading with China, what types of investment it is attracting from China and what kinds of projects are being invested from China. In addition, what has created such kind of characteristics that Washington state possess today which helped to shape its position with China? 

Please listen to Allison Clark, the Managing Director of the Business Development unit at the Washington State Department of Commerce, share her insights about these questions.

Just like an individual person, every company or brand also has certain image in public’s eyes, no matter if it is the kind of image you prefer or not. Your company or brand may have already established an image locally, and when you are penetrating the business to the China market, what messages do you want to deliver to the audience there? And what kind of perceptions do you want to establish there? You need to understand the difference between your home market and the China market, clearly craft your key messages, and utilize marketing, public relations, government relations and many other means to help build a positive image for your company or brand in the China market. 

In this episode, Sheila Shang, PR and marketing expert with a special focus on the US-China cross-border business communications, will share her thoughts and tips to you.

自从“听Michelle讲美国故事”在喜马拉雅FM发布以来，我访谈过很多在美国的华人，也得到很多听众的鼓励。这一期节目是反过来，是我被访谈。前不久，我们西雅图本地的中文媒体西滨网的记者Mary对我进行了采访，我就顺手把不离身的录音笔打开，录制成了这期节目，也顺便向大家汇报一下我最近在做些什么，感谢大家一年多的支持和鼓励，也希望在中国各个城市参加过我活动的朋友们继续保持联系，真的希望能经常看到你们的留言。 

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China launched a toilet revolution across the country in 2015 with an aim to make such facilities cleaner and more regulated. In 2017, Chinese President Xi said, “China should continue to upgrade the country's toilets as part of its "toilet revolution" aimed at developing domestic tourism and improving people's life quality”. What does this mean beyond having cleaner and better equipped hardware? 

In this episode, Dr. Austin Huang, Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineering, and Diplomate of Geotechnical Engineering, Academy of GeoProfessionals, will explain his interpretation of China’s toilet revolution, and the impact to environmental water resources sustainability. He will also illustrate the problem of China's toilets in rural areas today and potential solutions to the problem. You will learn the vast opportunities that may be brought by the needs of this campaign and the associated impact in a broader social context in China.

出生在中国最北城市漠河的钱志军，从小就是个航空迷，从业余玩飞机模型，到并购美国的设计和研发技术，并且在中国和美国分别创立了飞机制造公司，辽宁凯博通用航空器股份有限公司和TopcubAircraft, Inc，生产、制造和销售小熊飞机。钱志军走过一条怎样的道路呢？希望您能从我们的对话中得到一些启发。想了解更多关于Topcub Aircraft, Inc的信息，请查看 topcubaircraft.com.

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上期和大家分享了我以前微软的同事彭怡，Penny在四十多岁时是怎样转型。她在2014年开始了全新的事业，干的有声有色。这期节目，我们将和彭怡聊聊美国商业险和医疗险，看看在美国如何配置保险来规避各种风险。

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In 2017, Chinese citizens made about 130 million overseas trips and 4.53 billion domestic trips. Among them, about 3 million Chinese visited United States, which is about 4% of the total international visitors visited US in 2017, and the number is forecasted to be increasing. The average spending by Chinese tourists on the location (exclude international flight tickets) in the US is $4,462. In addition, in the academic year 2016/17, there were 350,755 international students from China studying in the US. What does this mean to business in the United States? Why would the Chinese tourists and students come to the US? What has changed in them compared to 10 years ago? Why we believe Chinese international students are a win-win to the tourism industry in the US? 

Please join me to discuss these questions with Felicity Wang, President of the Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and owner of a tour and travel company in the US.