The first day

So today I had my first day of classes and it looks quite promising: Operations Research with Tom Callarman is a real treat and Corporate Responsibility looks at the "other" side of China's rapid growth - a sad view as you might imagine.

I'm glad CEIBS is trying to sensitize future managers to environmental and social problems. Sometimes here in China you get the impression that people simply don't care. But the bitter truth is, they don't know. That's one of the downsides of keeping the public happy by censoring negative information in mass media.

Luckily, my blog is already banned in China, 'cause otherwise it certainly would be so now...

Picture this: Reportedly there are over 30,000 internet censors at work in China whereas the Environmental Protection Agency is staffed by 200 full-time employees only (18,000 in the US) and the Energy Bureau has 100 full-time staff (US: 110,000). Scary!

Make sure you check out this NY Times article on the "other side" of China. It's not only worth reading, it's a real eye opener!