Goodbye Guangzhou- Village of Water but City of Glass
An end to amazing cultural experience. We left Guangzhou and I met up with the other Canadian scientists visiting with the program in Beijing (JP from Ottawa and Joon from Waterloo). We have out final presentations to the Chinese official overseeing this first exchange with Canada. We all thought this was a great way to […]
Navigating high volume echo at Guangdong General- 6 scans an hour! @ase360
Navigating a metro system serving a city of ~25 million people and all in Chinese- no problem- I can get you anywhere. Just follow me close or be lost in the crush. Once aboard enjoy the city’s best free wifi on the train. Notice how everyone is thin! It’s because they don’t eat bread but […]
Your blogger from #China is back! The Marine Silk Road is steeped in wealth, wonder and ideas.
I learned today that Guangzhou is in fact an ancient seat of knowledge exchange, being China’s window to the world as its prime port city. For a significant portion of China’s history it held the monopoly upon foreign trade. Exchanging goods and culture with the Swedish, Dutch, Persians and the East India Company. It was […]
Guangzhou and workarounds
The biggest difficulty while working in China has been internet access. Once you are dependent upon a high speed connection for every day communication, data storage, analysis, it’s a shock to be cut off from your usual tools. I’ve had trouble with blogging using WordPress and am now trying this workaround. Perhaps if I […]
Science and culture in Guangzhou #nanobubble technology is popping
Science Day 1 at the Sun Yat Sen university went well. We discussed the lab’s expertise in nanobubble formation for drug delivery and I expressed the need for this work in atherosclerosis treatment and vulnerable plaque. We seem to be on track to putting together a proposal- a few more ideas to crystallize. The […]