This past Thursday, we visited Chongqing University in the Chinese southern city of Chongqing. Most cities in China fall under the governorship of a province (the Chinese equivalent of a "state" in the U.S.), but Chongqing is run by the Chinese Central Government (I guess sort of like Washington, D.C. is). It's a tiny little city of about 31 million people (that's only slightly smaller than all of California!), and it is best known for it's spicy foods (so they tell me). The university here, too, is quite prestigious. The university also sponsors a commercial entity that acts as an incubation center for independent studios.We had a GREAT meeting with university officials (see picture at right), and look forward to extensive cooperation with them for academic and commercial purposes. The details of which I will not put in such a public forum as this blog, but suffice to say that the possibilities are really cool. It will also require me wearing a suit and tie and shaking hands with government officials, which will get picked up in a very huge way all across China.
We went to dinner that evening with the university officials, and had a great meal. The meal included, of all things, duck tongue (yes, I ate some, and DB now calls me "tongue eater"). But undoubtedly, the highlight of the evening was EVERYBODY in the restaurant stopping to look at big screens all over the restaurant, to watch the successful launch of China's third manned mission to space. The patriotic fervor in the room was awesome - it was cool.
We will look forward to growing ties with Chongqing.
Me, apparently doing the Macarena during the meeting.
At dinner that evening.
A view of Chongqing at night.
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