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• IFF 2009 in Beijing

  2009-11-19 1:11PM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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  I spent the last few days braving the cold in Beijing and attending
  the 6th annual International Finance Forum held at Diaoyutai. 
  Heads of state, leaders from the world's major financial institutions,
  Nobel Prize winners, Ivy League professors, UN reps from all over
  the world converged to discuss going green and the recovery from
  the financial crisis.
  
  
  
  
  I arrived with a team from HK, to capture all the important moments
  and interview some of the delegates.  Decked out in a beautiful shade
  of purple is Jenny Shipley (above), the former PM of New Zealand,
  whom I got to interview, along with Khalid Malik (UN), Domingo
  Cavallo (Former Minster of Finance, Argentina, Harvard Prof),
  Maurice Strong (UN, Environment Guru & Canadian!) and others.
  
  
  
  My sis, who's studying Mandarin in Beijing took me out in the evenings,
  we hung out near her campus in Wudaokou which was pretty cool.  Total
  K-town as it seemed that for every Chinese person there was a Korean. 
  So of course we had to go for Korean BBQ =).  We also went to this
  restaurant with Chinese performances, chilled with her classmates, and
  just tried to keep warm! It was SOOO COLD! 
  
  
  
  As the IFF came to a close, we exited Diaoyutai where the police were set
  up and the red carpet was rolled out for Obama & Clinton's arrival.  No
  glimpse of the US powerhouses though. =(