Upcoming UCBC meetings look at The Politics of China’s Power and Marketing Moneygram in China

May Meeting
The topic of the UCBC May monthly breakfast meeting on May 5, 2010, will be The Politics of China’s Power to be presented by Ron Bosrock of Global Institute.
Mr. Bosrock will explore two of the main pillars of China's rise as a global economic power: its politics and its military. The "China mentality" that guides its growth goes well beyond being a Communist state. The extensive planning, acceptance of internal "mistakes", opening and closing of markets, nationalistic attitudes and much more are choreographed into a delicate martial arts dragon dance. Within that dance are steps leading to opportunities for American business. May Meeting
The topic of the UCBC May monthly breakfast meeting on May 5, 2010, will be The Politics of China’s Power to be presented by Ron Bosrock of Global Institute.  Mr. Bosrock will explore two of the main pillars of China's rise as a global economic power: its politics and its military. The "China mentality" that guides its growth goes well beyond being a Communist state. The extensive planning, acceptance of internal "mistakes", opening and closing of markets, nationalistic attitudes and much more are choreographed into a delicate martial arts dragon dance. Within that dance are steps leading to opportunities for American business.

Ronald M. Bosrock of St. Paul is founder and director of the Global Institute, a research center; Minnesota Honorary Consul General to Austria; a guest lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and an international business consultant. His Global Executive column appears monthly in the Star Tribune. During most of his career Mr. Bosrock traveled extensively throughout the world working with U.S. businesses to expand their markets cross-border. Over the past thirteen years, he has participated in various aspects of joint ventures, acquisitions and distribution activities in China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and Korea as well as Australia, New Zealand and the Mideast. He has had similar experience helping U.S. companies in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador.
 
June Meeting
On June 2, Ann Jackson, Vice President of Market Development, Moneygram will speak on how Moneygram Markets to the Chinese-Worldwide.

Moneygram signed an historic agreement with the Bank of China to deliver their money transfer services within China. It took them years to accomplish. And that was the easy part. Hear directly from the person with the responsibility, of how Moneygram is taking on the daunting task of marketing to everyone in China as well as all the people of Chinese heritage in the U.S. and worldwide. The story is as amazing as the scope of the task.
 
UCBC meetings are held at Minneapolis Community & Technical College, 1501 Hennepin Avenue, Wheelock Whitney Hall, Room L3000 (3rd Floor), Minneapolis, MN 55403. 
 
The fee is US$25 per person. UCBC members and college students are free. To register, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call Jim Smith at 612-8656543.

For free parking at the MCTC Ramp, please mention your name for the UCBC meeting to the parking staff. The MCTC parking ramp is located at 1420 Hennepin Avenue (north side of Hennepin Ave). Additional information on parking: http://www.minneapolis.edu/parking.cfm.