Author: Abdullatif Al Bunnia

HSBC is one of the world’s most successful banks. It has over 6,100 branches scattered around 73 countries. I have just recently found out that HSBC stands for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The origins of the bank lie in Hong Kong and Shanghai, where branches were first opened in 1865. Today, HSBC’s […]

  Today, May 29th,  we visited the U.S consulate in Shanghai. There were two speakers from the consulate who explained their job and responsibilities. Consulates and embassies are the representatives of a country in a diplomatic bilateral relationship. Just like any relationship, it can be complicated, healthy, falling apart, and liable to change in any […]

After spending about a week in China, I came to notice the difference between the manufacturing habits here from the rest of the world. Chinese industries in general are more about the production and putting things out there than the innovation. By visiting the Chinese markets and seeing knock off products in the tourist shops […]

Hello Readers, My name is Abdullatif Al Bunnia. I am an international student studying business administration with a marketing emphasis.  Where I’m from, culture plays a very important role in daily life. There are certain etiquette and standards in which people deal with each other in the Middle East which says a lot about us. We greet […]