Day Fifteen: May 9 - Legal Systems in China

Today we met with Brinton Scott at his law firm Herbert Smith. Brinton is a lawyer that has been in China for about 17 years and had lots of great insights. Brinton’s specialty is in corporate law and we learned a lot about the nuances of what it takes to get business done in China. We went to lunch at a nice Italian restaurant in the Westin and then stopped by the old Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank building to look at it’s fresco. The fresco was covered with plaster during the Cultural Revolution to prevent it from being restored and is still in great condition.

After that we headed back to Frank’s penthouse to get ready for our flight to the Henan province. We flew on China East airlines to the town of Zhengzhou. The group that went included the six of us and Frank as well as: Jill, Grace, and Rio – people working for Frank’s foundation, Diana – a member of the outbound GSE team, and Sky – a student at Fudong University that is interested in a career in volunteer work. We landed and took a two hour car ride to the town of Zhoukou where we stayed in a hotel. We went to dinner that night at a restaurant next door and had a traditional Chinese dinner that included some interesting dishes such as intestines, liver, etc.