Adventures around the World

Well, this will be my first post and then most likely my last post until the end of July. I will be traveling around the world: first a month in China and then three weeks in Europe.

Why does Finance Monitor care? Well, I can be our first investigative journalist! I will do my best to keep my eyes open for unique companies as well as seeing the depth to which international companies have penetrated the far reaches of the earth.

For example, when I visited China in 2008, I learned that Western toilets were a huge deal. The Chinese were (maybe still are?) transitioning from pit toilets to what we would call toilets. And the company to get a toilet with? Kohler! Too bad they are private...

So here is a list of places I will be in China (most likely flying, so these will be the only places):

Shanghai

Chengdu

Hong Kong

And in Europe the big cities are (with car and train travel between them):

London

Glasgow

Paris

Brussels

Amsterdam

So questions for everyone:

1. Any international company you want me watch for?

2. Any Chinese or European company I should look into?

3. What else should I look for?

Any source