Update on the Global China Chat on tourism

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On April 2 the China Speakers Bureau will host two Global China Chats with tourism guru Roy Graff, focusing on different time zones: one for the Asian-European zones and one for the European-American zones. 

Over the weekend we have talked to the good people of CoverItLive.com, who are providing the really very cool technology for those chats, who are being used by many media organizations worldwide. Unfortunately, the technology has one unexpected shortcoming: the interface does not adjust according to the time zones. Since most chats are being done inside one time zones or in North-America, where people are more used to deal with different time zones, that is mostly not a problem.

Participants in Asia and Europe are much less used to time zones in their daily lifes. So, it is important to note that both chats indicate a time according to CET or Central European Time. When you are suffering under the regime of GMT, living in Beijing or the US/Canada, you have to do some accounting yourself. We have made list with the different times for different zones here, but noted in our exchanges that most people cheerfully assumed the interface indicated the time in their zone. We have updated our entries and keep our fingers crossed for April 2. Hope to see you there.

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