The Regional Read begins Saturday

The year plus wait is now finally over and we are about to begin the journey of our second Regional Read. This feels much differently than last time and I believe it is due to the changes brought about by Web 2.0 technologies which we are using in this incarnation. Globalization is becoming more and more evident in our everyday lives and many aspects of the rise of China as an economic force are beginning to make their way (for better and worse) into the collective conscious of the United States (at least as reported by the national media). Safety and health concerns of products produced there have filled the headlines in the last month which resulted the execution by hanging of a Chinese government official and apparent suicide of a business leader as a result of recalls and contamination of Chinese products sold in the United States.