Except for the flight (been there, done that last year; damned long), and assuming it's actually legit, the visit would probably be pretty groovy. Grasshopper in chile sauce; fried scorpion; things from the sea (so said) you wish had stayed in the sea! Well, okay, that was in Beijing. Generally, the food was pretty dee-lish. Chiles just help kill anything that ain't already dead. Can't go this year, but lemme know next year, and the better half and I will gladly represent you and your products in China next year. I'll even pay for our own rooms if you foot the bill for the round trip tix (for two) ;) Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles....... Rael64 --- On Thu, 5/22/08, Uncle Steve <UncleSteve@ushotstuff.com> wrote: > From: Uncle Steve <UncleSteve@ushotstuff.com> > Subject: [CH] Anyone up for a trip to China? > To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com > Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 2:16 PM > At 2:06 PM -0500 5/22/08, Chenia Cai wrote: > >Comments: Dear Sir/Madam, > > > >We are delighted to inform you that The 2nd > >China International Capsicum Industry Expo 2008 > >(CICIE 2008) will be held on September 19-21, > >2008 in Changsha Red Star International > >Convention & Exhibition Centre. Iíve visited > >your webpage and found your products are very > >fit to the need of Chinese market, so, hereby I > >sincerely invite your to attend our exhibition. > > > >CICIE is organized by China National Capsicum > >New Variety & New Technique Extension Center, > >the Vegetables Administration of the Peopleís > >Government of Hunan Province, Capsicum Branch of > >Chinese Society for Horticultural Science and > >Capsicum Industry Association of Hunan Province, > >and hosted by Hunan You Sun Business > >Communications Co., Ltd., for introducing and > >promoting the new varieties and the latest > >technologies & achievements of capsicum industry > >as well as the related industries; facilitating > >the exchange and cooperation of capsicum > >industry at home and aboard; and expanding the > >export of capsicum industry. > > > >As the sole capsicum industry exposition in the > >world, the first China (Changsha) International > >Capsicum Industry Exposition (CICIE 2007) has > >been successfully held on June 15-17, 2007. The > >exhibiting area of CICIE 2007 is about 15,000 > >square meters with 267 booths and 15 overseas > >enterprises from America, Japan, India, Korea, > >Malaysia and Hong Kong, etc. During the > >exhibition, over 80 international professional > >visitors and more than 20,000 national > >purchasers visited the expo, and the total trade > >amount of 16.6 billion Yuan has been achieved. > > > >In order to last the great success and brand > >effect of CICIE 2007, the second CICIE will > >continually intensify propaganda and pay more > >attention to the on-the-spot services. We > >believe more and more international capsicum > >producers, traders and related agents will > >participate in our expo. > > > >Meanwhile, the organizing committee particularly > >launches the professional industry website of > >capsicum (www.lajiao365.com) which is an online > >platform for you to show your products and > >communicate with worldwide capsicum businesses. > > > >We are looking forward to your participation to > >advance friendship, exchange information, and > >promote cooperation & development. Letís get > >together in Changsha and perform success. > > > > >Best Regards, > > > >Chenia Cai > > > >Director of International Deparment > > > >CICIE 2008 Organizing Committee > > > >Tel: +86-731-1412558 > > > >Fax: +86-731-4117118 > > > >www.cicie.cn > > -- > Enjoy the heat, > Uncle Steve > > ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~ > Uncle Steve's HOT Stuff > Anything & Everything about Chiles > http://usHOTstuff.com/ > ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~