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Building on a China connection; Design firm's joint venture with Shanghai firm helps grow Asian project portfolio.

Publication: Crain's Cleveland Business
Publication Date: 18-APR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Building on a China connection; Design firm's joint venture with Shanghai firm helps grow Asian project portfolio.(Insight)

Article Excerpt
Byline: STAN BULLARD

Things Chinese surround David Bowen.

A principal of the Richard L. Bowen & Associates architecture, engineering and planning firm, David Bowen drinks his green tea with the leaves floating loosely in the water, the way it's typically taken in China.

Codebooks - the designer's bible in any country - on his desk are in Mandarin. He carries a business card with his contact information in Mandarin; English is on the other side. Sometimes, this member of the Cleveland City Planning Commission returns calls with his newfound skills as a "cordial speaker'' of Chinese. He has traveled to Shanghai twice in the past six months.

The trips were for business, but Mr. Bowen enjoyed them as he shepherds the 45-year-old firm's entry into China from its...

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