In this podcast [30 min], Insightview has interviewed Carsten Nygaard Broegger, a Danish businessman, who is the owner of CasusGrill. Carsten is in China to monitor the production of CasusGrill. CasusGrill is a patented, sustainable and disposable barbeque grill made without metals. The barbeque grill is only made of sustainable materials such as cardboard, bamboo, lava rocks and bamboo charcoal briquettes.
Carsten is currently one of the few people who have been allowed by the Chinese authorities to enter the country, as the borders have been almost completely closed to foreign nationals since early 2020. Chinese travellers must quarantine for two weeks when they return, and the same applies to foreign travellers, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated, with exceptions made only for some diplomats and a limited number of business executives - although changes are coming. [Read the Global Times article, Chinese lawmakers, advisors suggest issuing vaccine passports at two sessions.]
In contrast to the time before the coronavirus outbreak, when a visa application took less than a week, the process now takes several months. Insightview interviewed Carsten during his quarantine stay in Shanghai as well as after he was "released" from his 14-days quarantine stay. We are talking about a complicated visa process and whether this has given rise to considerations about having production in China.
The editor also talks to Carsten about the changes that have occurred in China since the last time Carsten was in the country in April 2020. [listen to the podcast, Podcast interview with a 'contaminated' Danish businessman in China. The business environment for foreigners has changed significantly in China.] Insightview asks Carsten whether Denmark can learn anything from China's way of handling the pandemic - and vice versa? [Click here to see footages from Carsten's visit to Shanghai, so far.]
Music: music-of-nature, Melodyloops, license
