Canadian author, consultant finds niche in China

Canadian Jason Inch planned to stay in China for five years when he first came to the country. As general manager of Loft of Health and Urban Sustainability (LOHAUS), and as the author of books about opportunities in China’s economy, he devoted years to learning, thinking, writing and doing to help other people.

Born in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Inch had seen Asian communities and cultures since he was young. Driven by curiosity about life across the ocean, he spent five years working between the US and Japan after graduating with a degree in Pacific and Asian studies in 1997.

“Connecting to China and Japan has always been my desire, and I felt I haven’t achieved that yet,” Inch told Shanghai Daily. “So I enrolled in an MBA program in the Richard Ivey School of Business, which has a strong China connection.” That path included a CEIBS exchange in Shanghai in 2003.

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