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Raincity Studios' international ambassador of open business (and also CEO) Robert Scales, along with Bryght's honcho (and fellow new web luminary) Kris Krug, are in China for their fourth foray in the past couple of years. This time, it's getting permanent.

After 4 years spent making hundreds of Drupal-driven sites, building a diverse and noteworty client list, and hosting/promoting/sponsoring/covering dozens of events, Raincity Studios is now officially trans-Pacific with a new office in Shanghai as of yesterday China time (which is sometime late tomorrow here on the left coast ;-)).

Already we've welcomed 3 new employees who will be our counterparts in expanding Raincity's full slate of services including front end design, code implementation, module integration and converting stale, unmanageable static sites into dynamic, standards-compliant sites.

The China operations will be operational by January 2008 allowing Raincity to combine the talents of both teams, hone our internal work processes, and work "'round the clock" to expand vertical service offerings for our eager clients.

The reasons for the new Sino-wing are many and include both business and cultural motivations. Of course Drupal is already in China, (Robert's post seeking Drupalists in China is already successfully shaking the tree), Raincity is just coming over to join in on the fun by building a business, making friends, and exploring the excitement surrounding China's "re-emergence" onto the world stage with the impending Beijing Summer Games in 2008 and Shanghai World Expo 2010.

At the recent DrupalCon in Barcelona, Scales (in what sounds like a moment of epiphany) assigned himself the task of spurring the growth of the Drupal community in Asia by building local connections and wrangling educational resources. Robert's goal: Organize the first Drupal Camp in Shanghai by 2008 and work towards hosting the first Drupalcon in Asia by the end of 2008.

Raincity Studios' Alex Rollin (who's already started his Mandarin lesson) chimes in with the big picture, "We are looking forward to working with Chinese Drupalists to increase the availability of quality Chinese language Drupal training resources."

Work is already underway - the Drupal handbook is translated into Chinese, and Robert and Kris have met collaborators through three China Barcamps. Along with their experiences at the China Access 2008 conferences, they are eagerly stepping into the business community by sharing their expertise and preparing longterm to be part of the local economy.

Next week, Scales and Krug will be attending more conferences as well as setting up the foundations for the new enterprise. By emanating the integrity to share, and asking for help about things they don't yet know, they will help produce business relationships which pan continents, languages, economies, and encourage innovative thinking with world-changing benefits.

Wanna join? Ready to go? We have work!