FC Barcelona will play friendly games in Thailand and Malaysia in summer 2013

From http://www.fcbarcelona.com/asia-tour-2013 (in English)

FC Barcelona has announced that the professional team will play two friendly games in East Asia during summer 2013. These games will take place in Bangkok (Thailand) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) on August 7th and 10th, 2013. In Thailand, Barça will play against Thai's national team, being its second game in the country after the first one in 2002. In Malaysia, Barça will play against a Malaysian XI in the Bukit Jalil national stadium of Kuala Lumpur, which can hold up to 100,000 attendants.

The tickets for the game in Thailand can be bought at Thaiticketmajor, whereas those for the training session and the game in Kuala Lumpur can be bought at Ilasso Tickets.

[caption id="attachment_2394" align="aligncenter" width="219"] Screen capture of the promotion for the FC Barcelona Asian Tour game in Thailand 2013
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[caption id="attachment_2395" align="aligncenter" width="508"] Screen capture of the promotion for the FC Barcelona Asian Tour game in Malaysia 2013[/caption]

 

Desigual opens two new shops in Malaysia

Frm http://www.icex.es/icex/cda/controller/pageICEX/0,6558,5518394_5519005_6366453_4644994,00.html (in Spanish)

Catalan clothing company Desigual has just opened two concept stores in the international airport of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. As usual, Desigual shops offer colorful clothes and accessories and with innovative designs of graffiti and patchwork. Every season Desigual presents a collaboration around a specific concept and this year it is the turn of the Cirque du Soleil and the French designer Christian Lacroix. With these new shops, Desigual products are already available in more than 80 countries.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Image from the Desigual blog[/caption]

 

 

Comparing Spain with East Asian countries

The website www.ifitweremyhome.com allows interesting comparisons between all the countries in the world. Here there are the links of the comparison of Spain with several east asian countries:

• China: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/CN/ES


• Taiwan: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/TW/ES


• Hong-Kong: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/HK/ES


• Singapore: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/SG/ES


• Malaysia: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/MY/ES


• Japan: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/JP/ES

E-commerce Catalan company Trilogi sets office in Beijing

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/01/11/catalunya/1294782696.html (in Spanish)

E-commerce Catalan company Trilogi has decided to open an office in Beijing during 2011, as a first step towards establishing itself in the Chinese market. Trilogi already has an office in Hong Kong and from both the company is aiming at Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia markets on the mid-term. The prospects for chinese e-commerce are extremely favourable, since there are estimations that say that by 2015 it will already be the main sales channel in China.