杭州 (Hángzhōu)

W3C’s Advisory Committee (the AC) and Advisory Board (the AB) met this April in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. I sit on both, so I was there all week.

There are no direct flights from San Francisco to Hangzhou, so I flew to Shanghai, took the maglev into town, and caught the high-speed train to Hangzhou. The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed.

This was my second time visiting China. I last visited in 2013, when I went to Hong Kong for TPAC.

The meetings were held at Huajiashan Guest House (杭州 (Hángzhōu)花家山庄 (Huā Jiā Shān Zhuāng)) near West Lake (西湖 (Xīhú)).

李安琪 (Lǐ Ānqí), Brent, Dan, 丁蔚 (Dīng Wèi), Elena, Emma, Hidde, 五十嵐 (Igarashi)卓也 (Tatsuya), Max, and 太田 (Ōta)浩史 (Hiroshi)

This was 五十嵐さん (Igarashi-san)’s last AB meeting. I miss him already!

This was my first time flying on China Eastern.