John S. Porter (Jack)
My Mission is to cooperate with like minded people to save human civilization. My favorite sociology Professor, Jesse R Pitts, pointed out to us (1974) that when ignorance and cynicism dominate, it could be the end of human civilization. Dr. Pitts spent a couple years of his life bombing Nazis from a B-17. He then settled in the USA to study and teach Sociology as we humans were fine tuning nuclear bomb technologies.
The “Tour Guizhou” system of web blogs, is intended to create space online for what I love, building community, this human community. Chinese of Guizhou and their foreign friends, like sports, art, music, food, education, beautiful places, technology, business, and even beer. Its a place where English speaking people have created a fusion of Chinese and Western Culture. It creates a community that is both Asian and Western, promoting understanding, business, and ultimately world peace.
Guizhou Province captured my interest in 2000 on a volunteer teaching gig sponsored by Oakland University, a school shared by Dr. Pitts and myself. It has water resources that compare with Michigan’s, and technology that compare’s with Michigan’s (perhaps superior), and an extremely friendly population. It has a population of about 38 million people, compared to about 10 million for Michigan. They seem to like foreigners, embrace minorities, and have seriously protected their environment.
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I told a friend that Guizhou was the heart and soul of China. Where did I learn this? I remember telling a Chinese city person that I lived in Guizhou Province and he pointed out that this was still the real China. In fact Guizhou is isolated by mountains from the changes that are taking place throughout China. The old cultures and the Old China are still prominent in Guizhou.
I wonder how he’ll get around when he is 15.
I want to inform the Western People about Guizhou and the beauty of Guizhou. It is unfortunate that more people don’t speak and read Chinese. They don’t know about China and it’s culture.
When I started the website it was because I was writing the same email to many different people, repeatedly. I thought that this website could save me a lot of time writing emails. My friends could just look at the website to get my information.
There is a comfort in focusing your brain on things that you love. I have been helping kids learn English and building the online story of Guizhou. My old life interest in cutting edge technology and building community has never been buried deep in my memory. The Chinese high speed rail (Gaotia), BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), the #2 Ring Road with a bus dedicated lane, and Guizhou’s “Big Data Valley” initiative all form an opportunity that cannot be ignored. “We” really need to be working with “Them”
(We Westerners really need to be working with those Asians).
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USAInfo, LLC is the owner of this web site and is also proposing an advanced Automated Vehicle (AV) 
system for Guiyang. As the owner of USAInfo, LLC, I brought the experience of having worked with like minded people to create the BATA bus service (Bay Area Transportation Authority) in my home town of Traverse City, Michigan. I was a Township Supervisor in that community and worked on a variety of community building initiatives between 1980 and 1992.
Later, in the 90s I was a Certified General Appraiser in the State of Michigan. This, combined some dabbling experience with motion control, mass transit, real estate, and politics formed my vision for Autonomous Vehicles in Guiyang. Information about Automated Vehicles is found here: The Guiyang Automated Vehicle Project.
Everything was shot to pieces in 2020 when the pandemic hit and foreigners like me were ejected from China. The idea of students cooperating between countries was also shot to pieces in the October surprise deportation. See:New York City
Rather than promoting world peace, I found myself homeless and sleeping on a friend’s couch in the middle of the pandemic. My appraisal license was balled up in State pandemic paperwork for six months. I eventually found a low cost rental in Mancelona, where I am now, starting over in appraisal. As this is being written (February of 2026) this blog itself is now in jeopardy.