Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/12/2010 -- The American Independent Capital Group, Inc (AICG) and a group of three other individuals reached agreement on January 14, 2010 to open a branch office of AICG in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. AICG expects the new location to be operational in March of 2010. AICG is an international company that provides assistance to enterprises seeking capital funding for business projects.

AICG will own 51% of the new enterprise. The remaining 49% is owned by Ms. Si Qin, a Mongolian citizen, Mr. David Borjiking, a Mongolian residing in the United States, Mr. HaSi Bateer, a Chinese citizen and ethnic Mongolian, and Mr. Chen, a Chinese citizen. AICG and its partners believe that now is the right time to enter into a market that is expected to be a hotbed of international investment in the near future.

Mongolia offers an abundance of natural resources, a stable and democratically elected government, and proximity to huge markets in Northeast Asia. The current president of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, received his advanced education in the United States and is actively promoting foreign investment in Mongolia. According to the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the country offers the following competitive advantages to foreign investors:

· A stable political environment and an open economy;
· Strategic and easy access to the giant markets of Russia and China;
· Extensive natural resources;
· Favourable legal environment;
· Relatively young and educated population;
· Vast territory, clean and undisturbed nature

Currently the main areas for foreign investment in Mongolia are mining, tourism, infrastructure, and agricultural processing.

AICG plans to utilize the cultural understanding, local knowledge, and language skills of its Mongolian partners to provide access to funds for companies doing business in Mongolia.

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Sam Arnold / AICG to secure $40 million to expand production of nutritionally beneficial Yak products by Chinese company

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/11/2010 -- The American Independent Capital Group, Inc (AICG), an international company that provides assistance to innovative enterprises seeking capital funding for business projects, has reached an agreement with the Sichuan Hongyuan Dairy Company, Ltd. to expand their facilities in southwest China in order to meet increasing domestic and international demand for nutritional products derived from the yak.

Yaks are member of the bovine family, like cows and buffalos. Yaks were domesticated in Tibet during the first millennium B.C. Today there are more than 12 million yaks in the Himalayan steppes where they live at altitudes above 3,200 meters (10,500 feet). Yak milk, meat, cheese and butter have long been staple foods in the diets of people living in the Himalayan region.

Until recently the nutritional value of yak products was not well known. However, new studies revealed the yak's potential benefits to humans. Scientists in Canada, in a paper published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (March 2008), found that yak cheese had a lower overall fat content than cheese made from cow's milk. It also contained much higher levels of heart-healthy "good fats" such as CLA and omega-3 fatty acids. An Indian study indicates that yak meat also contains very high omega-3 fatty acid, which helps combat cardiovascular diseases by keeping cholesterol in check. The China Nutrition Society, a research institute of the Ministry of Health, says that yak milk contains 18 kinds of amino acids, including eight essential ones that humans cannot synthesize. The amino acids, calcium, and vitamin A in yak milk are up to 15 percent higher than in cow's milk. The nutrition society also claims that Yak milk improves immunity and bone density, controls diabetes, and plays an important role in muscle tissue.

Because yak products are completely organic and offer many health benefits, demand for yak products is increasing both in China and worldwide. Yak herding is primarily a family business, and increased demand for yak will contribute to the economic well-being of the semi-nomadic herders in China, India, Nepal, and other countries. Although no international standards currently exist for yak meat, organizations such as the International Congress on Yak are calling for standardization of the industry. Yak meat is currently exported from China to Europe under EU standards.

Established in 1956, the Sichuan Hongyuan Dairy Company is focused on dairy production and processing, and has been an industry leader in the introduction of new technologies. In 2001 the company signed a cooperative agreement in with the U.S. based company Land O' Lakes, Inc. Land O' Lakes provided advice and training in world-class management concepts and techniques. Subsequently, all products produced by the Hongyuan Dairy Company have passed ISO9001-2000 international quality system certifications.

With the aid of AICG, Inc. the Sichuan Hongyuan Dairy Company, Ltd. hopes to find investors who will work with them to increase their current production capacity of 3,500 metric tons of yak milk products annually, to build and operate a technologically advanced yak meat processing facility, and to expand their research into the benefits of yak products to humans.

The Sichuan Hongyuan Dairy Company, Ltd. is located in Qiongxi Township of Sichuan Province, near Tibet. Qiongxi is approximately 280 kilometers northwest of Chungdu, the provincial capital. Qiongxi is in a large area of rolling hills, covered with seemingly endless grasslands, at an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level.

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Demand for Chinese language study in the United States leads Athena’s Higher Learning Center, financed by Sam Arnold/AICG, to open 8 Chinese language schools in three states within the next two years.

Beijing, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/10/2010 -- Americans have never shown much desire to learn foreign languages. In fact, to the rest of the world the United States is a country that seems to expect anyone crossing its borders to be immediately fluent in English. But small signs of change are now visible on the horizon.

The demand for Chinese language instruction is rising rapidly in the United States, and worldwide. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the Chinese Ministry of Education predicts that over 100 million people around the world will be taking Chinese lessons by the end of this year (2010).

In order to capitalize on the demand for Chinese language training in the United States, Beijing based Athena's Higher Learning Center, with financing provided by the American Independent Capital Group (AICG) and Sam Arnold, plans to open 8 branch schools in the USA in the next two years. The first school, in Orange County California, will open in mid-2010 and feature certified teachers of Mandarin and Chinese culture (Confucianism).

Following on the heels of the Orange County center Athena's will open Higher Learning Centers in the states of Washington and New York, and in other cities in California.

While the Chinese government has taken an active role in promoting Chinese language instruction by establishing Confucius Institutes around the world, and supplying Chinese teachers (and paying up to half of their salaries) to schools throughout America. But many of these efforts have not been rewarded, in part because of a lack of cultural understanding. China's teaching materials do not address matters of second-language acquisition, according to the director of San Francisco State University's Confucius Institute. As for teachers from China, "they don't understand teaching and learning in the US."

This lack of understanding has created the opening for Athena's Higher Learning Center, which employs teachers familiar with western management practices, teaching/learning methods, and culture.

In China, Athena's Higher Learning Center prepares students for entry into degree programs at universities in the USA, Great Britain, and Australia. For the Centers in the United States, the opposite will be provided. In addition to basic Chinese language instruction, Athena's has developed programs to assist American students wishing to study in China. A full program of language acquisition, assistance in school selection, and aid with enrolment in Chinese universities will be offered.

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