什么东西给新的中国朋友 (SWAG)

As a Canadian travelling abroad I feel like I'm a kind of ambassador, plus I want to take a few little gifts along to give out to some of my new Chinese friends.  I took a short tour through some of the tacky souvenir stores in downtown Victoria to get some ideas.  Then I googled around online to find some deals!

Here's what I came up with:

There's nothing more Canadian than Maple Syrup, so I ordered some maple candy from White Meadows Farms in Ontario Canada - http://www.whitemeadowsfarms.com/.  I got 3 kinds of candy - 2 kinds of maple leaf shaped candy and a maple sucker.  They're small, easy to pack, and individually wrapped for easy distribution.  I haven't tried them yet but I'm going to make sure I do some pre-trip quality control.

I also picked up some maple leaf lapel pins.  These were for sale individually in downtown Victoria, but I ordered a package in bulk from Pins Central - http://www.pinscentral.com/.

I ordered some pens from the same company that printed my business cards - Vista Print http://www.vistaprint.ca/.  I just got them in the mail and I'm pretty happy with the quality.  I ordered the minimum number and am thinking of maybe ordering a few more!  Vista also prints other customised SWAG such as post-it notes, 等等。

Ironically most of this stuff is originally Made in China!