Answers of the Day
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301 . UK Degree AutheticatedJul 26,2016
This won't help overly with your situation, but maybe shed some light on what's required.
When I had my criminal history thing done in Australia, it needed to be an original document, which was notorised by the Department of Foreign Affairs, before going to the Chinese consulate to be apostilled.
Fortunately, our government...
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Jul 26,2016
the article talks about the purchase, old news I know, but did China or Taiwan ever sue the individual property owner...
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Jul 26,2016
Such 'patriotism' is idiocy! And it doesn't matter where it comes from. Many people in the world say stupid things like "you should only date/marry/be friends with people from our own group".
The vast majority of the negativity you're noticing is purely from an inferiority complex - from men! (and women who aren't able to get a white/foreign guy). The main clue to...
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Jul 12,2016
Try me with that Q&advice: 'read the Contract!'
Tits and others are right: 'read the Contract and ask questions, before you sign it!'
What else could I tell OP/you? Call your mom?
Chinese will take an advantage of foreigner by pretending their English understanding is different than ours is. In their way 'they just negotiate'. There's nothing wrong with '...
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Jul 11,2016
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Jul 11,2016
How I've normally seen it work when you want to break the contract early is that the tenant normally finds a new tenant or ends up paying the landlords share of the agency fee for advertising again. That works out at half the months rent.
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Jul 11,2016
All credit to this admin for at least making an effort and keeping us in the loop .
Hope it goes the distance and is not in vain .
funny how many people want to bitch but when given an opportunity to get something done it all goes silent.
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Jul 11,2016
School's rep. isn't required to tell you anything, if it's written in the Contract and you sign it.
Read Contract in details and ask questions, before you ink it.
Some Schools try to avoid to get stuck with all bills, if FT doesn't pass ME or SAFEA doesn't grant FEC, because of some reason ('no degree authorization' as one).
My latest Contract...
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Jul 10,2016
My Chinese wife and I bought an apartment in China for her to stay while she works on her business. It was a few years after we got married. When we first met, neither of us had much and neither did her family. But they were understanding and saw that we cared a lot for each other. Like Hotwater's wife, my wife is a strong minded individual as well. The best Chinese women (or people at...
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Jun 21,2016
Before ESL teachers are easy to find. Most schools before hire only Caucasians even without a degree. But things has changed. With the new visa laws, the supply of foreigner teachers have decline. Foreigner with out degree will have a hard time finding a teaching job. Search for qualified teachers is getting harder.
I agree many schools are desperate for Qualified...
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Jun 01,2016
Do you have a car？ if you did, you'd find pretty good reason to complain. Whether you take it out everyday or park it for a few, it wont be looking new for very long unless you take it to a service shop every five months and get all the scratches and nicks covered up. People seriously cant drive here. They cant judge how big spaces are and try to squeeze by. Or they cant...
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May 26,2016
If you are residing in China you should consider setting up a Tao Bao account. I use the Nivea Cool Kick deodorant which costs 45 yuan for 1 can in the supermarket however, on Tao Bao I paid 84.60 yuan for 4 cans including the postage.
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May 25,2016
When you see stories like this one here for example popping up fairly regularly.....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36346205
Where crap quality, or fake, or adulterated milk that makes kids sick is being sold, and the story covered up you...
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May 24,2016
The importance of breastfeeding is understated. Reccommended period gets cut from a year to 6 months, to 6 weeks, and some hospitals even advise 3 weeksthen reccommend formula.
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315 . Chinese Rich kids ?May 17,2016
I often feel like a rich kid in China... Until I saw and read the BBC article about Rich kids of China on instagram, now I feel like a poor mug!
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316 . Why do you post on ECC?May 13,2016
To help those in genuine need and take the piss out of those who deserve it.
It can be a laugh, and I can share some experiences.
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317 . Boss terminating contract, refuses to give letter of release...Options? New visa instead of renewal?May 11,2016
Sorry to necro a thread, but I hope to share some good news with the expat community.
I recently landed a job and signed a contract with Beijing University of Technology and Business.
My previous employer has been compliant in providing necessary paperwork and even a good recommendation for a successful transfer of my visa.
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May 10,2016
Generally if it is a chinese girl under 30 there a good chance she will speak at least some english. Boys, probably not much more than Helllllooooo! heheheh.
I have a white foreign friend (who is quite ill at the moment, sadly), he can't speak english - only portugese and putonghua - so we often get shocked looks from the locals when we hang out babbling away in terrible...
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May 06,2016
Yes, if you have a degree from the UK and you have your 120-hour TEFL you can get hired on a Z-visa.
Also, one of the recruiters sent me this:
schools in china can hire non-native english speaker as long as this teacher has 2-year working enperience in teaching english in a english- speaking country,or 5-year working experience of working in a english-speaking...
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May 04,2016
I have a few Chinese friends who got their driving license and will be the first to say they are either terrible drivers, or can't drive at all. My ex girlfriend is one of them, she told me how it worked when she did it.
Like Xinyuren said, the driving school is not concerned about putting competent drivers on the road, their only concern is money.
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