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  • May 03,2016

    It's possible. A colleague of mine did it in Wuxi. He out a form in, waited a week or two and then went and picked up the money in cash.

     

    ill contact him and ask what was required.

  • Apr 29,2016

    I have mixed feelings about that term, because obviously it's used by shitty people to paint us all, but the concept isn't manufactured out of whole cloth either.

     

    I dont worry about what xenophobic local losers think, but between other expats I apply that term to people with shitty attitudes and grand delusions.

     

    It does NOT apply to somebody who...

  • Apr 27,2016

    Hi, I happen to work for Tencent. (company that owns WeChat)

     

    If you are just looking to register a normal WeChat account, a Chinese cellphone number is all you need.

     

    If you are looking to register for public account (公众号), which other WeChat users can subscribe, at this moment the public account is only open to Chinese ID holders.

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  • Apr 21,2016

     

    Write an email and ask for a written explanation of what is going on, outlining the fact that you have not received any complaints up until then.

     

    include everything that occurred in the conversation(...

  • Apr 20,2016

    Xinjiang beer is called Wusu (the brewery is in Wusu, a small city a couple of hours nth/west of Urumqi).  It comes in green (peasant), red (prince) and gold (king) and it's better than anything else in China.  Oh yeah, they also make a black.  It's good too but a bit sweet.

    I've read that before about Snow beer and I have to say that, despite living in China for 6...

  • Apr 17,2016

    well, I have done so in Fangcheng Gang, Guangxi Province,

    Can get apartment for 5100 kuai sq meter including terminations, maybe further goodies too.  Real nice.  Located on South China Sea shoreline, 150,000 persons as population, about 50 Kms from Vietnam border.

    Do have account at Bank of China in HKG, receive dollars, change to kuai, and use debit card here.

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  • Apr 14,2016

    I dont think so.

     

    It all depends on the way its used and the 'intent' behind it.

     

    It reflects more on the person who uses it.. not the receiver. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Smile...

  • Apr 14,2016

    I'm undecided on this one. It is used In a derogatory way on expat sites to describe uneducated & uncultured Chinese people. Actually it depends how you define uneducated. My MIL is uneducated in that she only went to school for 1.5 years and can't even speak Mandarin. Is she a Nong? No, not in the way it is used on expat sites as she has manners and is polite. Yes, in that she is...

  • Apr 12,2016

    I am in China because -

     

    I realized teaching is my passion!

    It's so much easier living here

    A lot of opportunities

    Making good money and not working 9 to 5

    Colorful place, decent weather

    I have a colorful life, not the kind of life I had in England

  • Apr 11,2016

    What I can understand is that real qualification and teaching experience does not matter much. If then that is the case,is China really achieving their goal/aim especially in acquisition of English. I know of a fact that a qualified and experienced English Language teacher from Africa is more beneficial than a Geology graduate native speaker teaching English.

  • Apr 07,2016

    Too much propaganda against dating foreigners in Chinese mass media recently, consequently the majority of girls in 4th-tier cities and around half in 2nd-3d tier cities try to stay away from foreigners, regardless of a country. People living in 1st tier cities usually don't believe national mass media. So make your conclusions, what part of China you want to live in.

  • Apr 07,2016

    LOL, for "White Fever" to go away it needs to exist in the first place. Why is it that some people always need to find weird justification as to the existence of WM/AF couples? Yellow fever and White fever, hahaha please, my loved one has photos of handsome Chinese guys on her phone.

    I don't go around trying to find odd justifications as to "why" there are AM/WF couples, I'm just happy...

  • Apr 06,2016

    On like Africans, teaching is a gift. Most Africans in foreign countries always have the zeal and determination to adapt to any change and give out their best to satisfy their employers and students in teaching jobs. Africans should be given the opportunity to prove their skills and learn from your upgraded ideas to benefit the world as a whole

  • Apr 05,2016

    In Shanghai there is an area called Moganshan Lu, which is very arty. I used to live right in the middle of it. Another area is Tianzifang, but I think this is more touristy rather than being for serious artists. But that's just my impression of the place, I might be wrong.

     

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  • Mar 29,2016

    I like Hansi beer. It's only served in some northwestern Chinese restaurants. Has a nice strong flavor. Dali beer from Yunnan is also good. 

  • Mar 25,2016

    Be realistic...the numbers are so low that it's negligible.

     

    The real point is that although these students can gain acceptance to prestigious schools (and agents in China are far worse for their fraud), these students lack the aptitude and skills to stay in the schools they get accepted to.

  • Mar 24,2016

     

    I couldn't care less.

     

    Oh wait. I'll translate that into retarded American language for you.

     

    I could care less.

     

  • Mar 23,2016

    Whichever path you take, I think the best advice I can give is to make an effort to make some Chinese friends that you're comfortable trying out the things you learn with. When I was studying in Beijing, I improved much faster than my classmates because I had Chinese roommates.

     

    Now I live in Shanghai, and I'm struggling to improve, because most of my friends are foreign,...

  • Mar 21,2016

    canada has some tv show i think its called border wars or canada border patrol, some reality hit show and showed  a poor bloke who came to canada from australia with 3 dui's and a drug conviction and they generously let him spend 12 hours with his girlfriend in canada before he had to leave, not sure why any body would not know that canada, england, australia, new zealand all have the...

  • Mar 18,2016

    To be honest Icnif, I think you over reacted a little.

     

    I agree, the post about relocating kids was in bad taste and just a stupid thing to say but it wasn't actually attacking people as such, didn't have profanity in it and was a lot milder than a lot of the stuff you see here in my opinion. That's not to say I think anyone will miss that guy's input, we won't but he was...