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Jun 02,2015
Only allow in migrants with degrees from accredited universities, meaning a standardized world-wide test needs to be developed to set the standard for what constitutes a proper graduate of an academic institution. Obviously the Chinese can't be relied upon to create this.
This is necessary due to the erosion of standards caused by foreign students, dopey local jocks and...
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382 . China stock market?May 30,2015
My wife and I have been investing for a long time into the Shanghai Index. I'm like so excited by this recent two day crash and hopefully it'll keep crashing, I need those stocks I'm watching to fall to a lower price. Remember to watch the MACD lines (yellow and white) if they get close together or touch its a good chance to sell and a sign that a spike in the price is coming or happening. Ask...
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May 21,2015
I'm on a short fuse usually, so I run 2 or 3 times a week to burn that bad energy. If you spend your time under high-pressure, it's probably a good idea to make plans to leave. It was my case, I left (I know, not easy unless you leave completely alone and debt-free).
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Apr 17,2015
Most meaningful stuff is when I teach. There's little room for cultural learning and science, but I sneak it in anyway. I'll ask questions to the class, which I later answer correctly: What happens when you cook milk? Why should we shake hands with the right hand? Why do we like fatty, sweet and other unhealthy foods so much? Why are kuaizi called chopsticks in English? Why do animals hunt at...
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Apr 11,2015
As someone said before, the reason for not allowing foreigners to stay in some hotels in China is because the must be linked electronocally with the local PSB, and be able to scan your passport photo page, visa page and last entry stamp, save it electronically and submit on a daily basis to PSB. Once they can do this, they are authorized to receive foreign guests. As simple as that, unless...
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Mar 30,2015
Yea, it's pretty insane I agree. I'd say the breakdown would be something like this in my city - 600,000-700,000 rmb for a smallish new apartment, another 100,000+ to decorate it, 150,000 for an average new car, 100,000 for a face giving wedding, maybe another 30,000 on jewelry and stuff. So a million sounds about right considering that most Chinese girls wouldn't marry anyone without...
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Mar 26,2015
Before RP expiration, your present employer must take you to PSB (police), where you'll get 30-days visa (either 'extension of RP', L or S2 visa).----- 'Chinese law'
When you arrive to the new job site, your new employer will have 30 days to extend your RP, and you don't need to exit China.
You must have Release letter and Cancelation of FEC certificate from present employer. If... -
Mar 06,2015
Harmonizing that documentary is going to cause a lot of people to wake up and realize how bad the government is. This is only going to backfire.
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Mar 02,2015
Its socially accepted tax evasion. Many companies will actually tax your salary less if you can produce a certain amount of fa piao every month.
Most if not all companies ask workers to pay all of their expenses up front and then give fa piao in order to get the money back.
The problem is that getting fa piaos from businesses isnt always easy so people need to collect them....
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Mar 02,2015
A "normal school" is to train teachers : the school defines the norm of what have to be taught. So the "normal" comes from "norm", "normative". Across the world, many schools which started as "normal school of XXX" became regular schools, but they kept the original name.
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Feb 23,2015
Mars One is at best a pipe dream, at worst a scam. The team behind Mars One showed more than once a very poor understanding of the challenge they want to take. Landing a car-sized buggy was already a major achievement (check for the landing procedure of the Curiosity probe), at the edge of what can be done today. It took a few billions dollars to achieve. They have no answers for all the...
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392 . Am I wrong?Feb 15,2015
You are certainly not wrong and you don't deserve to be treated that way by your parents. From a typical western point of view, a lot of people in your situation would completely stop talking to their parents. I know lots of people who don't communicate at all with their parents for reasons that are not nearly as bad as those you shared in the op. I'm not suggesting that you do this - what you...
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Feb 10,2015
Ice Festival: one place in China where the beer is always cold
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Feb 08,2015
Regarding the law, every city/province is different, so you need to find out exactly what it is for wherever you live. I used to have an electric one in Shanghai. I think it cost just over 2000 RMB, but it wasn't particularly good and that was a few years ago. It does give you a lot more freedom and also its fun!
You need to take good care to make sure it...
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Feb 05,2015
I have a too narrow vision to fully answer the question. The Chinese state invest a lot into technology through funding, and from what I see, they are not exactly picky on who or what to fund. That can contribute to a bubble, like what we saw in public and private constructions.
I work in a start-up (we are close to be self-sustaining now, with customers and a working...
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Feb 03,2015
Several years ago, here in my city, the drivers of the gov't cars decided things weren't fair, so they arranged a protest outside the mayor's building. The gov't warned them to cease this action on the grounds it was disrespectful but the drivers, about 200 of them, didn't budge.
So the gov't told them the mayor would meet with them in 'The Big Hall'.
Into the...
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Feb 01,2015
I'm not sure, which (ICBC prob.?) bank you're dealing with, buTT....I'd say 'get China Merchants Bank (Gold account with Visa/Mc logo)' for the next day card replacement. They advertise that on Gold account info slip in any CMB.
Type 'laowai friendly bank' for thread about Gold account.
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Jan 27,2015
Hear me out on this before calling me crazy - First of all, I am not praising the Chinese healthcare system. It is well-known that most doctors are unqualified (I work for a medical school and my boss estimates that 90% of doctors in the mainland are unqualified). Doctors regularly engage in overtreatment while running unnecessary tests and prescribing useless medicine. Antibiotics are grossly...
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399 . Beijing ordered universities to fortify ideological control by Studying and propagating MarxismJan 26,2015
Do you mind providing a link, or a source for this ?
Honestly, I think it would be self-defeating to propagate Marx's ideas in China, at least for the powers-to-be. It would be bad for the harmony of China. That's why I'm asking you to provide some serious source, that sounds just so irrational to me, unless it's a completely warped rewriting of Marx. I would much less surprised to see...
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Jan 21,2015
People always ask me when I will leave China. I have fallen into a love/hate relationship with China. I love the fact that it is ever changing and I am curious to be part of that change. Yet, i hate so many of the things that conflict with my western mentality. So, I aswer to the question of when I plan to leave is not available right now. I have been here two years. I have yet to grow as...
