Answers of the Day
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Jun 25,2012
I had a house not too long ago in Zhaoqing where the floors were nearly always wet, except after a cold front came through to dry the air. There honestly isn't much you can do unless you got some air conditioning or a couple good fans to create ventilation and make the air move. I had no air conditioning. The reason they stay wet is because the humidity in your bathroom is...
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Jun 24,2012
You ask if supermarkets back home are so different from the ones here.
Yes, they are, and for many reasons. And without anyone getting offended, because please notice I will not say which one is better or worse. I had a supermarket back home as one of my business interest for many...
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Jun 22,2012
There is one way that you can get credit card facilities if all other methods fail. What you can do is go to a large branch of the Bank of China. Go through the normal procedure of opening a credit card account. This will require your passport, evidence of residency and maybe proof of employment and/or income.
Deposit a sum of money in a timed deposit account, for example...
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Jun 21,2012
You are raising a concern of many in China today. It is impossible to give you a valid and sound answer, in many ways Chinese are somewhat unpredictable.
Yet, we can "assume" a few things, that we do know to be true :
1.- when you make the rules, you enforce them, and on top control...
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Jun 20,2012
One must ask how you measure "richest". Do you mean highest total GDP, highest per capita GDP, or most estimated mineral reserves? When comparing Chinese to foreign GDP numbers there is also the issue of purchasing power parity - in China, some things are cheaper and other things are more expensive, making these income measures not a comparison of Apples to Apples.
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Jun 19,2012
What style you after ? I usually search ASOS Zara and some other international brands I know. The other options is to search to the style you're after so 'Western style"
Here are some stores you can look into, I've bought from them and I've been happy:
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Jun 18,2012
Well this can be a sensitive and controversial subject. 5,000 years old. This is a point of pride with China. They have an idea that the 'older the better' or that being the oldest civilization is 'the best' and this is really a 'national pride' issue.
Which is why its difficult to have a serious discussion about the meaning of this. 5000 years. Egypt has been there for 5000 years. So...
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Jun 14,2012
Pogger:
I can explain to you what I did, and my findings as I went along. I was familiar with the city, I had been here many times in the past, and knew my way around, and had an area of preference where to live.
I first negotiated with a hotel my stay upon arrival, I got a room good enough to take showers and...
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Jun 12,2012
I too have purposefully tried to keep myself immersed in Chinese literature while I am here studying, though I have found that a mix of fiction AND non-fiction books about China from both Chinese AND western authors has provided me with the perfect balance of information about modern China.
Check out Chinese authors like Lianke Yan, Ma Jian and Xinran...
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Jun 11,2012
You first wait until the business is legally registered. You will need the business licence and official chops (stamps) and a few other pieces of documentation to precede. Then you have a medical screen at an approved place. You take all the documentation required by the Labor Supervision Bureau to the nearest office along with chops etc. (first best to contact the Labor Supervision Bureau as...
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Jun 09,2012
Not really.
There's a very obvious separation between the two main groups, Han and Uyghur (Hui get on with everyone as far as I can tell). But, it's all kept simmering below the surface and a day-to-day life it's very difficult to know what people are really thinking. Day-to-day life, for us, is not in any way affected by the problems in 09.
The...
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Jun 08,2012
Fellows :
Please, listen to me. Then do as you please. But I see no sense in discussing this issue every week. And always hear the same arguments for not following the existing Law in China, mainly that the passport could be stolen from you.
So, let's look at it in detail.
What are the passport requirements in China ?
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Jun 07,2012
By CLT I assume you mean communicative language? I certainly try to get my students communicating as much as possible and as naturally as possible in the classroom, much to the chagrin of my Chinese colleagues, who would rather spend the majority of class time trying to hammer grammar rules and phonics sounds into their little...
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Jun 06,2012
You live in Beijing, a 1st tier city like Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. I live on a 2 tier city, a provincial capital.
From where your friends are giving you the information I have no idea, but in my opinion, they are very wet.
I do have a 190 sq meters apartment, two stories, overlooking the local river, 5...
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Jun 05,2012
It could be your diet. If you're eating a lot of fried foods, or rice, or noodle dishes... I'm guessing they use mostly rice flour for their noodles and baked goods, instead of wheat flour.
I'm also guessing the air isn't conducive to exercising, especially if you're lungs aren't used to all the pollution. And if you aren't exercising, that makes you more...
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Jun 04,2012
55 years old is the typical retirement age in China. The main reason most people can not work in China over that age is that it is very difficult and expensive for the hiring company to provide health insurance.
However, if the foreigner provides his own insurance, he can still be hired by most companies. But overcoming the stigma of being over retirement age...
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Jun 04,2012
Welll...from a food safety standpoint, I'd say the supermarkets--the meat is refrigerated and fresh. And if you like beef, you are more likely get get properly aged beef there. Beef should be aged for 21-28 days in a proper facility (but i still doubt that the supermarkets do that). I doubt that your average Chinese open-air market butcher has a walk in fridge at their disposal, let alone a...
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Jun 01,2012
Unfortunately, the websites you're talking about are just about all you'll find. The vitriolic spewings of people over the internet would make one think that working ANYWHERE in China is awful. Don't put too much faith in them. Much better to send off your CV and make sure you talk with current foreign employees before accepting a position. If they...
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Jun 01,2012
The belief is that anything cold is very hard on the stomach--cold food (why you don't see fruit refrigerated), cold drinks. Even if it's summer, the Chinese believe that drinking very cold drinks is very bad for you and puts too much stress on your stomach, which is why you'll see -many people drinking hot or luke warm water.
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May 31,2012
China right now is in the middle of a real estate bubble, and the big question is if it will burst or not. Many developers are in severe need of cash inflow, very much overextended. Bank loans are not getting paid. Supply far exceed demand, yet prices ,if you see any reduction, will be minimal. ...
