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Feb 20,2012
I think many of them get married before they really know who they're marrying. Do they take their future goals into consideration? Are their personalities compatable? Can they agree on how to raise their kids or what they do with their money? There are so many factors to take into consideration, and I don't think they even ask these questions of eachother. They get a girlfriend or...
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Feb 20,2012
There are a few things you can do if you want it, it all will depend on what you need back in UK for your business. Allow me to explain:
1.- You could leave your Blackberry phone in UK, and get one here to use locally and call UK also.
2.- You could remove the SIM card from your Blackberry, and get in UK a cheap cell phone that accepts the Backberry SIM card and leave the...
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Feb 18,2012
The Chinese eat fresh meat. For everything. It's been a common practice even now that there is refridgeration. So, when you buy some beef here, it was killed within a very short period of time.
In the west, we age beef - either by dry aging or wet aging. Dry aging means hanging the beef up in a dry cooler (almost freezing, but the meat will NOT be frozen) for...
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Feb 17,2012
One thing you should understand to begin with, is that in China, one thing is what the Law says, and another is how each different government employee applies it. This is why it is so common to be denied something by one official, just to be granted by another one the next day.
That said, the Chinese marriage law is, in general, the same as similar laws on any other country....
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Feb 16,2012
In my home, my mother-in-law lives with us. She 'helps' to raise our kids. Or at least as much help as an 80 year old woman can provide.
When it comes to raising our children, there are certain things I have to comprimise on. The biggest thing for me is how we dress our kids. By the inlaws demand (and my wife's agreement) our kids have to wear layers...
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Feb 15,2012
Technically yes, your landlord should pay. Contact him by phone or email and explain situation, and tell him you are willing to find someone to fix it, provided he will reimburse you (you will need to have receipts of everything.
Most building complexes have an Admin Office somewhere within the complex. There, they will have all sort of handymen available. Explain your...
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Feb 13,2012
Personally, I don't think it is a matter of giving face to the man when women are submissive in public. Being smarter than that, they act they way they act in order to get what they want. A man will respond more readily to a submissive attitude than a confrontational one. So, the woman knows what works, depending on the personal relationship. Obviously, men do the same thing. If being...
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Feb 11,2012
It will depend. The chargers now days that the electronics you mention each have are made to work with either a 220 or 110 volts input. Mut you need to confirm this by looking at the end of the charger where it plugs into the wall outlet. In very small letters on the plastic, seek for what it says as INPUT VOLTAGE. If only 110 volts you will need to buy a rectifier/...
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Feb 10,2012
If you can offer products not on there for decent prices, I'd say go for it.
Keep in mind that most people who use Taobao are Chinese, so that's where you're going to make most of the money. I'd go bi-lingual and use the fact that you're a foreigner as a selling point.Keep in mind however that this is a much bigger undertaking than you might realize....
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1050 . T-bone steak, why so thin?Feb 09,2012
The Chinese prefer their meat to be fully cooked - meaning not bloody at all. I've gone out for "steak" before and ordered it med-rare which almost caused the people I was with to be sick.
I think it goes back to health concerns and the possibility of illness and TCM practices. Eating raw vegetables (ie salad) is a relatively new practice here - they cook the...
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Feb 08,2012
In general, I would have to say no, they are not at all like brothels, and in fact, some are even segregated by sex, with young kids going with their mamas. And some are just everyone together, like those called "public bath houses", open for passerbyes to look at whomever is there.
and just like there could be a rotten apple in a barrel of good apples, I am sure that...
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Feb 07,2012
Consulates don't generally help with legal issues unless you are arrested and detained. At that point, they will only check to be sure you are being treated humanely. They can only intervene after going through the proper channels and only as deemed necessary.
A couple for-instances: The hikers who were detained in Iran; Amanda Knox in Italy.
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Feb 05,2012
Wow, this is an old question I found that I guess I missed.
My 3 favorite teas here which I find have made great gifts:
1.) Jasmine tea - usually a green or white tea infused with jasmine flowers. Te best kind (in my opinion) omes from Fujian. It's a bit sweet and very fragrant. Vey popular when I bring this back home.
2.) Yunnan Pu'er...
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Feb 01,2012
Here's a novel idea, rent a house in the outskirts...there's lots of them! For just a weekend (and the weather will still be too cold for long excursions outdoors) you can have the run of a whole house. Maybe you can find one with a fireplace (pure romanticism) and the peace and quiet means you'll be able to actually talk and enjoy yourselves.
Back in the old...
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Jan 28,2012
Man, I love this argument.
Here is the simple truth: China makes most of it's money manufacturing cheap ass goods primarily for the US. The US STILL manufactures a lot of goods, but mostly hi-tech goods.
Amazingly, the growth rocket you've been seeing in China has mostly been driven by exports to the US. The US, in a financial crisis right now (nowhere...
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Jan 21,2012
Red stands for happiness and good fortune. In ancient times, it was the color adopted by the royalty and ruling classes as a symbol of wealth and power, and that has also persisted through to this day (ex. the walls of the Forbidden Palace are what color?).
During Chinese new year, red scares off the Nian (a big lion-dragon beast - I'm sure you've seen statues of it...
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Jan 16,2012
Here is info from another post I made, copied for your convenience:
Yes. All western. Forget the handfuls of yellow, green, and brown pills...Here's the most common western medicine for stomach and diarrhea (cha cha cha):
洛哌丁胺 - lou pai ding an - Loperamide (Immodium)
西咪替丁 -xi mi ti ding - Cimetidine (Tagamet)
奥美拉唑 - ao mei la zuo - Omeprazole (prilosec.... -
Jan 16,2012
Weird question first, but hearme out. Do you have cats?
I suppose it doesn't really matter, but it will kill 2 birds with one stone if you do!
Plant some small herb pots of catnip and place them on your window sills of anywhere near an opening that mosquitoes might come in.
The oil in catnip is about 10 times more effective than DEET in repelling mosquitoes....
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1059 . Cheese, anyone?Jan 15,2012
It's not lactose inolerance. Lactose is one of the things consumed by bacteria during the cheese making process, so most cheese is lactose free as the lactose is found mostly in the whey (which is discarded). Almost all hard cheeses and aged cheeses are lactose free.
I think that Cheese (or butter) never took hold in China for a few reasons. First, most ariable...
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Jan 10,2012
Tonal languages are obsolete and have been for thousands of years. If I said "hi" to you as a greeting or if I said "HiiiIIIIIgghhhh!!!"... Ugh, ridiculous.
Mandarin Chinese has 1600 different "words" you can say. That's it. Combine initials and finals, there are actually only 400 x 4 tones = 1600.
This language is so...
