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What NOT to Give Your Chinese Friends
“Ba-ba-ba.” Has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? It ought to: ba in Mandarin means “to increase” or “get rich”. So by ancient Chinese association, if ba also …
2017-05-05
Do You Know Your 15 Expat Employee Rights As A Foreign Teacher?
Do You Know Your 15 Expat Employee Rights As A Foreign Teacher? Yes, its true – you actually have some very useful employee rights in China since some amendments were …
2017-05-05
How to Spot Fake Money in China
The examples used here are for the 100 Yuan note, but they can be applied to the other denominations too. The examples used here are for the 100 Yuan note, …
2017-05-05
ULTIMATE GUIDE: BUYING DIRECTLY FROM TAOBAO
If you plan on living in China for an extended period of time, using Taobao and Tmall, the country’s two biggest online shopping sites, is well worth the effort. Unfortunately, …
2017-05-05
How to Use WeChat Wallet
Can foreigners use WeChat payment? And how? The simple answer is: yes. Not with every bank, but it’s possible. Keep reading and stop feeling jealous of your Chinese friends who …
2017-05-05
Police Warning: 13 Taboos on Using WeChat
Police Warning: 13 Taboos on Using WeChat Police Warning: 13 Taboos on Using WeChat 1. Avoid incurring obligations: Never post any radical content or pictures, especially some “red” content on …
2017-05-05
10 Tips that You Might Not Know of Using WeChat!
One of the reasons why people sometimes prefer WeChat over Whatsapp or Viber is that WeChat has some interesting features that some people find convenient, fun and cool. They have …
2017-05-05
Expat Pay Packages on the Rise in China
Despite the GDP growth slowdown (6.9%), Mainland China remains a popular expat destination for compensation packages. This is backed by various global surveys conducted by different well-known institutes. Despite the …
2017-05-05
Chinese Man ‘Marries’ Robot He Built Himself
A Chinese artificial intelligence engineer has given up on the search for love and “married” a robot he built himself. A Chinese artificial intelligence engineer has given up on the …
2017-05-04
Public lives, secret lives
A Chinese government official is caught in bed with a blonde mistress. A communist cadre who stuffs his apartment with banknotes. And a “deputy state-level” leader who ferociously resists a …
2017-05-04