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Forum: Job-Related Questions Topic: Income tax for foreigners |
| ryongsong |
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:39 am
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| The figures are current, but they are for full-time legal work . As far as I know, foreigners can't legally get part-time work. You might be paying tax as a "service provider", but it should be you going to the tax bureau and paying that (and admitting you are working illegally), not them. |
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Forum: General Forum Topic: English-language TV shows on Chinese video-sharing websites |
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:46 pm
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| I came across this the other day: Piers Morgan on Shanghai http://www.56.com/u43/v_NDkxMTk3ODQ.html There are actually quite a lot of British TV shows on these kind of sites. It's not as good as downloading a torrent file of the show, but you don't have to wait. Other stuff includes: Match of the Da... |
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Forum: General Forum Topic: Google to quit China? |
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:32 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 62170
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| Now that Google Buzz has been embedded in Gmail, there seems a good chance that Gmail and Buzz will be blocked in China, as Buzz is effectively a competitor to Facebook and Twitter, both of which are blocked on the mainland. |
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Forum: Living In China Topic: Free music downloads from Google.cn |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:01 pm
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Replies: 1
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| You might not find what you are looking for, but here are some examples: Oldies: http://www.google.cn/music/search?q=led+zeppelin&cat=album http://www.google.cn/music/artist?id=A760766139281e49e Newer: http://www.google.cn/music/artist?id=Ae16306dec6b53f62 http://www.google.cn/music/artist?id=A6... |
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Forum: Living In China Topic: Cost of living in China |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:13 pm
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Some more:
Ibis hotel room in Wuhan: 160 RMB per night
Hot and dry noodles from a street vendor in Wuhan: 2.5 RMB
A pint of Guinness at a Blue Sky Cafe (expat bar) in Wuhan: 58 RMB
A (small) bottle of Qingdao beer at Wuhan airport: 20 RMB
A jianbing (savoury breakfast pancake) in Tianjin: 3.5 RMB |
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Forum: Living In China Topic: Free music downloads from Google.cn |
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:08 pm
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| If you are living in China and using a Chinese ISP to connect to the internet, you can download free music from Google.cn. Google did a deal with a bunch of record companies to allow this, so the downloads are legal. http://www.google.cn/music The interface is in Chinese, but you can search in Engli... |
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Forum: Job-Related Questions Topic: Things to consider when looking for an ESL job |
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:50 am
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| Of all the occupations of foreigners in China, teaching English is the most common. Every year thousands of people come to the Middle Kingdom to take up jobs in universities, schools and language institutes. The experiences they have probably vary more than in just about any other ESL market due to ... |
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Forum: General Forum Topic: Google to quit China? |
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:08 pm
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| I suppose the key question is what will happen to access to google.com in China if google.cn closes. In the past it was occasionally blocked, but access has been fairly consistent for a while now. (some links don't work because of censorship, and the site can be temporarily unavailable if you search... |
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Forum: General Forum Topic: Chinese Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics for 2009 |
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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:17 pm
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| Here's a list of the top 25 airports in China measured by the number of passengers in 2009. Where known and meaningful, the percentage increase on 2008 is given. 1 Beijing Capital 65.34m 16.8% 2 Guangzhou 37.04m 10.8% 3 Shanghai Pudong 32.05m 13.5% 4 Shanghai Hongqiao 25.10m 9.7% 5 Shenzhen 24.48m 1... |
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Forum: General Forum Topic: Google to quit China? |
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:53 am
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| Looks like Google has finally had enough of trying to work with the "harmonious society". From CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/12/google.china/ The Google blog entry itself: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html An interesting blog posting by Rupert Goo... |
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