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3 China Eastern Airlines

Agree with Pete - for longhaul, upper cabins on China Eastern offer great service for what you pay and food is tastier than most other airlines. However Biz class longhaul cannot compare to BA or Qantas because of the old fashioned seats on China Eastern. Still, if you are on one of their new Airbus, it's OK - possible to sleep and plenty of legroom.

On the other hand . . . for domestic travel, I think China Eastern is the best of a bad bunch. Landings can be rough, but not as bad as China Southern or Air China. Having said that, one China Eastern flight to Beijing ended with the pilot doing a brilliant greaser landing - have not experienced that in many years. Also, service can be sloppy but getting better in first class.
Posted by Georgie at 2006-11-05 16:39:47. More

2 Salary in Shanghai - Part II

I think Jianshuo's blog is by far the best on Shanghai life!!

RockeR, if you are a lawyer with Chinese language skills, can I suggest that you consider a job with an international law firm. Try the legal recruitment websites, they are filled with these jobs. UK and US firms are expanding and setting up offices in China at an amazing pace. Depending on your experience and language skills, these firms will be prepared to pay you RMB60K - 80K a month (even more than RMB100K a month if you have 7-8 years' experience), and on top of that 1-2 months' bonus per year. Many of them are also very prestigious and a few years spent with one of these firms would look very good on your CV. You could end up working extremely hard, but the pay is very attractive, so it is worth considering. I know money is not everything but a few years of hard work and you could put aside quite a lot of money. IT skills are in shortage but so are legal skills and you are lucky to be in a position to take advantage of that! Good luck!
Posted by Georgie at 2006-11-05 16:21:06. More

1 Public Transportation in Shanghai

does anyone know how many people catch public transport each day
Posted by georgie at 2006-05-16 11:37:39. More