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SVB Bank is like a Family Jianshuo - thanks for the comment. I'm glad you had a good time enjoying the wine from napa valley with friends and I'm sure you are not the only one that found the evening an enjoyable one. cheers Steven |
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Brought Yifan to Gymboree you made a right decission for your kid ! my advise on teaching a child a language is that any learner has a chance to be in environment offering english-speaking, i mean, native speaker. those people working for education institute, however, some are good english users because of their long stay in western society, now making fun with children, and the others are not quailtified for standards of teaching, their goal is making money for themselves and do nothing more. |
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Getting U.S. Visa in China Hello everyone! I'm an American citizen, and was just reading some of your comments. Like all great nations(including China) there has to be alot of security, laws, and patience when dealing with the embassy. When you get to the US, it's different. My girlfriend lives in China, and is trying to come here for a visit. I hope She will get Her B-2 visa. Then maybe I can one day bring her here on the Fiance visa.Everyone be honest, and keep your chin up. |
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10 RMB for Genuine DVD Such DVD I bought before even cheaper which cost only 5-7 RMB. |
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University Ave Day Made a mistake. I am such a stupid ass. My blog site should be http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/jianfeng |
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Chat with Tina and Jin Why you guys go take a look at another English blog done by Chinese? It's http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/jianfeng. Jianfeng is an amazing writer. |
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My Google PageRank Increases to PR5 Is all search engines using this algoritm. |
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Put Google Search into Inside My Site As i konwn, google will pay for you if someone uses the "Google Search Bar"? |
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Who is Chinabounder @Ceecee: It's your personal experience? |
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Rent an Apartment in Shanghai New apartment in downtown Shanghai,near XinTianDi Dongtai Garden Apartment, Shanghai is located at 299 Dapu Road, near Fuxing Park. This apartment has 107 sqm with two bedrooms, one living room, one dining room, one bathroom, one kitchen with full appliance, plus one balcony facing a garden of 6000 sqm. Full utilities and new furniture are ready, which is perfect for either residential or SOHO use. A private sport club is next to the building. It is Just 500m to south-north viaduct, close to Xujiahui shopping area and Yan'an Road viaduct. It takes only 5 minutes' walk to Dapuqiao entertainment circle. The selling price of this property is RMB 2,140,000 (equivalent USD 260k), or at RMB 20,000 per square meter. Monthly rent is RMB 6,000. email: znqxxx@shmobile.com |
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Find a Job in Shanghai I am intersted in a senior design job in mens fashion in Shanghai. What is the way to connect to companies that are intersted in export to europe understanding european style and taste? Steven |
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PVG: Book Domestic Flight in China Try http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-airline/china-flights.htm to search the lasted China domestic flights schedule and price. They also provide with on-line tickets booking service. They have discounted prices and reply quickly. |
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The City and Its Moral Boundary Reno: "Lacking of indispensable education is the soil for immorality, even evil. I always believe of this." I basically agree, because frankly I see this problem in the US all the time. I think the key is broad education that teaches *critical thinking* and evaluation, using reason, of right and wrong and the truth of what one is saying. IIRC there's a precedent in both the Confucian and Greco/Roman/German/Western traditions for an emphasis on the moral value of education and how an educated mind, in general, is better capable of recognizing and exercising morality, but there's often a failure to adequately impart such education. We see this in Shanghai and Chicago, Beijing and New York, all the time-- it's certainly not unique to just one country. Look at our shameful recent history in the USA, when we decided to invade Iraq and initiate a bloody war there, on the basis of not only false information (i.e., Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction-- which he did not) but also an unbelievably false belief that Iraq was responsible for 9/11 (60% of Americans in March of 2003 thought that most of the Sept. 11 hijackers were Iraqi, when in fact none were Iraqi!). Look at how many people, American, British, Polish and of course Iraqi, have been killed due to these lies and the failure of the American people to think critically. Richard Hong: "This is what makes people lose their confidence in Chinese domestic products, full of fake stuff." I agree with this too. This in fact is representative of a general frustration that Western businessmen like myself have had in China: the lack of *transparency*. I *want* to invest in Chinese companies that I know have the potential to flourish. I *want* to encourage my friends in the US, Switzerland and Germany to put their money into the Chinese market, with all its potential. But most of us have decided thus far not to invest in China's burgeoning market because of the lack of transparency in the markets. It's too easy for us to be screwed out of our money, to have our investments skimmed off by some corrupt partner or official, without adequate recourse. It's getting better, I admit, but I still find this to be the main difference between, say, New York and Shanghai, and the reason that we all still invest in New York while not investing in Shanghai: In New York, we have open discussion and full access to information about the true financial worth of any company and its tradings, with strong protection of intellectual property and strict rules (enforced by e.g. the Securities and Exchange Commission) to make sure that information the company releases is not misleading-- otherwise, we're too afraid that we're dealing with a "Chinese Enron" that will screw us out of our investment. We also have inspections by e.g. the FDA to give us the security that the food we eat and the medicines we take are safe, and we have an Environmental Protection Agency and other "watchdog" groups which, for all their flaws, help give us early warning and accurate information about and protection from the dangers of pollution. This cover-up recently after the benzene chemical spill in Heilongjiang is, I think, a symptom of a more general problem-- the lack of transparency, openness, and willingness to crack down on corruption. For us Western investors to pump money into China (which we all want to do), we have to feel more secure about our investments, and thus we really have to have a disciplined financial system in China with diligent and *accurate* reporting of information, and penalties against companies that engage in corruption (like the penalties against Enron in the USA, for example). Similarly, if we're going to invest in China, we're going to live in China for a while, and to do this, especially to bring over our families, we have to be reasonably secure that the food we're eating is safe, and the water we're drinking is not full of pollutants that will hurt ourselves, our wives and our children. This cover-up in Heilongjiang-- you just can't do that sort of thing, it scares away foreign investment to an enormous degree. And when corrupt officials screw up like this and allow companies to cause this much damage, they need to be punished, not simply pardoned. If that sort of cover-up were to happen in the USA, the officials would get heavy fines. This is essential to reassure investors that the host government is looking after them and ensuring that they don't ruin their health as a result of polluters. If we're staying in Shanghai for example, how can we be sure that there's not some other cover-up of a corrupt company polluting the water supply? Again, it's all about openness and transparency of information-- transparency really is the lifeblood of a successful economy. Right now, China is losing billions of dollars and Euros since so many Western investors are afraid due to the lack of transparency. Just solve this problem, and we'll all happily arrive in Shanghai in droves, and pump billions more dollars and Euros into the Chinese economy. |
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Converting RMB to USD? Hi, Pals, I am now working in Changzhou Jiangsu, anything I can do just let me know, I will feel happy to help you and make friends with you coming to our country throughout the world. trust me! and I am also looking for some friends, and pray together, share our ideas together,in English or en Francais,mais my French is not as fluent as that of my English, but let's improve together, find what's interesting and what's happening in this world everyday, share our happiness, if possible, our stories, Believe in God! May peace on earth! All the blessings for you! drop a line anytime, I will write back to you immediately! Waiting for you! Steven |
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Converting RMB to USD? Hi, Pals, I am now working in Changzhou Jiangsu, anything I can do just let me know, I will feel happy to help you and make friends with you coming to our country throughout the world. trust me! and I am also looking for some friends, and pray together, share our ideas together,in English or en Francais,mais my French is not as fluent as that of my English, but let's improve together, find what's interesting and what's happening in this world everyday, share our happiness, if possible, our stories, Believe in God! May peace on earth! All the blessings for you! drop a line anytime, I will write back to you immediately! Waiting for you! Steven |
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MSN Virus omg.pif hey people will some one please help me please , i have a virus on my msn because someone sent me a link and i opend it , i didnt think of this being a virus it said somethink about updating msn messenger and now when i sign into msn messenger it sends this link to all my contacts and wont let me talk after it has sent i then have to sign out and then back in but the same happens again and again , ive tried everythink to try get rid of this annoying virus , soo now am asking you lot and hopefully i can get rid of it will some one please help!!!!!! |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name The naming discussion above has been fascinating. I spend a lot of time on the Net but I have never messed with blogs. I found this one by coincidence while looking for an article on teaching correct American English intonation. Having taught several years in China I always wondered about why the Chinese take English names. It certainly does help to identify the gender and to address the person as Mr or Ms if one is corresponding by e-mail or snail mail. I too found that many of my Chinese students had difficulty pronouncing the name they had chosen or had been given. Now, it happens that when I am in a Spanish-speaking environment, I choose to use Esteban insted of Steven. |
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Life in a Low Cost Labor World What can be done if we buy such a kind of MEDICAL INSURANCE? I am a foreigner, from another province, that means I can only buy 1 kind of insurance---commercial one---158 Yuan only(per month) and will be blanked out if I am safe in the whole year. I am young and without weakness. :( There r so many problems and differences between Shanghainese and outlander. I wonder how, I wonder why, but no one will give me an answer. If I get a F* Hukou, I can delete the difference . Thank god I am not a Min gong. God helps those who help themselves, I hope I am the Mr.God and I am. |
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Xujiahui - Night sorry, I just recognized the address may not be right.-- not Panyu Rd.#535! i could not remember the Number! who can help me and PiN on this? |
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Xujiahui - Night Hi PiN, I had studied in Jiaotong for 7 years and spent more than 3 years in the main campus (whose back gate is at Fan Yu Rd.) I think i may be able to help you out on this-- as you may know Shanghai has 2 airports -- Hongqiao (or SHA) at the west side and Pudong(or PVG) at the east. The main campus of Jiaotong is in the Southwest of downtown Shanghai and therefore it is close to the Hongqiao airport. Check your airticket to find out which airport you will land at. From Hongqiao to Jiaotong: the most convenient way is to take taxi outside the landing hall. remember the taxi out side SHA are divided into 2 groups (Long distance and Short distance, depending on the distance of their service geographic coverage). to Jiaotong, you need to queue for a Long distance cab (the airport has clear sign in English outside the hall). it will take you ~20Min to go to Fanyu Rd., and cost RMB 25 max. on cab meter plus 15 RMB when leaving the airport (totally 40 RMB max, or ~5 US$). I dont remember if there are any banks in SHA (probably no). but there are 2 ATMs in the landing hall: 1) Beside No.1 Door of Arrival Hall in Terminal A; and 2) In South of Greeting Hall in Terminal A. i never tried to withdraw RMB using a foreign card there though. You cannot take Maglev from Hongqiao. From Pudong: the most convenient way is, also, to take taxi. PVG doenst differentiate Long and Short distance cabs. therefore what you need to do is go out of the landing hall and queue there. PVG also has big signboard showing you the taxi place in English. the journey will cost you ~170RMB (or >80US$) to get to Main campus Jiaotong. if you are interested in experiencing Shanghai's Maglev, take the escalator from the landing hall (floor 1) to floor 2. you can find a long passage there directly connected to the Maglev entrance. show your airticket to the Maglev ticket office and you can get a 20% off on the Maglev ticket (40RMB, or ~5$ after discount -- the air ticket can be used only once and for the named person only). the Maglev will take you to the Longyang Station of Metro Line 2. you can then find a cab there and go to Jiaotong. the cab then will cost you ~120 RMB (or ~15 US$) There are 4 local banks available in the landing hall (ICBC, Pudong Development, CITIC and BOC). you may exchange some RMB there. Cab drivers usually dont speak good english. you have to show him the Chinese address of Jiaotong or a map in Chinese. but most of the shanghai cab drivers are nice. they usually dont cheat. the address of main campus jiaotong is: 上海市番禺路535号，淮海西路口，上海交通大学 (Pinyin read as: Panyu Lu Huaihai Xi Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong Da Xue) #535 Panyu Rd., Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. this is the back gate of Maincampus Jiaotong, and the nearest to your international education school. enter the Univ gate and turn right at the first T-intersection, where there is a bookstore called Only Bookstore. the end of the road is the International Education School (an old building). you can feel free to get anyone (student) there to ask for info if get lost. The students usually can speak english well there-- OK, good luck and welcome to shanghai-- |
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A Car Plate = 38500 RMB in Shanghai Equity or increase in value for a car, license plate, or condo seems good but it bites you back when you need to buy again. You will pay somebody else's increased price. |
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MSN Messenger Spam Great! Thanks, It was driving nuts! |
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SARS Outbreak - How Bad Is It? please let me know how bad is SARS in Fuzhou??? |