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Now a competing contractor wants us to do their deal. Since we have to wait three months for the air in the house to clear all the way before moving in, this company offers to do all the labor of fixing the apartment for free if we allow them to use it as a model for the three months.
Any insights into this, prior experience in China of this, pitfalls or pro/cons?
TIA
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thanks to CECP for the info http://www.wuhantime.com/cecp/cecp.htm
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A documentary about the paperfarmers in the western part of Nanzhang County, Xiangyang City.Produced by Mr.Li Xiuhua and his friends.
http://www.tudou.com/v/KY6fOLd3wd4/&rpid=39428957&resourceId=39428957_04_05_99/v.swf-----
Paper Makers at the Riverheadhttp://www.tudou.com/programs/view/LKdJmKkTRrw/
[人物介绍部分]
陈忠强 纸农
Chen Zhongqiang--paper farmer
陈廷彬 纸农
Chen Tingbin--paper farmer
陈廷容 纸农
Chen Tingrong--paper farmer
陈发旺 纸农后人
Chen Fawang--decendent of paper farmers -
http://www.expatforum.com and http://www.wuhantime.com seem to have a lot of expats too.
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/201303/26/F201303260856582371114159.jpg
By Ni Yinbin (Shanghai Daily)Shanghai police said they are investigating reports of six foreign tourists drunkenly urinating on a low barrier on an elevated road in full view of traffic on Saturday afternoon.
The driver of the bus carrying them told police the men forced him to stop and nearly caused an accident.
Police started investigation after a picture of the men urinating on the North-South Elevated Road was posted online yesterday morning, causing indignation on the Internet.
"They were urinating on the road and laughing, and all of them are foreigners," said a witness surnamed Huang, who took the picture and posted it.
The driver of the tourists' rented bus, surnamed Bian, was found by police from surveillance camera footage. The driver said he was driving a group of Danish tourists back from the Audi International Circuit racetrack in suburban Jiading District to Zhaojiabang Road in Xuhui District about 4pm on Saturday when the incident happened.
Bian said they forced him to stop, so he tried pulling over along the thin median.
"They drank too much and wanted to urinate," Bian told a local TV news report yesterday. "They dragged my steering wheel and I almost hit other cars."
It was not immediately known if the men had been identified or what punishment they might face. The driver could be punished for parking on the elevated road.
"It's too dangerous, not only for the cars but for themselves," a resident told the news report yesterday.
The case remained under investigation late yesterday.
The picture soon went viral on Sina Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter. Many netizens condemned the behavior.
"These foreigners should be punished immediately," said netizen Ouyangmengzhou.
"Don't always talk about Chinese tourists not behaving in other countries. See what the foreigners do in China?" netizen zz52924 commented.
Others were more tolerant.
"Maybe it's because there are not enough public toilets?" said netizen with the screen name Shenhaigoulan.
"If they don't have a malicious or discriminating purpose, let's just take it a joke. Be tolerant, this is an open country," said netizen Yadian2008.That's pretty daring even for a bunch of drunks.
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I met a lady once in China and she helped me find my hotel room. I turned around to shut the door and turned back, her shirt was off and she had a very fancy bra on. So much for self-control...
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ICBC allows joint banking accounts, two people get different cards that access the same account. ABC does not, one person per account. I recently went around and around with several banks here and have some friends employed at BOC that said they do not allow it either.
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I had a skin rash on my face and the Chinese doctors cut slits in the back of my ears to let the "heat" out
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I've bought coffee, an electronic translator, and Myers's Rum from Taobao - everything else is available locally at competitive prices. Liquor is about double priced here, and coffee all but unavailable. I've bought at at least $4000USD worth of computer and electronics stuff, all locally and competitively priced.
Well that's cool. We buy stuff from Taobao every week, often as a time-saver. Order it Monday, it arrives Wednesday. I saved about 200RMB on my bike, and all the assorted stuff for it really saved us based on what local stores were charging (saved 25RMB on a front light for instance). Then there is all the stuff that is hard to locate nearby that Taobao offers from many vendors... like poker chips, imported foodstuffs, etc. Just the ease of use, discounted prices, the greater selection PLUS DELIVERY is good to have available. They have quite a biz going!
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from the Wall Street Journal
Where Chinese Consumers Are Spending Their CashThe persuasive power of e-commerce is really playing out with shoppers in China’s smaller cities, where retailers like Swedish apparel giant H&M haven’t expanded. Consumers in so-called fourth-tier cities, like Wuzhou in China’s eastern Guangxi province, are spending as much as 27% of their disposable income online. That compares to 18% of disposable income for big-city dwellers, the report said.
Wuzhou is our closest larger big city neighbor, but that doesn't seem to apply to us. We can get most things here locally at excellent prices compared to what I see online (even from western retailers).
90% of the e-sales go to Taobao stuff, your local stores can beat their prices?
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CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!
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It's all awesome!
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I remember this series a couple of years ago (see the video in the OP's post). Is it still around?
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Foam stuff never degrades... means here forever... gee, manmade waste that sticks around, what a great gift to our future generations!
As PP&Mary sang in their cover of the Dylan classic...
"how many times can a man turn his head
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"Chinese dream" carries global significance
(Xinhua) -- The annual session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) concluded Sunday with a promise of "Chinese dream" for the country's 1.3 billion people.
The catchword has drawn global attention because it is of great significance to the whole world.
The "Chinese dream," put forth by Chinese President Xi Jinping, is to build a moderately prosperous society and realize national rejuvenation by sustaining growth through deepening reforms and transforming growth pattern. It is a dream of national strength and prosperity, and happiness of the people.
Kwame Owino, chief executive officer of the Institute of Economic Affairs of Kenya, said the "Chinese dream" has given priority to improving people's well-being and it is a new development pattern worth learning from.
Yao Huan, an expert on the Communist Party of China (CPC), said the "Chinese dream" was "exhilarating," as it inspired the Chinese people to seek national rejuvenation.
The Diplomat, a Japan-based current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region, echoed such a view, describing the "Chinese dream" as a collective undertaking.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former prime minister of France, also said "the Chinese dream is the balance between individual and collective happiness."
The new Chinese leadership has vowed to double per capita GDP and personal income by 2020, compared with 2010, while setting annual growth target at 7.5 percent over the next few years.
Such an economic growth target has won wide approval from the international economic community. The Wall Street Journal termed the growth target as "moderate," while the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, said the Chinese government is seeking "high-quality" steady growth aimed at improving its people's living conditions.
What's more impressive to the world is China's economic strategy shift because such a change would generate new opportunities for the rest of the world.
Chinese new leadership has vowed to continue to deepen reforms and transform from a investment-driven economic growth pattern to a consumption-driven one.
John Dearie, executive vice-president for policy at the Financial Services Forum in Washington, said China's consumption-led growth will expand the market for U.S. goods and services.
Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, also predicted the transformed economic growth mode and improved social security systems would ease China's trade imbalance with the United States and Europe.
In addition, China's path and approach to achieve the "Chinese dream" are inspiring to a host of developing countries in advancing their development.
Selom Klassou, the first vice president of Togo's National Assembly, has compared China to a "locomotive" that drags other countries out of the global financial crisis.
On the diplomatic front, China, the world's largest developing country, is playing an increasingly important role in regional and international affairs.
Nevertheless, just as what Raffarin interpreted, "Chinese dream" is "a dream of harmony, peace and development."
President Xi has reiterated China's policy of peaceful development and underlined opportunities that the world might get from China's rise. This is a dream keen on win-win results for China and the rest of the world.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said China has adopted very responsible foreign policies in order to maintain a stable environment for its development, which is also conducive to global stability.
The Russian Interfax News Agency said China's foreign policies have promoted world peace and stability.
Have to like the sound of it.
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(China Daily) A 14-year ban on the sale of disposable dinnerware made of plastic foam will be lifted on May 1, despite concerns over the potential environmental risks.
Food packaging made of the substance has been omitted from a list of industries to be eliminated, according to an amended guideline on industrial restructuring from the National Development and Reform Commission in February.
Plastic foam is often called Styrofoam, but the Dow Chemical Co product is not used to make food containers or disposable coffee cups.
Plastic foam is one of the 36 industries involved in the adjustment to be encouraged, limited or eliminated by China's top economic planner.
An official of the commission confirmed to China Daily that plastic-foam dinnerware will be allowed on the market again on May 1, but declined to say why the ban will be lifted.
"The commission will explain why the adjustments were made in the near future and release the explanation on its website," he said.
Plastic-foam dinnerware was included in a list of products and industries to be eliminated that was approved by the State Council in 1999. One reason it was on the list was the pollution caused by discarding the material because it breaks down very little in the environment. Many experts were also concerned that plastic foam is not safe in food packaging because it can release toxins when heated.
But plastic-foam dinnerware has still been produced and sold in many places despite the ban, as it is much cheaper than dinnerware or other materials such as paper, said Dong Jinshi, vice-president of the International Food packaging Association.
Food packaging made of plastic foam is toxic-free as long as it is produced and used properly, he said.
"But the problem is that much of the plastic-foam food packaging sold and used in the market cannot meet quality standards, and some is even made of recycled plastic waste," he said.
Besides, Chinese prefer hot food, which might cause toxic leakage in plastic-foam packaging, he said.
Authorities should bar some enterprises from producing the material and intensify law enforcement to prevent harm to people and the environment, he said.
About 2 million disposable dinnerware products are used daily in Beijing, and plastic-foam packaging accounts for 20 percent, according to the International Food Packaging Association. Most of this packaging is used in low-end restaurants such as roadside food stalls, the association said.
Zhao Yingchun, a barbecue owner in Beijing, said his restaurants have been providing environmentally friendly paper boxes for customers to package food, although it is more expensive than plastic foam.
"I will consider using plastic-foam packaging after the ban is lifted as long as it is toxin-free," he said.
Yang Weihe, a packaging expert at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is concerned that lifting the ban lead to "a big increase in the amount of plastic waste because there is no effective recycling system to deal with plastic foam".
Yang said some organizations proposed to lift the ban as early as 2010, but many environmental protection experts opposed the move.
An effective recycling system should be established before the ban on the use of plastic foam is lifted, Yang said.
Dong, from the International Food Packaging Association, agreed.
"Government departments and enterprises producing plastic-foam packaging should collaborate on working out an effective solution to recycling the material," he said.Don't use it.
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What an absolutely incredible journey that must have been. That 1,000 mile stretch of road they describe at 16,000 feet has to be spectacular. I would love to see a full documentary of their trip.
Myself as well. Since there is some footage there must be more... possibly a deal will be made to make the films.
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Had a good St. Patrick's Day here yesterday at the local Irish place. Music, Guiness, stew, etc.
http://pic.yupoo.com/tutta/CHBMNppD/medish.jpg
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Gee.....at 78, I am the sad sack of the bunch.
Mine was "only" 80 but at least we are still in "Happy" group!
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basketball diplomacy
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http://english.people.com.cn/102775/206769/206820/index.html
Mine is 80 points, Quite Happy!
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/mediafile/201303/17/F201303171137232273128392.jpg
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7 little-known Social Security benefits
That FICA guy won't be your buddyIn the first season of "Friends," Rachel Green looks at her first paycheck as a waitress and asks, "Who's this FICA guy, and why is he getting all my money?"
That's one hard lesson about Social Security. Another is that when it's time to claim, you can't depend on the Social Security Administration to be your personal adviser.
In an effort to save time and cut costs, Social Security employees generally don't give case-specific advice. So that means you are on your own to make the most important financial decision of a lifetime. You have to read the rules and do the research yourself.
William Meyer, whose website, Social Security Solutions, gives Social Security advice for a fee, says you also can't depend on Social Security to follow instructions you give them electronically. If you have a request that is not the most common choice, you'll need to go to the Social Security office and make the request in person, he says.
Read on to brush up on Social Security benefits that are not commonly known.
Read more: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/7-social-security-benefits.aspx -
Being American, my views on the sex part is just a bonus, not a requirement. I'm very old fashion albeit they are even more old fashion. Heck I’m almost half a century old and can still count the number of partners I’ve had on 1 hand.
I do see some postings here that stereotype a little bit. I have several American friends that are married to Chinese women and each one is very different and have different views. Most of them met while in college but a couple of them have even lived in China for a few years and that’s where they met their wife but once in the US, it’s a different story and they change. Then again, I’m sure my views will change if I lived in China or any other country for a few years.
What I found most interesting is how close minded most American’s are. Like the first time I went to China everyone back here kept asking me if I ate dog or that marriages are still prearranged and even (gasp) still bind their feet.
Did you sample any dog?
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Wife-seeking ad in 4 languages - "to find a wife in 2013. So here
in The Middle Kingdom - 中国
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