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A couple of weeks ago I got a call at home from a close Chinese friend. After going through the pleasantries, she began to talk to me about her aunt.1 Her aunt had discovered that her son,2 who is in the middle of preparing for “gao kao,” has a [...]
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There may well be nine million bicycles in Beijing, but last year more than 18 million new cars took to China’s roads as well. The Chinese are quickly becoming the car industry’s most beloved consumers.
The Asian giant is now the world’s biggest car market since it overtook the US [...]
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And, in this time of rather thin work commitments, that means I don’t have any more work to do…. until, er, next Tuesday.
I have run out of money, my liver is grumbling, and I have a wretched sore throat, but… dammit, I feel like getting wrecked on cocktails tonight.
Living [...]
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I enjoyed reading this article from the NY Times the other day. It’s nothing new. We’ve discussed this phenomenon a few times here about how many Chinese girls (yes, yes, I know, not ALL) will refuse to marry someone who does not own his own property, but I think [...]
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Located on the 6th floor in a non-descript office building in the crowded district of central is Yellow Door Kitchen. The Yellow Door Kitchen specializes …
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April always seems to be the month when folks I know from the UK choose to come to China.
This time last year, my old Oxford lao tongxue Dr W visited (with his son).
Just last week, JP – my oldest Chinese friend, now living with her family in Windsor – [...]
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In late 2010, Swiss bank UBS released (and even more embarrassingly retracted) a 44-page dress code for its employees. The move is only the latest indicator of the decline of common sense in mens’ fashion.
Fortunately, Nick Foulkes of jet-set rag “Finch’s Quarterly Review” has simplified things with his [...]
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The mere fact that this is part 21 of the series ought to tell you that we have been beating the drum for a long time on the opportunities for foreign service businesses in China. It seems we just got a bit more and quite august company on this.
The [...]
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A truck loaded with up to 500 live dogs, some reportedly still wearing collars bearing their names, was forced to stop on a highway in east Beijing last Friday. The reason? A gung-ho animal lover and blogger who spotted the overloaded vehicle and suspected foul play, and so swerved in [...]
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