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The Chinalyst is an informal community for China related English blogging. The goals of the community are to encourage the growth and development of English content about China and to serve as a platform for finding and discussing up-to-date China related information and news. Chinalyst provides a steady stream of updates from member blogs writing about China.
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Costs of Raising Kids in Beijing
Submitted by Milan on Mon, 2012-01-23 21:24. ::
This article was aggregated from Interactive Expat
A few days ago, a friend in Beijing sent me the following article that was written up in The Beijinger. I found it really helpful and maybe you will too.
It's expensive to raise kids anywhere, but it takes extra money and consideration when thinking about school options in China.
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Stop SOPA
Submitted by msuen on Wed, 2012-01-18 06:55. ::
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This is a placeholder page for this website’s Stop SOPA message.
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Chinese Food, Snacks and Trains, oh my!
Submitted by Milan on Tue, 2012-01-17 04:24. ::
This article was aggregated from Interactive Expat
Just read your blog and wanted to thank you for all the useful tips!
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China's med-tech market to grow 17% in 2012 | MassDevice.com
Submitted by Brian T. Edwards on Mon, 2012-01-16 02:33. ::
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January 12, 2012 by MassDevice staffThe Chinese medical device market is slated to grow 17% in 2012, survey says.
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Han Han’s anti-censorship tactic: publish padding before the point
Submitted by gwbstr on Sat, 2012-01-14 03:35. :: uncategorized
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Han Han, the influential writer, race-car driver, and now social commentator, tells Southern Metropolis Weekly (English | 中文) that some of his recent commentary was designed to deflect the immediate deletions that come with controversial statements on Chinese web platforms: Q: … Continue reading →
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Sorting out a dubious report on China in Africa
Submitted by gwbstr on Fri, 2012-01-13 18:10. :: africa-china | center for strategic and international studies | china | china-africa | uncategorized
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Well, this doesn’t look good. American University Professor Deborah Brautigam has written a detailed criticism of a think tank commentary about Chinese agricultural investment in Mozambique, and if her conclusions are correct, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and its author … Continue reading →
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Huntsman and fear of China – ‘the new expat message’?
Submitted by gwbstr on Wed, 2012-01-11 16:56. :: china | china-u.s. | expatriates | expats | uncategorized
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Noted, from ChinaSolved (emphasis mine): When Huntsman says, “America First” he means “and not China”. His message is that he’s seen what can happen if the global status quo doesn’t shift – and that this is scary to the US. … Continue reading →
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Buying Out Your Chinese Supplier?
Submitted by Clara Muriel Ruano on Wed, 2012-01-11 11:23. ::
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China Law Blog has published a post about foreign companies that try to buy out their Chinese suppliers. Dan Harris makes very enjoyable reading out of a very serious topic. You can read his post entitled here: “Buying A Chinese Company. Why China Deals Don´t Get Done” This is what you will learn from his article: [...]
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"Down: Indie Rock in the PRC" Accepted into Thin Line Film Festival
Submitted by shanghaidrew on Wed, 2012-01-11 04:25. ::
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I open the 2012 annals of this website with the exciting news that our rock doc has been accepted into the Thin Line Film Festival in Texas. The screening of the film will take place on Friday evening Feb 11 at 8 pm. For more details on this film festival, visit the Thin Line Film Festival website.
Issue 9 Has Arrived
Submitted by Chinamatt on Tue, 2012-01-10 17:28. :: uncategorized
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After a long delay, we have completed issue #9. Seeing as it is a lucky number, we probably should have gone with a nine dragon theme for the cover, but we elected to use an image of the pagodas of Guilin. Perhaps we’ll save the dragons for the new year and our 10th issue. This [...]Related posts:
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The use of Gantt Charts in Production Monitoring
Submitted by ChinaQualityGuru on Tue, 2012-01-10 16:05. ::
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Being involved in a wide range of production monitoring projects in China, it’s important that we’re efficient and use the right tools, in order to manage the projects effectively. One tool that we use, especially in the fabrication of industrial projects (but with applications for commercial and consumer products as well) is called a Gantt [...]
Andrew Reich, InTouch CEO and Quality Wars author, Speaks at AmCham Shanghai and Shanghai CHAINA Conference
Submitted by ChinaQualityGuru on Tue, 2012-01-10 16:05. ::
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InTouch CEO, Andrew Reich, has been busy this month, participating in several events in the Shanghai area. On November 2nd, Andrew spoke at the 3rd annual CHaINA conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Shanghai. Andrew led the workshop entitled Quality Control in the Supply Chain – The Long-term Play through 2020 which was attended by [...]
Performing Final Inspection at less than 100% Packed
Submitted by ChinaQualityGuru on Tue, 2012-01-10 16:05. ::
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I often get asked by my clients: “at what point should we have an inspection of the goods in the factory?”. This is a good question. In this post I am referring only to what we call a “Final Inspection”. This generally indicates that the majority of goods have been produced in the factory (in [...]
Great Wall with a Toddler or What Was I Thinking?
Submitted by Milan on Mon, 2012-01-09 23:10. ::
This article was aggregated from Interactive Expat
While our day trip to the Great Wall wasn't really all that terrible, we did have a moment where we thought, "What were we thinking?!"
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Booksigning on Jan 17th with John Hung: Does a man need a stint in jail to complete his life experiences?
Submitted by blacksmith on Mon, 2012-01-09 09:24. ::
A China Joint-Venture Survival Guide. 22 Facts and 22 Practical Tips.
Submitted by Clara Muriel Ruano on Mon, 2012-01-09 05:43. ::
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Joint-Ventures (J-V) in China can go well, and can also go very wrong. When the latter is the case, problems come up from where you less expect them. “Mike Smith” (not his real name) spent two years in rural China supervising his employer’s interest in a Chinese joint venture where they were the majority partner [...]
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For Cough and Cold
Submitted by mahreez on Thu, 2012-01-05 06:57. ::
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Just came back from 28 Celsius temp to now 5 C in Shanghai. I often get cough and cold this way and again no voice. These two are recommended by my friends here. They have instructions at the back in English.
CCTV Chinese New Year's Gala
Submitted by tperkins on Tue, 2012-01-03 14:22. ::
China and Kim Jong Il
Submitted by tperkins on Tue, 2012-01-03 14:02. ::
Going Back to Shanghai
Submitted by mahreez on Tue, 2012-01-03 08:50. ::
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I spent the holidays in the Philippines which meant I got two weeks free of cold windy temperature. And as I have a few hours left before my flight, I thought of doing some articles on my Hubpages. I wrote an article on how to buy stuff from Taobao. It's not really detailed but more of a summary. Don't worry you'll get it easily. My friend taught me how to do them on Yahoo Messenger, and I didn't
Breaking your ESL contract in China
Submitted by rvance on Mon, 2012-01-02 06:14. :: chinese government | hong kong | keeping it real with the boss | work visa
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Obtaining a work visa in China has become considerably more difficult during the past few years. It is no longer possible in most places in China to have a tourist visa (L-visa) converted into a working permit. And while it used to be possible to have this processed in Hong Kong, the Chinese government is [...]
ChinaBlogTweets Twitter Updates for 2011-12-25
Submitted by Jeremy Gordon on Thu, 2011-12-29 22:35. ::
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The china-business-tweeps Daily is out! http://t.co/xkyWjQ4I ▸ Top stories today via @chinacontact @managingdragon @zhongnanhai # The china-business-tweeps Daily is out! http://t.co/xkyWjQ4I ▸ Top stories today via @chinahush @chinasmack @maxhenry # Merry Christmas everyone! # Stats RT @ChinaDailyEU: Drive…for transparent data: The National Bureau of Statistics will collect data directly… http://t.co/bBMCZACz # ODI power RT @BullishChina: [...]
Pishan Incident: Hotan Re-visited?
Submitted by stephen.sulliva... on Thu, 2011-12-29 16:47. ::
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It has been reported that as a result of a "kidnapping" by an Uyghur "terror gang" Chinese police in Pishan, Xinjiang have been involved in a rescue operation that resulted in the death of seven Uyghurs, one policeman and injuries to four others.The incident in Pishan, which is a rural cotton farming town in the Hotan Prefecture and near the major city of Hotan, occurred on Wednesday night
Double up: China Wine & Spirits acquires DT Asia
Submitted by boyce on Thu, 2011-12-29 13:32. :: jim boyce
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By Jim Boyce China Wines & Spirits (CWS) acquired fellow distributor DT Asia last month and while the news is a bit dated I thought I would post it anyway. From the press release: “[The move] reinforces CWS position on the market, with a larger and stronger portfolio of Icon brands such as Champagne Deutz, [...]