August 2011 Blog Posts (17)

Shanghai one of China's 'most miserable' cities

Locals react to report claiming Shanghai is about as much fun as a hole in the head

For one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, Shanghai is a surprisingly depressing place in which to live -- that's the takeaway from new research on the satisfaction levels of China's city dwellers.



According to the report on the happiness of Chinese residents, published earlier this month, Shanghai is third to last out of 100 Chinese… Continue

Here is an article from the daily telegraph about the top ten ex pat con artists. Do we have any such con artists here in Changchun? ChangchunLive will soon be setting up a rogues gallery!

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/offshorefinance/8717778/Catch-me-if-you-can-Top-10-expat-con-artists.html

 

No.1:…

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Hi, everyone,

 

My friend Sophie, who is a news anchor, needs to practice english before she leaves. If you are from United Kingdom and interested in an afternoon coffee with some new friends this weekend or next monday, please let me know. 

 

Thank you

kkk

 

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/chinese-dead-sea-crowded-with-visitors-escaping-summer-heat.html…

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Anyone who is interested in teaching the following classes, contact us. We are located in a high-rise building along Ziyou Road. , Guilin area.

 

1. Class size of 10 to 14 , aged 10 going to 11, 10:10-12:10 every Sunday morning with a break in between. The pay is 250 RMB.

 

2. A tutoring job for a 16 year-old boy. The pay is 235 RMB. The schedule is still open for final decision.

 

3. Class size of 5 or 6, aged 13. The pay is 235 RMB. The schedule is…

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Binge-drinking is increasingly common for Chinese professionals – often it's even in the job description

 

Peter Chi knows he has to cut back on his drinking. It is not much fun at the best of times, and the worst have included hospitalisation – after drinking fake alcohol – and the numerous evenings where he has passed out at the table.

"No one likes binge drinking, but…

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 Twice a week, the teacher will tutor a 4 year old girl and be in charge of her English level enhancement.

Salary 150 yuans per hour, Experience in teaching kids required

Location : near to Renmin guangchang

Contact me : 13578916391 (Vincent)

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http://gizmodo.com/5832629/hey-pc-makers-dont-quit-fight

其实我从来没有停下过...

只是走的缓慢..

有些人在意料之中消失了...

有些人在意料之外出现了...…

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Marriage Law’s latest judicial interpretation controversy, accused of favoring the already advantaged…

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 Virgin Islands artist Aragorn Dick-Read works on a 10-foot-wide fireball that was lit on Sunday during the 12th Annual Changchun International Sculpture Symposium in China. Aragorn Dick-Read’s dream of building what he believes to be the biggest fireball sculpture in the world came true over the weekend in China.

 

On Sunday during the 12^th Annual China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, Mr. Dick-Read’s 10-feet-wide creation was lit for an audience that…

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School Board pulls Sherlock Holmes book over complaint by Mormons

August 15, 2011 – Lesley Ciarula Taylor

 

The anti-Mormonism in the first Sherlock Holmes' mystery is too much for students in Grade 6, a Virginiaschool board has decided. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlett introduced the cerebral…

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People in the United States basically invented the Internet. So U.S. connections must be the fastest....

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-03-31/tech/broadband.south.korea_1_broadband-plan-south-korea-broadband-internet?_s=PM:TECH

Chinese authorities have evacuated more than 200,000 people from its east coast as the region braces itself for its most powerful typhoon in years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14420501

 

Dowry, the payment by the bride's family to the bridegroom's family, has been a social practice in India for a long time. The groom often demands a dowry consisting of a large sum of money, farm animals, furniture, and electronics, which results in the fact that many women in India have difficulties to get married.

http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-08/04/content_23138862.htm

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/31/foxconn-to-replace-a-portion-of-its-workers-with-1-million-robots/