Hi just wondering if anyone can recommend me a good medical insurance company for expats living in China. Thank you for your help.

If you were to re-draw the map of the world according to each countries population, you would get a warped world that looked like this. Some giant countries like Canada and Australia become tiny strips and dots while other giant countries like China and India predictably inflate and take over the map. You can also see how crowded some countries are, Japan is bigger than Mexico! But at least these countries made it, Iceland and Belize didn't even have enough people in it to show…

 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has licensed 65 hours of TV shows to Chinese state TV broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).

The deal was announced Wednesday at the third annual BBC Worldwide China Showcase, a sales and pitching event held in Beijing.

Factual programs, in particular natural history shows, made up most of the package. Titles concerned included “Attenborough’s Ark,”…

People with a poor aim are to be fined if they miss their mark when using public toilets in a Chinese city, officials said -- provoking online derision over how the rule will be enforced.

The penalty will apply to those who urinate outside the bowl of facilities in Shenzhen, the southern boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, although draft regulations seen by AFP did not specify a minimum quantity of spillage required to be classed as a violation.

"Such uncouth use of a…

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 A suicidal husband was saved after trying to leap from his bedroom window — when his wife grabbed him by his boxer shorts. Witnesses say Ling Su clung on single handed for 20 minutes before police and firefighters arrived. He was dangling from a six-storey apartment in Changchun, Jilin province, northern China.

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This month, China will enforce new measures concerning us, the waiguoren.

Read this, it might concern you

http://chinadailymail.com/2013/07/08/chinas-new-visa-laws-target-expats/

The American Test

Happy 4^th of July everyone!

     Its time to replace the test given to immigrants wanting to become naturalized Americans. The Statue of Liberty, Mississippi River and 100 senators are answers to questions that both native Americans and immigrants already know. The current test just scratches the surface of our great country. A more comprehensive test incorporating American…

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1. Men’s Open Class 30 km Winner – Li Zicheng

23-year-old Li Zicheng is a student from Shangdong Sport University. He won the 2013 Vasa running festival men’s 30 km open class with the time of 1:46:28.52. The retired marathon athlete placed second in the 2010 Shanghai International Marathon Competition. This year was Li’s first time attending Vasa Running Festival. He maintained his lead throughout…