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How To Rent An Apartment In Beijing I’ve lived in Beijing for over two years now and I think I’ve experienced most situations that one can come across when trying to rent an apartment in Beijing. The first time wasn’t so straightforward because I didn’t do my research but subsequent apartments I lived in were [...]

How To Rent An Apartment In Beijing

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Chinese New Year Fireworks Sorry for the lack of updates but a Happy Chinese New Year to all. Chinese New Year is the most important public holiday in China where everyone goes back home to spend time with their family and friends, eat and set off lots of fireworks. This year is a little extra [...]

[Videos] Chinese New Year Fireworks

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How to get an Employment Z Visa in China I recently had to renew my Employment Z Visa that allows you to legally work in the city and it was very straightforward. In fact it took 5 working days to get a renewed working Z visa. Renewing a Z visa is pretty painless but getting it [...]

How to get an Employment Z Visa in China

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China 2012 Holiday Dates The days are getting darker and the air is getting colder, which means the year 2011 is coming to an end. For people living and working in China, the China 2012 holiday dates have been published, which means you get to find out what days you get off, together with the days [...]

China 2012 Holiday Dates

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Electric Scooter in Beijng: Two Months on… Electric Scooter - I’ve been an owner for less than two months now and for the most part, it’s been a great experience and I would highly recommend everyone to get one. Here are some good reasons to buy an electric scooter if you’re thinking of joining the e-scooter revolution. [...]

Electric Scooter: Two Months on…

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Top 10 Reasons to Buy an Electric Scooter I have recently taken the plough and got myself an electric scooter to avoid my current daily commute in Beijing, which was starting to annoy me due to the sheer number of people that use the bus and subways during the weekdays. Electric scooters (e-scooters) and electric [...]

Top 10 Reasons to Buy an Electric Scooter

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Cheap international calls – what I use to call home Living and working aboard can make calling home really expensive, especially if you don’t have a landline number and rely solely using a mobile phone. I am solely dependent on my mobile phone for communicating with my friends in China and when calling home to [...]

What I use to make cheap international calls

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Daily commute in Beijing – hate it! My daily commute in Beijing on the weekdays involves the following routine: 20-30 minute bus journey that takes me straight to my work place in the mornings 30 minute subway in the evening to my apartment in the evenings So why do I use two different transportation links [...]

Daily commute in Beijing – hate it!

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6 Tips on how to find a decent expat job in China Me and a friend were chatting the other night and we were discussing how (in our opinion) how the China market is flooded with “English” teachers.  The only qualification you need to “teach English” is that the language is your native tongue and [...]

6 Tips on how to find a decent expat job in China

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Hot Beijing Weather and Dragon Boat Festival Just realized I haven’t my updated blog for a long while so it’s best for a little update. Loving the hot and nice weather in Beijing at the moment, the skies are always blue and the sun is blazing every day. The upcoming Dragon Boat Festival is a [...]

Hot Beijing Weather and Dragon Boat Festival