In a rush to finish Spring Festival orders, factories are hiring part time workers since a large number of migrant workers went home to celebrate the Spring Festival in their homes. Clothing factories were the ones who hired the most part time workers because of the strong demand. Part time workers are paid more than [...]
For foreign expatriates far away from home, living in China is exciting and at times challenging. Learning more about the local medical network and choosing the right medical insurance plan are vital for healthy living in China. Please come to our gathering jointly held by Chartis Insurance (formerly AIG General Insurance Company China Limited). We’ll share a [...]
New rules are introduce in efforts to ban over powered electric bicycles, this is done to curb traffic violations and an alarming increase in deaths caused by accidents while riding over powered bicycles. The new rules are based on practices and experiences of other cities in their efforts to control electric bikes on the road.the [...]
AustCham Shanghai is pleased to launch a new event series presenting topics relevant to professional women in Shanghai. At each monthly event there will be opportunities for participants to network, learn from and mentor one another while listening to accomplished women share their stories of success, as well as the challenges they faced along the [...]
Shenzhen will be focusing on improving the quality of life, a better environment, higher incomes and to reduce living pressures in an annual session of the city legislature. By doing this Shenzhen can attain their goal to become a city of happiness by spending more in improving public services. The city is said to allocated [...]
During a State Council executive meeting, a drafted regulation was approved. The new regulation was for land requisition and compensation that will provide more protection for home owners. Inthe drafted regulation homeowners can be compensated for their property at a price not lower than the market price. Compensation will also include cost of moving and [...]
And I could go on! One of the privileges of being an ESOL teacher is that I am able to work in many different classes from Kindergarten through to Grade 4. I work with children from an astounding number of countries helping them master what some call ‘the universal language’, English. Their fluency and clear [...]
2011 RUGBY SEASON HAS STARTED!!! We have a great fixture list lined up for the first half of the season, by far the most comprehensive season that the Dragons have to date so we need numbers out at training and ensure that we represent at every fixture. So starting tomorrow night, lets get out and [...]
Some cities in southern and eastern China are starting to run low on drinking water, due to a severe drought around 2 million people will be short on their drinking water supply. Rainfall was down to 90 percent compared to last year in certain provinces as one government official said. Shortage of water is also [...]
Shenzhen will be limiting the registration of new vehicles in and effort to ease traffic congestion that turn roads into large car parks. Traffic congestion is a serious problem, the amount of registered vehicles in Shenzhen have already reached 1.7 million cars last year. With that large amount 300,000 more cars are added that are [...]
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