North Korean Leader Kim Jong iL passed away yesterday at the age of 69. Medical personnel that were on hand to give first aid measures on him just before he died stated that the Korean top Leader suffered an advanced acute myocardial infraction that was complicated by a serious heart attack. North Korea is now [...]
Our Shenzhener of the month is a bit younger than we’re used to, a high school senior, but by no means any less captivating a candidate for the title. Shenzhen, we give you, Ray Lei. Ray Lei is one of the founders and CEO of teenext.com, a social networking site designed to give students an [...]
In a brief moment Apple announced the death of their founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs. Labelled as one of the greatest American CEO’s of his generation, the one responsible for giving the world the iPod, iPad and iphone formally resigned as CEO in August and handed over the company to current chief executive, Tim Cook. Steve [...]
Michael Sylvester is a lawyer by trade but his enterprises in Shenzhen don’t stop there, Michael’s law firm supports a host of charitable and good causes and his wife Kate has set up a company to help children with special needs. For all this and more Michael is our Shenzhener of the month for July. [...]
This is the second in our ongoing series of interviews with prolific Shenzheners each and every month. Last month featured one of China’s only (probably the first ever) foreigners with a book published in China, Jordan Dotson. This month we have the pleasure of featuring Andrew Colquhoun, the CEO and Co-Founder of Captivating International, a Non-Profit in the [...]
Team Shenzhen Standard will be doing a series of profiles on prolific Shenzheners from now on. What defines a Shenzhener? We reckon someone that’s been here for around five years with an intent to stay, but that’s open to interpretation. Our first Shenzhener in the series, ladies, we give you, Jordan Dotson. How long have you [...]
AustCham Shanghai Ladies are invited to attend the joint Chamber Women in Business Networking Night in conjunction with AmCham and BritCham. The annual event presents opportunities to meet and share experiences with other professional women in Shanghai in a relaxed environment. Come along to enjoy fine wine, canapes and the company of energetic and dynamic ladies [...]
U.S. president Barack Obama and president Hu Jintao pledged to usher a new era of mutual trust on issues coming from military relations, and economic and trade agreements during Hu’s visit to the White House. The two presidents met privately in the Oval Office before transferring to the Cabinet Room to talk more on the [...]
Warren Buffett, called the “Sage of Omaha” will be arriving in Shenzhen on September 27 to participate in the BYD dealers annual meeting. BYD executives who invited Buffett have kept mum about the details of Buffetts schedule. More than 1,000 BYD dealers from around the country will have the chance to listen to Buffett at [...]
Here is out latest Interview with a Local Expat Professional. Mr David jacobs Shenzhenstandard: Tell us a bit about where your from. David Jacobs: Actually I have 2 in Australia. I was born in Melbourne, the city that hosted the ’56 Olympics and is Australia’s financial capital with a population of around 5 million and [...]
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