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One of my best ‘finds’ this year has been the Sinica podcast. At last – a podcast discussing current affairs in China in an objective fashion, with hosts that clearly understand China.

For the first 18 or so episodes, I’ve agreed with everything they’ve said. Well not every single thing – there have been moments when I’ve said "Hang on, what about … ?" to my mp3 player. In each case however, one of the hosts subsequently chipped in and raised my point. As a result, I’ve developed a healthy respect for both the hosts and the show.

With the recent episode discussing China Apologists (or Panda Huggers), I found myself not quite agreeing with the host for the first time – so here are my thoughts on the issue. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a guest article by Interim Management Solutions.

Foreign Executives have been working in China and Asia for decades. Originally on expatriate contracts, a high number of them have now decided to stay in China. This is either done by renewing their contract, making the transition over to another company or by using their experience and expertise in an Interim role. Read the rest of this entry »

I said way back in December that expats are better off looking for a job in China than they would be back in their home lands. That obviously still holds true as the Huffington Post has just written an article titled Young Americans Going To China For Jobs.

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I’ve just upgraded the theme I’m using here at Jobs in China. I’ve tested it pretty well, but you never know – if anyone notices anything strange, please let me know! Read the rest of this entry »

This is a photo I took when I first lived in China in 2002, in the southern province of Guangdong: a bus with metal seats Read the rest of this entry »

This is a photo I took when I first lived in China in 2002, in the southern province of Guangdong: a countdown timer on the traffic lights Read the rest of this entry »

While I was going through my old photos, I came across the following (rather blurry) photo of a Diet Coke can Read the rest of this entry »

Although I no longer live in China, I’m still trying to learn Chinese and I’m always on the lookout for new Chinese terms to learn. Occasionally, I’ll come across Chinese terms during every day life in the West, which is always cool: just going about my daily business and then all of a sudden some Chinese term pops up and hits me.

So when the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters came along, I thought “That’s obviously Chinese, Zhu Zhu probably means pig pig”. Read the rest of this entry »

As mentioned recently, I’m going to publish some of my old photos of China. Here are a couple of photos of an ‘international’ hotel in China – the Dynasty Hotel in Zhaoqing – taken back in 2002. Hotels such as this provide a great refuge for expats living in China, especially those living in small to medium cities.

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Stevo from Asian Ramblings recently visited Zhaoqing, a city I lived in way back in 2002. Even though Stevo didn’t get a chance to check out Zhaoqing, it got me thinking about my time living there and I dug out my old photos.

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