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I’ve had my share of interviews in the US and China, but I’ve come to the conclusion that in China political correctness goes out the window….
I’ve mentioned before that often companies will request a photo along with the resume, but here is a sampling of the ridiculous questions I’ve been asked in an interview:
How old […]
Tags: Business
3G rollout in china now iphone’s coming to china via china unicom
on shanghai china unicom’s site, there is already a detailed page on the iphone shanghai china unicom’s iphone product page - though it says coming july 2008??
A couple years back, I heard about parents gathering at People’s Square (a well-known park in the center of the city) perusing for suitors, mind you via resume, for their sons/daughters when it was year of the pig – a particularly lucky year to get married.
Little did I know that the practice still goes on […]
China is finally getting 3G！
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that “3G is just around the corner”
Last week, the gov’t finally gave out 3G licenses! As opposed to the US where carriers bid on spectrum, it’s doled out to the state-owned carriers.
There are probably a million reasons as to […]
Tags: Consumer
The other day I asked a cabbie if they did better business in the summer or winter. He said the best is during the summer when it’s blazing hot. I replied, oh, so it’s not so great now? He said, yeah, and especially because of the financial crisis.
Huh?
He said a […]
Tags: Consumer
whew…51 episodes and 17 hours later, I finally finished my marathon viewing of “Full Metal Alchemist 鋼の錬金術師“.
Binging on tv drama series is a pretty common occurrence here amongst my friends…thus, I found myself doing it waaaay more since moving here. In comparison, I can count on 1 hand the number of marathon tv series […]
Tags: Consumer
No need to reprise the lack of intellectual property in China - but I’ve always thought (as many people much smarter than I) that when the day comes that domestic companies have IP to protect, it’ll become a focus.
Remarkably, I’ve been seeing a slew of IP court cases recently such as Ctrip (think travelocity) suing […]
Tags: Consumer
Thanksgiving is not much of a holiday here in China, but I usually have virtual Thanksgiving via webcam. (thanks to skype). But this year was especially fun because not only did I have virtual Thanksgiving with the fam, but we also got to watch the Macy’s Parade together live! (thanks to earthcam).
Check out […]
Tags: Misc
Baidu has been getting a barrage of bad press lately - first was taking payment to remove links to negative press about the milk powder scandal.
Now in a most recent ‘expose’ by CCTV (gasp!?!), they uncover that Baidu has been taking advertising from fake online pharmacies. Aside from the obvious, why has […]
Tags: Consumer
It’s called 光棍节 (guang1gun4jie2) since it’s November 11th, or 1111, it’s designated a day for singles.
What do people do? Not really sure, but it’s the 7th most popular search term on Google.cn as of right now (2pm China time). The top 6 are all related to this girl who apparently had […]
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