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Not your most politically correct job interview

neb — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:11:24 GMT

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

wooohoo! iphone finally officially coming to china via china unicom

neb — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:53:45 GMT

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??<

Cheap day trip to Jiading from shanghai

neb — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:18:41 GMT

Last week while having dinner with friends we lamented how Shanghai can just seem like a big urban city with nothing to do besides eating and drinking. To be honest, it’s not entirely off base - but with a little effort you can get away from it

Parents proxy shop for your husband/wife 父母代理子女寻找对象

neb — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:10:21 GMT

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 m...

Chicken Heads 鸡头

neb — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:19:00 GMT

I’ve written about how black chickens (aka silkies) are good for you so I thought I’d actually make black chicken soup at home.

This is what a black chicken looks like defeathered…with the head and all.

3G in China - finally!

neb — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:34:28 GMT

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’...

Trickle down effect of financial crisis

neb — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:30:47 GMT

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 financ

Binging on tv drama series is the norm

neb — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:24:46 GMT

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 doi...

IP exists? er..sorta

neb — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:30:11 GMT

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, I̵

Wouldn’t be thanksgiving without Macy’s

neb — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:01:55 GMT

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 M