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Finally got a final offer about HK, they are ready to give me a $1K CAD/month raise. That would put me at 40k HKD/month, 33k net. Sounds not so bad right? I wouldn't be living the king life I had in Vietnam but I imagine I could still be living comfy. That said, I have an interview today with a company in the Cayman Islands, at least that gives me leverage.
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With or without housing? You need to budget 15-20k for housing so without would be very bad.
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Senso posted:Finally got a final offer about HK, they are ready to give me a $1K CAD/month raise. That would put me at 40k HKD/month, 33k net. Sounds not so bad right? I wouldn't be living the king life I had in Vietnam but I imagine I could still be living comfy. 33k net is a very decent salary.
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33k is very comfortable in Hong Kong if you are wise.
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Tibet! Xinjiang! Taiwan! Hongkong! Diaoyu! By your regions that have always belonged to China combined, I am Captain 中国的 He would get stronger by being racist against Japan and Korea or by being super nationalistic, and he'd get weaker if people waited in lines or poo poo in toilets etc.
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Given its history I'm surprised there isn't as much interest in claiming Mongolia. If you asked me a hundred years ago if either Tibet or Mongolia would become an independent country I would have probably guessed Tibet. Given its proximity to the capital (I think it was around a ten hour bus ride when I made a border run) and a total population only one-seventh of Beijing's it wouldn't seem any more likely to exist as a country today compared to East Turkestan or even Manchuria (before the big Han migration in the late 19th century.) Perhaps it just wants to preserve its current chicken-shape.
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Bloodnose posted:With or without housing? You need to budget 15-20k for housing so without would be very bad. Well that's with housing, they offer me that $7k/month raise to make me shut up about the housing allowance. I'll definitely try not to spend 20k for an apartment if I can help it - after that and child support, I'd be left with like 6k/month and that would make me poorer than I am now. Ugh.
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Don't be too put off. If you look on Squarefoot the only apartment listed in my estate is $32k but I live in something much smaller for less than $10k. I'm not saying you could find somewhere on the island for that, but around Tseung Kwan O or Hang Hau you might find something similarly small and cheap - it just might not be listed online simplefish fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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simplefish posted:but around Tseung Kwan O or Hamg Hau you might find something similarly small and cheap - it just might not be listed online Good to know, I'll be working in Tai Chik Sha (near the landfill!)
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Yeah I mentioned them because I remembered you'd be near LOHAS Park. I don't know that you will find those rent prices there, just that you might. What sort of size are you looking for? How many bedrooms? Studio or separate kitchen? I'll be over that direction on Sunday, I could have a quick look in some estate agent windows if you like? simplefish fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Apr 23, 2014 |
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I'd prefer not a studio, separate kitchen if possible. Just one bedroom. Anything you find out will help, if only just to get a better idea of price ranges, thanks!
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kenner116 posted:Given its history I'm surprised there isn't as much interest in claiming Mongolia. If you asked me a hundred years ago if either Tibet or Mongolia would become an independent country I would have probably guessed Tibet. Given its proximity to the capital (I think it was around a ten hour bus ride when I made a border run) and a total population only one-seventh of Beijing's it wouldn't seem any more likely to exist as a country today compared to East Turkestan or even Manchuria (before the big Han migration in the late 19th century.) Perhaps it just wants to preserve its current chicken-shape. China did have a claim to Mongolia and fought a few small battles for it during the Republic era. The problem was that the Russians also had an interest in Mongolia and that the Qing hadn't exactly treated the Mongols very well (also having a desire for the land but not the people). When it came time to choose between the ROC warlords (whose policy toward the Mongols wasn't much different) and the Soviets, those wily horsemen leaped for the latter.
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I've heard people in China talk about how maybe even Korea or Vietnam should be part of China, but never Mongolia. In Mongolia a lot of people told me Inner Mongolia should be retaken. I think one of the Mongolian communist leaders had plans to try.
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And even though the PRC seems content to let Mongolia remain a sovereign state and, perhaps shockingly, isn't tied up in any border disputes with them, the ROC still claims Mongolia as an integral part of its rightful territory. So actually, yes, there are people who claim that Mongolia is part of China, it's just that these are mostly people who claim that China isn't China.
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Bloodnose posted:With or without housing? You need to budget 15-20k for housing so without would be very bad. stop scaring this fellow. I bet he can find something for under 15 on that side of town... although I'm out of touch since the TKO line got so busy.
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kenner116 posted:Given its history I'm surprised there isn't as much interest in claiming Mongolia. If you asked me a hundred years ago if either Tibet or Mongolia would become an independent country I would have probably guessed Tibet. Given its proximity to the capital (I think it was around a ten hour bus ride when I made a border run) and a total population only one-seventh of Beijing's it wouldn't seem any more likely to exist as a country today compared to East Turkestan or even Manchuria (before the big Han migration in the late 19th century.) Perhaps it just wants to preserve its current chicken-shape. Mongolia doesn't really have anything. Some mineral resources and two million extra poor people. Tibet has mineral resources too, but more importantly it contains the water supply for most of China and a number of neighboring countries. Even if you stripped away every other factor, China would never give it up purely because of the water.
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Grand Fromage posted:Mongolia doesn't really have anything. Some mineral resources and two million extra poor people. Tibet has mineral resources too, but more importantly it contains the water supply for most of China and a number of neighboring countries. Even if you stripped away every other factor, China would never give it up purely because of the water. Yeah. Tibet doesn't have the Russian Bear prowling on its far side, and anyway most of Mongolia's mineral resources are flowing right into China as it is. Tom Smykowski posted:In Mongolia a lot of people told me Inner Mongolia should be retaken. I think one of the Mongolian communist leaders had plans to try. That would be beyond tragic considering that one of the two things that the PLA is really setup to do well is absolutely crush the gently caress out of any military scuffle occurring directly adjacent to China. The other thing it's good at has a 25th anniversary coming up soon. blinkyzero fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Apr 24, 2014 |
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I'm pretty sure when other people heard the guy's idea, they were like "Wait wait, no that's a terrible idea." I want to say this was in the 50s?
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Tom Smykowski posted:I'm pretty sure when other people heard the guy's idea, they were like "Wait wait, no that's a terrible idea." I want to say this was in the 50s? They can have their war with China when the KMT returns in all its glory and reaches out to recover its rightful territories. Any day now. Could be tomorrow. 
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I tried to find an old Mongolian rap video I saw back in like 06 that was about hating and killing Chinese people, but it's lost on Youtube. Now I'm listening to Chinese rap so I'm not sure if this is better?
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I thought this was interesting.Aljazeera posted:China has released a Japanese cargo ship after its owners paid $28m to settle a pre-war debt, a court has said. The US version of Merck which is a $48b revenue 90k person company was a WWI US confiscation of German assets in the US.
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I will be going back to school this August. I want to bring my Chinese wife with me (though I'm guessing she'd likely be following me a couple months later). Should I even try to do the visa application myself, or should I hire a visa agency? How much should an agency cost, and what should I look for?
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You'd like the book I'm re-reading. The Bloody White Baron http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/0571230245/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1398403503&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40 True story of a violent Russian dude who raised a Mongolian army against the Bolsheviks and China. Hating on Jews and getting funded by the Japanese. If you like necklaces of human bones and armoured trains full of whores, you'd like this book.
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VideoTapir posted:I will be going back to school this August. I want to bring my Chinese wife with me (though I'm guessing she'd likely be following me a couple months later). Should I even try to do the visa application myself, or should I hire a visa agency? How much should an agency cost, and what should I look for? Everything you could possibly want to know is here: http://www.visajourney.com/ edit: By the way, the fastest route to take since you're both, presumably, over here together is direct consular filing. You better get started tonight if you wanna hit August. Woodsy Owl fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Apr 25, 2014 |
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May I suggest emailing the consular official? It doesn't matter which one, just find a random email address and then phrase the email as if this person has all the power. You probably don't have time to figure out their name, so just address them as, "Dear Officer," Then you can write something like: "Hello. As you know, I need my visuhr in order go to America. Can you please hurry up the process for me? Maybe you don't remember me, my name is Wayne. O, but forget about it, is nothing, but please sending me the visa very soon thank you."
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systran posted:May I suggest emailing the consular official? It doesn't matter which one, just find a random email address and then phrase the email as if this person has all the power. You probably don't have time to figure out their name, so just address them as, "Dear Officer," Be sure to send some fruit in the envelope. If you don't they will know you are unfriendly. If you want to appear serious, include some cash. We have a new chemistry teacher and she made the rounds to the foreign teacher office handing out fruit to everyone. I wanted to just tell her that she didn't need to do that for us but a) she probably would only take it as politeness and b) she's just trying to be nice.
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After two years, my dreams are now consistently set within Asia. Dreams were my only refuge, now this inescapable waking nightmare called life haunts me in every sleeping moment. 
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Hello chinagoons! I'm interested in doing a scenic Yunan+Sichuan route in 15 days. I need help in finalizing the itinerary to get to Chengdu from Lijiang. I'm reading conflicting info about the overland route through western sichuan being closed to foreigners. It's something like Day 1 : Arrival at Kunming Day 2 : Explore nearby areas, day tour to Stone Forest Day 3 : Kunming to Dali Day 4 : Dali to Lijiang Day 5 : Explore around Lijiang Day 6 : Tiger Leaping Gorge trek, take a taxi back Day 7 to 12 : through Zhongdian ?? Day 13-15 : Chengdu
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Anarkii posted:Hello chinagoons! Taking the Zhongdian to Sichuan route though Xiangcheng->Daocheng/Yading>Litang->Kangding is amazing and I highly recommend it, but you don't have nearly enough time for that route. I'm guessing you've already been to Dali and Lijiang since you're hardly spending any time there, so I recommend going from Lijiang to Lugu Lake, which is on the Yunnan/Sichuan border. After Lugu, head towards Chengdu and spend a night in Yanyuan or Xichang. I'm not sure if visiting Zhongdian is worth it now since the old town burned down, but there are Tibetan villages outside of the city to walk or bike around, and you can visit the monastery several kilometers north of the city, which is very nice. If you really want to see the Tibetan areas of western Sichuan then you're going to need more time. The roads there are probably the worst in China and you'll be spending a lot of time on bumpy/muddy unpaved roads winding up and down the mountains. Zhongdian to Tagong (near Kangding) took me two weeks (including a detour to Batang on the Sichuan/Tibet border). From the Tagong/Kangding area you can then head back to Chengdu or go north towards Gansu or northwest to Qinghai. Northwestern Sichuan is really remote has a bit of a wild-west feeling to it. 
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Thanks a lot for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I can't take more than ~15 days off so Lijiang-Lugu Lake-Xichang-Chengdu seems better for that. I'd imagine Spring or Fall to be the best times to visit, however is early December workable or do routes get closed during the winter?
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Anarkii posted:I'd imagine Spring or Fall to be the best times to visit, however is early December workable or do routes get closed during the winter? I took the Chengdu-Xichang-Yanyuan-Lijiang-Zhongdian route in mid to late December. Lugu Lake gets down to about freezing at night, Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge as well. Zhongdian was much colder, got down to -10C (14F) at night, but was comfortable during the daytime. Lugu is quite nice at that time of year since there aren't many tourists then, so it's very peaceful. I was there in 2010 and there should be a new road between Lugu Hu and Lijiang now, but I'd guess it would still be pretty empty in the winter. edit to add luguhu photos:     kenner116 fucked around with this message at 11:35 on May 2, 2014 |
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Hey, China folks. You were awesome when I was preparing to head off to Hebei last fall. I had a great week hob-nobbing with a bunch of (semi) important government folks over there. One fellow was surprised and/or impressed that I enjoyed baijiu at one of the dinners, so he sent over a bottle to my hotel for myself and my one each for my two traveling partners. I shared a bit with a few buddies earlier this week who are fairly serious homebrewers. Since I knew they liked booze, I figured I may as well pop the top and give everyone a taste of a liquor they've never tried. They asked me "what kind" it was, and I said, I have no idea. Would someone let me know what brand this is, and what it's made out of? I'm guessing sorghum, but I'm not exactly a seasoned baijiu guy, so any help would be appreciated. Is it a decent brand? Any idea what something like this would retail for in the Beijing area? It's got a glass dome in the middle, and my bottle has a glass snake it in. The lady I was traveling with made me trade with her for my horse or something since she hates snakes. It's a phone pic with my cat Omar skulking by in the background. If you need a clearer pic, and I'll break out a proper camera. 
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Tianjin Taida vs. Beijing Guoan tonight.  gooooooooooo Tianjin!!!! I'll be there screaming at any Guoan supporter I can find 
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