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MeramJert posted:wtf is "Winter Melon"? Looks like a cucumber, but easily the size of a 2 year old child
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Eat This Glob posted:Customs question. In my week over here, I've been gifted a ton of stuff. Some really cool, some are books in Mandarin, and other depict animals loving at the zoo. I've only got so much room, so I'm planning on taking home a cool china tea set, a string of loving pearls (?!?! who gifts that to some schlub who came to your city?) and a bottle of that liquor you toast with out of tiny stemmed glasses. And I'm bringing home some smokes with cool designs on the packages to give out to my smoking buddies (as an aside, I dig the fact that everywhere here is the smoking section. Way to be, China. Now I know what it was like when my grandpa was growing up). Don't worry about any of that stuff. Returning to the US you are allowed 200 cigs (one carton), 1L of booze, and $800 tax/duty free. So you can claim whatever you want on the value and be fine as long as its under $800, which unless you're a high roller, it is.
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waloo posted:It looks like MY CHINESE WIFE and I may need to make a few trips back to the mainland over the next year or so -- even if it turns out to be less, does anybody here know which visa type I should be trying to get now? Is it still just a long-period multi entry L or is there a different kind for foreign spouses that is more like a residence permit and the reduced paperwork associated with those? Last I heard multi-entry/year long tourist visas were easy to get. Did your wife renounce citizenship/hukou for a green card? Or is she just over on the fiance visa?
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Big Alf posted:On the contrary, I can see bad day making a Hollywood rom-com dash for the departure gate in a last ditch effort to tell the horse cock porn of his dreams how much he loves it and doesn't want it to leave. He will then walk out of the airport carrying it Richard Gere style with everyone hooping and a hollerin. Let's keep poo poo posting in the LAN
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caberham posted:China goons and of course Pro PRC, I'm trying to set up a Mainland account because I want to use online shopping and all. Looking at this just makes me squirm Probably none. Fortunately it's pretty unobtrusive except the need to use IE. Or order from the phone app.
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Hammerstein posted:Thanks for the tip. Just get the tourist visa, otherwise you'll just cause more headache for yourself. Don't do the letter thing if you don't have to. Just make a hotel reservation and cancel it later. They don't care and won't know if you cancel it. Then go register at the PSB and stay at your parents' place like you planned. Do what Jeoh said. If you decide to go to other cities or whatever as long as you stay in a hotel/hostel you won't need to register at the PSB. Those "visiting relatives" visas are probably more meant for those Chinese who no longer posses PRC citizenship with family still in China. SB35 fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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VideoTapir posted:How much is the subway there? Yeah, but I remember reading that Beijing was taking a loss pricing it so low, but they were doing it to reduce traffic congestion. Other cities don't have theirs at a single price per trip, and probably more expensive than ￥2
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VideoTapir posted:What Beijing OUGHT to do is require proof of someplace to park your drat car like Japan does, but that would be corruptioned away right quick. Alternately, they could confiscate and crush every car caught parked in a bike lane or on a sidewalk. That would eventually cut down on the number of cars on the road, and it would reduce the congestion caused by shitheads parking their cars in lanes of traffic, people walking in the middle of four or even six lane roads because the sidewalks are too full of cars, bikes dodging between cars because there are two rows of cars parked in the bike lane, and people taking forever to exit the road because the intersection is full of parked cars. These are all things I saw in the last 30 minutes, BTW. Yeah... Xi'an had similar problems. I would think you could make bank building skyhigh parking garages and selling or renting spots. But of course apartments sell for so much more, and people can just  Apparently apartment complexes are supposed to have one parking spot for 80% of the apartments in a complex. But most places I can't imagine they have more than 20% of the apartments covered 
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10dishOkiku posted:Hey everybody, 再见！
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Baddog posted:That might be all I need. I want to play poker while I'm over there, but I don't think they've bothered to block the servers you connect to, just the web sites. So as long as I could use Goagent to grab the client updates from the poker site, I think I'd be good to go. The Google translation of the instructions is actually rather easy to follow. I also like that it will work on Android/iPhones as well.
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xenilk posted:Does that mean it would work for using facebook (on a nexus using chrome and not the application)? The app will work. GAE proxy requires root, but when turned on routes all traffic through the proxy.
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Ceciltron posted:I'm gonna be heading up in a couple weeks to live in Harbin for about a year teaching English. Anyone got any advice for that part of China? Buy a winter jacket when you get there
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Ceciltron posted:I'm from Quebec, Canada -I'm bringing my own. We like it cold. Good for you, I'm from North Dakota so likewise. Just pointing out that you can save space by buying one there for cheap especially if you can find a Decathlon anywhere.
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DontAskKant posted:I'm saving this quote for January, I'll bring it back then.  another ND goon?  Jamestown represent!Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Decathlon? gently caress that. If you're not rocking a 军大衣, you're doing it wrong. Not everyone is as SB35 fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Sep 11, 2013 |
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lemoz posted:Alright so I hosed up when I made a new thread.. my bad. Can't believe no one responded to you yet. Dude, you'll be fine. Just hope you didn't have to pay anyone to be able to come to China for an internship. Learn some survival Chinese.
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Woodsy Owl posted:So, thread, what's new? I get anxious when I can't lurk the thread for more than 4 days. I need my fix, guys... I think you need to spend more time in the WeChat group. Endless drivel... you can lurk for hours
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Rabelais D posted:
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Arakan posted:So a couple years then? I don't know what you think you will accomplish in a few months if you're starting from zero language ability. Yup, this. 6 months is nothing. Try 2-3 years, then you'll have something to work with.
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Ceciltron posted:So I'm just about ready to book a flight to Beijing, hoping to take the train from there to Harbin. It's kind of a long ride from Beijing to Harbin and even more stressful with a lot of luggage. Why not just fly?
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YF19pilot posted:...Jamestown, NoDak...  MY HOMETOWN!  HAVE YOU TRIED THE BUFFALO MEAT? IT IS DELISHURS!Uh, Jamestown is more akin to a really spread out village in China. MeramJert is probably more accurate, 2nd Tier is give or take a Minneapolis sized city but much more compact (there are no 45 mile drives from one suburb to another) edit: I think we covered this before, but are you a ND goon? So few of us 
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danse macabre posted:I have a Bank of China UnionPay debit card that I used while I was last living in China. I am going back for a month and still have the card but no details about my account. I've been to Bank of China in Sydney but apparently it's not connected to the mainland. You can probably just go to an ATM and check your balance if you remember the PIN. Unless you had monthly fees on your account or something you maybe be lucky and have accrued a few mao worth of interest on whatever you had left in there. Pro-PRC, care to chime in? I'll be in this situation with BoC or ICBC next time I'm come to the mainland.
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Magna Kaser posted:Is BoC as an intermediary true if you're using something like HSBC or Citi? Also why do all the richie rich people I know all use Merchant's Bank with dual currency accounts if this is the case? I do have several friends (Chinese) that have credit cards through CMB and they always get really great deals at 5 star hotels & restaurants. Talking like buy one get one free 188 RMB meal if paying with CMB credit card, and you can do it every single week.
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Facepalm Ranger posted:Just been chatting with my girlfriend, how difficult would it be to do something like this: Multi-entry tourist visa may be valid for 6 or 12 months depending on which one you get. However, length of stay is only 30 days. So you'll have to cross the border somewhere once a month. Dude, these guys know what they're talking about. The student visa is the easiest way to get a long-term visa. I'm also not too sure about getting that student visa in-country. SB35 fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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MeramJert posted:Don't ask Chinese people about laws and processes regarding visas and immigration unless they have a specific reason to be knowledgeable about this stuff (like if it's related to their job). After all, they don't have to deal with any of it so most of them can't really offer any help or guidance and are probably just guessing. This. Even the people that often work in the foreign affairs departments don't have any idea about this stuff most of the time.
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blinkyzero posted:Yeah, that shouldn't be an issue at all--it's stuff changing on the US side. If I'm understanding things correctly, our office will submit the new paperwork and we'll be issued a new foreign experts certificate-thing, and then we turn in all of our paperwork/passport again at the consulate in Hong Kong? (Assuming that if the gov issues the certificate, it will issue our new visa.) Then we just go and re-register for our residence permit? In my experience, if you already have a residency permit changing jobs isn't hard. I didn't need to leave China at all.
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gwrtheyrn posted:OK fine. I'm going to Xi An this weekend. Is there anything that I should do/eat there that wouldn't be immediately obvious? Where are you planning to stay? What do you like to do? and what do you have planned already?
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:This thread was recommended to me as a possible way to get some help with an immigration problem. You should be able to get a driver's license with the passport showing a current visa and the i20, i94, and DS-2019 forms. Especially if she already has/had a license. Have you checked the state's DMV website? here's a list (pdf) of the acceptable docs to get an ID I'm going to need to deal with a similar situation in a couple months come to think of it... SB35 fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Oct 23, 2013 |
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gwrtheyrn posted:I get there on Friday around noon and leave Sunday around noon, so maybe warriors + muslim street on friday and Hua Shan on Saturday? I know that hotel, and it's in a really good location downtown. It might be tough to get out to the warriors on Friday if you're just getting into town at noon. I'd leave that for Saturday. As for Huashan, well, it's cool, but I don't think a weekend is really enough time to see it in your situation. Here's what I'd suggest: Friday afternoon go check out the downtown area, take a bike ride along the city wall (Enter at the South Gate). Walk in the park just along the outside of the city wall. Check out the arts street, Shuyuanmen Pedestrian Street. Make your way through the back streets (it's more interesting) up to the Bell Tower, Drum Tower and into the Muslim Quarter for some dinner. Get some Yangrou Paomo （羊肉泡馍） for 12-20 RMB a bowl and then try some snack foods for cheap. There are several hostels in the area with decent bars, along with the Belgian bar a close walk nearby. Right around the corner from your hotel is the "bar street", but they're very Chinese bars (read: loud yet empty, 6 warm beers/ 68 RMB, all opened immediately). It's interesting to just take a walk down the street though. One street over to the west has a lot of late night food, street BBQ, noodles (look for biangbiang mian), etc. and the worst public restroom in the city. Seriously check it out, you'll be grossly impressed. Saturday go to the warriors (I'd probably schedule a trip with one of the hostels nearby if I were you, highly recommend Shuyuan Hostel). Get back Saturday afternoon and get yourselves down to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda by 8:00p (I think) for the fountain show. Explore the area, it's huge and has a lot to see along with beautiful parks all around it, go to Qujiang park if you have time. There are several chain restaurants in the area as well, or you can wait until you get back downtown for some more local joints. Get Trammel to take you somewhere cool. Sunday, get up early enough and wander those backstreets for some breakfast. Look for Hulatang, roujiamo, youtiao, etc. It'll be good food for cheap. Then, head to the train station or airport. Google maps is actually pretty good in the area for buses, walking distance, and the subway. Checkout and pickup the free expat magazine Xianease for a decent map and some suggestions of things to see/do in the area. Also checkout the OP and read my goon city Xi'an. click for 大  Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:I'll get this information to her. I don't know the difference/specifics, but assume that since she has OPT her VISA has not expired. I know she has an i20, but not sure of an i94 or a DS-2019. She is not currently employed anywhere, but we married before she finished school, any school visa expiration, etc. SB35 fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Oct 23, 2013 |
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Okay. No confirmation yet and thanks again. Yeah, I was planning on going with her the next time. I've been able to go with her every other meeting/what have you so far. Oh, it might also be helpful to bring a copy of her ITIN card (tax ID number) if she has one, usually gotten by working at school or something like that. Though it shouldn't be necessary.
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Thanks. Not sure if she's had a job. Worked at a restaurant for tips so she didn't have to do paperwork, which is apparently what ever foreign student does in this city. Well then she probably doesn't have an ITIN. The student visa typically only allows you to work on campus for the university. Which has the added benefit of getting you an ITIN. If she just worked for cash under the table at the local Chinese place, then she won't have one. Also: is she not on a student visa? As I understood it, one cannot marry on a student visa. I assume she had to get a different visa before that happened? Or did you marry in China? SB35 fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Oct 23, 2013 |
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:She was here on a student VISA, yes. We were not under the impression that a student VISA prevents marriage and know of a few other people who got married similarly. Got married in the US. We even specified student VISA when speaking with Immigration and there was no problem. Google is giving me some confidence as well. Well poo poo. I didn't know. Not that I was planning on getting married anytime soon. Glad it worked out for you.
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If someone asked for my China address to send me something I'd always send them a PDF like the one below and tell 'em to print it and slap it on the package. At least that way if it found its way to China it was more likely to find its way to me. I like to think it worked MOST of the time Also, I too had way better luck getting stuff shipped to work rather than my home address. 
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Ceciltron posted:I don't actually know *where* I live. Is that weird? You're new, so no, not really. As long as you can find your way home, that's what's important. Besides, some complexes have rather convoluted addresses. Get your handler or a friend to help you out I guess. gwrtheyrn posted:OK fine. I'm going to Xi An this weekend. Is there anything that I should do/eat there that wouldn't be immediately obvious? how was your trip to Xi'an?
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Sounds like quite the experience TheBuilder, I feel lucky that my Chinese family visit was quite the opposite. 加油 man! My girlfriend's mother came to visit a few months ago now. When she first arrived she was a little upset because she didn't realize that her daughter and I were actually living together and sharing a bed. Apparently she honestly thought we had moved to the US together and then proceeded to be little angels and rent separate apartments for some reason. Then again, probably my girlfriend's fault for not skirting the issue with her parents. Anyway, after a few days of warming up to me everything was pretty peachy. Except for me sleeping in the guest bedroom and gf/mother in the bedroom. Every day I came home from work, mother had dinner prepared. She'd even make extra so I could take it the next day for lunch, or fry some leftover rice for me. On the weekends we took her out shopping, restaurants, local touristy things, the county fair, took walks around the neighborhood and gawked at houses for sale, etc. Even had some decent conversations with my limited Chinese. I got a nice break when gf and her mother went to NYC for a few days, and in fact mother bought me a Nexus 7 tablet while she was there. I'm not exactly sure why I deserved such an expensive gift, but I won't complain. My parents even came down as a side excursion on their road trip to Milwaukee. I think things might have been awkward for gf since ~~oh no the parents are meeting!~~ but it turned out fine. Went out for dinner, chilled in the hotel hot tub, and saw the area a bit. It was only a 36-hour visit anyway and my parents stayed in a hotel nearby. After awhile gf's mother got used to the fact, and became much more comfortable with our relationship and the fact that we live together. She became a lot less nervous about gf driving, and even decided that she would go back to China and learn to drive a car. Anyway, I just wrote a lot about nothing, and I guess what I'm saying is that visits from Chinese in-laws aren't all bad. Although I'm fortunate that my experience was far more pleasant than others I've heard word of. SB35 fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Oct 30, 2013 |
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caberham posted:God loving drat it, stop romanticizing the automobile. This is why people in China want a house with a garden, a car, and worst of all - a fireplace. But anyways, I'm glad your GF's mom had a good time. I think the Nexus 7 is a nice gesture, but did she get any hints from your GF? Sorry, cars are an absolute necessity in bumfuck Indiana. Not like gf's family needs a 2nd car, her mother is a teacher and they own an apartment in the teacher's complex one block away. Guess she just wants to learn how to drive is all. No fireplace to romanticize over in my house unfortunately. And yeah, I'm sure my gf was just like "he wants one of those, let's get that".
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Mackieman posted:So, this thread was exceedingly helpful in several aspects of my information gathering for my trip to Shanghai. Now that I have been here for a couple of days and have attended two separate dinners in my honor (I have no idea why they think I'm important), I feel I was denied some critical, need-to-know information:  that's our little secret that we leave out for unsuspecting FOBs in China.RocknRollaAyatollah posted:EDIT: You're a strange and curious animal, a foreigner. It's like having Spider-Man come to your birthday party when you're 5 for most Chinese people. But also on a real note, I feel like Chinese are way more accommodating to visiting foreigners, especially on business. I feel like my company treats our Chinese colleagues like a burden at best, whereas my colleagues speak of being treated to many good experiences while in China. It's baffling to me, so I try to show our Chinese colleagues a good time while they're in town. At least take 'em out for a decent meal and such. SB35 fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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xenilk posted:Has anyone here bought tickets from 247tickets.cn ? The website you just linked says: quote:"***********THE PROMOTER HAS SAID THAT THESE TICKETS WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE FROM MID NOVEMBER. WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THE TICKETS AFTER. WE WILL CONTACT YOU TO ARRANGE PICKUP OR DELIVERY ONCE THE TICKETS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.*******
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Texibus posted:Guys I've got a buddy in China on his honeymoon and so far he's having a pretty rough time navigating the area and finding places to eat, can y'all help? I'd really like for him to have a memorable time while he's there, his schedule is like this as of this morning: Someone get this man to Haidilao hot pot!
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GuestBob posted:Mr. Goodtrips, if you want me to look at your CV and maybe offer you a university teaching job then PM me. Do it. Go hangout with ghostbob! Tell us what he's like for real.
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Zuiko-Digital posted:I'm looking to get an android phone here from China Mobile in order to access their 3G network. Will the phone I buy here still work with my LTE networks back home (Canada)? Head for China Unicom. No phone that uses China Mobile's 3G will work in Canada. Any GSM/UMTS/HSPA phone that will work on 3G in Canada should work for Unicom and vice versa. Canada uses pretty much LTE bands 4 & 7, China uses neither of those. So no, LTE is a no go. Even the iPhone 5S doesn't do both Canada/China bands on the same device.
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