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LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

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a7m2 posted:

Astrill has been consistently 'fine' for two years. Even when Express and others went down, about half of the Astrill servers still worked.

same

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LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

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Minus1Minus1 posted:

The only thing not checked off at this point is my notarized degree. Information on how to get this done has been a little inconsistent. It seems neither American consulates, nor the embassy in Beijing are currently providing this service. Alternatives appear to be to exit country and apply at a Chinese embassy abroad, to wrassle directly with the ministry of education through their website, or perhaps to engage the services of an agency.

Would prefer to do it online, but the ministry website hasn’t been cooperative, and I haven’t been able to contact any support staff. Anyone have any experience with this recently?

im basically in the same situation, at least for california. im pretty much giving up because it wastes so much time and money and HR was absolutely useless
-get the diploma notarized by some loving notary in america that's willing to do it because not all of them will
-mail/take the notarized diploma to the secretary of state to get it certified
-(add an additional step here if you are within Washington DC jurisdiction I think)
-take the notarized certified diploma to the designated chinese embassy/consulate for your state to get it authenticated
-give that authentication to the new employer

Most visa agents cant do the notarizing part but can do the other parts (for hundreds of dollars)

LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

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caberham posted:

Oh yeah if you do go sight seeing to the super busy areas go early in the morning like 630 or go to the side streets and off areas.

quick note that almost nothing in shanghai is open before 9am, and shopping malls 10am.
If sightseeing involves mountains and stuff and not urban sights then 6:30 is fine

LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

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quick public toilet story

i was in okinawa and being Japan all the public toilets are immaculate

with the exception of this one public restroom at a tourist attraction visited almost exclusively by buses full of chinese people

every centimeter of tile flooring was covered in piss, smelled terrible, and there was garbage all over the floor or on the ground outside

basically, chinese people are The Zerg and human poo poo/piss/trash are the Creep they need for foundation
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Creep

LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

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The Great Autismo! posted:

thanks for sharing

you should at least pretend like you know what starcraft is

it came out in the 90s

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LentThem
Aug 31, 2004

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Tom Smykowski posted:

Ugh. What vpn y'all using these days?

astrill still good after 3 years or whatever

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