Shanghai wheather
A 24.9 billion-pixel photo offering a 360-degree panoramic view of the Bund, Shanghai’s waterfront promenade, has become a sensation in mainland China – especially after internet users started zooming in to uncover some unusual sights, the Shanghai Morning Post reported on Saturday.
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China: Stadt trennt Smartphone-Nutzer und Offline-Fußgänger
The Year of the Horse
恭喜发财
土豪 Tuhao
Tuhao has been a hot word all over the media, it represents rich Chinese who love to show off their wealth on internet while claiming to be poor.
According to an article from Sydney Morning Herald, China’s vulgar rich: befriended but unloved, a crowdsourced translation call on China’s social media yielded “new money,” “slumdog millionaire,” the “riChinese” and “billionbilly.”
Read more:
http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/4890/come-meet-china-tuhao/#ixzz2oDYsgILp
http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinas-vulgar-rich-befriended-but-unloved-20131017-2vos5.html
EWMD Asia Pacific Networking Event on 20 February 2012
It would be nice to meet you there:
Working Abroad: More than Being an Expat?
Expatriates are typically working for a limited period outside their own country and are not supposed to get deeply involved in their new home country; some companies explicitly don’t want their professionals to engage in the local community and define the personal boundaries of their expat staff by contract to avoid job-related conflicts that may arise if some of their staff become politically or socially active.
Within the expat community, which includes skilled professionals who come to work in another country on their own or those sent by their employer, many (the majority?) are not interested in integrating in the culture and prefer their own social circles, but there are also those who want to engage in social, political or other issues of public concern in their new home country.
What experiences have you made as an expat or with expat colleagues? In our event we would like to discuss the diverse experiences of an expat’s life from different perspectives and look forward to welcoming you. This time, we will have EWMD members from Germany, Austria and Laos who are currently visiting Hong Kong, as guests, who will contribute to our exchange of experiences and stories.
The EWMD Asia-Pacific is the Asian chapter of EWMD International, the European Womens’ Management Development Network (www.ewmd.org) We are a registered non-profit society to support networking and exchange among professionals.
Time: 20 February 2012, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Culture Club & Gallery, Elgin Street, Central, Hong Kong www.cultureclub.com.hk
Cost: 200 HK$ including 2 drinks of your choice
Registration: Please register online at http://www.ewmd.org/events/working-abroad-more-being-expat
The Chinese Moon Festival
Moon Hill Village in Yangshuo, by duncan wolfe
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The Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month, this year it is on September 22nd. It’s also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.
Iconic gift is the moon cake which will be given to family and friends. Running gag is that after a while you will get back your very own boxof moon cakes after it has be given away and be passed on a couple of times 😉
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