Messages from Visas category
Around Shanghai: Library for foreigners, Biotherm chaos, freak deaths, private jet hub
First library for foreigners, China Windows, opens up in Changning District.Old couple in their 70s, daughter-in-law and 12-year-old granddaughter found dead in their apartment from gas poisoning.Possibly the most unsuccessful arsonist ever? A suspected arsonist died and four were injured in a house fire in Zhabei.China's first private jet hub to open in Hongqiao in 2009.Lovelorn Japanese man who faked Chinese visa stamp so he could marry his fiancee escorted back to Japan.Changning police arePublication date: 2008-12-22 more
How to Convince Your Wife to Support China-Related Business
How to Convince Your Wife to Support China-Related Business Mon Dec 08, 2008 at 1:18 pm By Matt Imagine being the guy that came up with the idea of selling moonshine in China. Imagine the bragging rights, even if the eventual business went belly up. Yep, Tong Li thought he had it made when he realized the U.S. hadPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
The Chinese Are Coming, Part XVII. This Time's It's Real Estate And No, There Is No Visa With That.
All Roads Lead to China recently did a post entitled, "Real Estate Assets Lure Chinese Investors," on how a group of Chinese investors is going to the United States to purchase distressed homes. Yes, but mostly no. The article on which All Roads bases his post comes from the Shanghai Daily and it goes a long way towards confirming what I already thought. Those Chinese coming over here to look for houses know not what they are doing. The article, entitled, "Domestic investors to shop for cheap USPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Thailand Writers: Colin Cotterill
Colin Cotterill is Chumphon-based creator of the award winning Dr. Siri crime books, set in Laos and Thailand, that reveals the hidden history of South East Asia to a Western audience. Backpacker Travel Insurance from World Nomads: Buy Now Name: Colin Cotterill Age: 55 Nationality: British/Australian Time in Thailand: About 13 years all told What brought you here? I was on my way to help with a Karenni project on the Burmese border. I needed to get a Thai visa to be able to doPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Some Things Never Change
This was supposed to be a day of joy; I was finally going to apply for a three year visa to the PeoplePublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Chinese Trolling Streets of US for Bargains
Chinese Trolling Streets of US for Bargains 08Dec08 As U.S. housing prices continue to plummet, wealthy Chinese citizens are cruising the streets of America in Hummers and Lincoln Navigators looking for cheap real estate, according to a report in the LA Times. Per the publication,Publication date: 2008-12-22 more
Chinese Invasion
Will the Chinese save the American economy by purchasing Bonds real estate? With foreclosures on the rise the Chinese see this as a great opportunity to purchase American real estate. With housing prices crashing in the US, home-buying trips to America are becoming one of the more popular tour group packages in China. New US visa rules for Chinese tourists and a loosening of foreign investment policies by China have made it easier for people such as Zhao Hongjun of Beijing to go house huntiPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Tracking China
I thought I would pass this on to those of you that might be interested..........Sinofossa 2009 Geotour - Tracking China's DinosaursJune 13 (Saturday) - 23 (Tuesday), 2009 (11 days) Type of Trip: Geotour (Paleontology)Location: northwestern China(cities of Beijing, Xian, and Lanzhou)Science Leaders: Andrew R. C. Milner and Hai-Lu YouMinimum Number: 10Maximum number: 17Trip Overview:The Sinofossa Institute and St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site are proud to offer a unique opportunity to experiencPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Why China's consumption will go strong in 2009 - Paul French
Paul French by Fons1 via FlickrFive reasons why China's retail consumption will do well in 2009, published in Paul French' Access Asia newsletter, and here republished by Danwei. It goes against the trend of doom and gloom that comes along with the economic crisis in the US - and to a lesser degree in Europe. China might be different, at least as we look at domestic consumption. In short: the social fundamentals are good. Urbanization will drive up consumptionRising incomesurban unemploymency (tPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Merchant Risk Council 2009 e-Commerce Conference
Merchant Risk Council Unveils Agenda for 2009 e-Commerce Conference(Seattle, WAPublication date: 2008-12-22 more
Immigrant detainees moved amid probe
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Federal immigration officials on Monday removed all of their detainees from a Rhode Island facility under investigation following the death of a detainee earlier this year. The removal of the 153 immigrant detainees from the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls took all day to complete, said Paula Grenier, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Most of the detainees were moved to other facilities in northeastern states pending a fuPublication date: 2008-12-21 more
Dinosaurs along the Silk Road
Another Paleo trip to China for those who might be interested.........Dinosaurs along the Silk Road May 30 (Saturday)Publication date: 2008-12-21 more
Do You Xiaonei? Lufthansa Does.
Despite some less than desirable results, airlines have started wading into social networking. Lufthansa got a half-hearted "meh" out of us earlier this year with the debut of GenFlyLounge, its brand-specific social site aimed at college kids. But now that the carrier has launched a group on Xiaonei, a 15-million strong network that calls itself the Facebook of China, we're starting to think they're more savvy than we first thought. You can't check out the group without creating a Xiaonei prPublication date: 2008-12-21 more
Remembering Dec. 17th
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Holy all that is nasty, Batman. My kid has the grossest virus EVER. I just finished dry heaving in the corner for the twelfth time tonight. This was just for good measure. Matty came down with a cold the other day..or so I thought. Last night was terrible. I slept from 9:30 - 11:30, then was up every half an hour with him until 4:30 this morning, when he was done even trying to sleep. He was crying, so I pulled him out of the crib and I laid him down on the changing table to put a dry diaper onPublication date: 2008-12-21 more
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THE mood was one of caution at the first workshop held to encourage Malaysian overstayers in the UK to return home. The hastily converted meeting room looked sparse but functional. Plonked in front was the speakerPublication date: 2008-12-21 more
Human Rights, Business and the List No-One Should Be On
Image by art makes me smile via Flickr This post originally appeared on my PR agency blog and is reprinted here as celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights and businesses may seem like odd bed-fellows. Yet there are many companies (large and small) who, while they may not appear to be breaching human rights themselves, actively support countries whose human rights records are less than admirable. You would have thought that in thisPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Uncensored: Hamid Gul on The Alex Jones Show
Uncensored: Hamid Gul on The Alex Jones ShowPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Family update, 12/11/08
It is pretty quiet at Casa Burlak. No guests, no preparations for a fun trip, the holiday spirit is tempered by the overall dullness of our plans for the coming weeks. Ok, IPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
China - New Kid in the U.S. Housing Grab Party
Chinese Investor Groups Hunting for Low Priced Housing in the U.S. In a recent Chemically Green post on American foreclosed housing gaining a lot of interest in foreign investors, (mainly from the oil rich countries), now a new group of investors are coming to America to buy up our foreclosed housing. China is the newest investor to stalk cheap American foreclosed housing. Even though the Chinese economy is slowing down due to the U.S. recession, Chinese investors are here and they are notPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
The Sarawak Almanac
The Sarawak Almanac is just so uniquely Sarawak that I cannot really explain to someone who does not see it as thus.I cannot remember exactly when I started using one as it has always been around me. But the first time I was "awarded" one was when I taught in the Limbang Government School in 1974 and the Principal gave out one to each Head of Department. It thus became a kind of "award and or reward" for a Sarawak civil servant who has a "position which requires an Almanac". That is how I look aPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
How to Write About Africa
Always use the wordPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Confessions of a Spiritual Dilettante: B is for Buddhism
A hall in a Vancouver suburb in the early 1970s. Wood paneling, impossibly high ceilings, blue tatami mats wall to wall to wall. Japanese calligraphy scrolls and black and white photographs of unfathomably old men in robes. The scent of sweat and feet and dust and sandalwood. This is no rec-centre dojo. Compact, round, massive black-haired men who speak no English, herding a snotty cabal of small boys. They rattle off lengthy explanations of each form and grip and throw in a Japanese ungraPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
The Beijing Olympics: Prime Time to Study Chinese
learn chinese The 2008 Summer Olympics will officially start in Beijing on the lucky day of August 8, 2008. Here are some handy tips in learning Chinese and act like them if you are going to China to watch the XXIX Olympiad events. Be Aware of the Rules Although the Olympics is supposed to bring the whole world together in unity, there are still numerous laws that must be followed. China has very rigid rules for both locals and visitors, and itPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Not sex trafficking: False Papers as a means to migrate
Protocols attached to the UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime attempt to distinguish between trafficking and smuggling of people. The trafficking protocol explicitly mentions women, children, coercion and prostitution: absent is any mention of the will to migrate. The smuggling protocol, in contrast, discusses men as migrants and does not speak of sex or prostitution. This gender bias has several negative, confusing effects. Women are positioned as sexually vulnerable above all WomePublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Problem With Today's Young Graduates
The headline may sound like an old man bitching about how tough it was during his younger days, I hope its not. Over the last few years I have had to hire at least 10-15 new graduates every year, and then get the unit managers to train them up. In highlighting their shortcomings, I have to generalise but I am sure that's pretty much the same conclusion throughout the country in all industries.1) Rich parents - Parents who are rich, please note, generally your children will be assholes if you doPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
South Africans on the Increase in Korea
The Kyunghyang Sinmun reported last week that due to increased demand and the collapse of the won, itPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
General : Customer Service Officer-RM 5 per hour + Commissions by MP Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd
1. Prefer to have knowledge for Singapore. 2. Handle Singapore Visa Applications. 3. Handle calls from customer pertaining Singapore Visa Application. 4. Commissionable RM 1 per passport (Daily estimated around 20-50 passports). 5. Male/Female with Malay, English & Chinese language with computer knowledge preferrable. Mobile 0163377132 Salary RM 5 per hour + Commissions Location Jalan Imbi, KL Working Hours 9am-5pm Onsite Yes Needed Skills Handling Customer Calls and Data Entry StaPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Pragmatism and the Reciprocity of Means and Ends
Pragmatism is the one distinctively American contribution to philosophy (think Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and more recently Richard Rorty and perhaps Hilary Putnam), but because the word "pragmatic" has both a technical/philosophical and a colloquial sense, the declaration that someone is a "pragmatist" is often more confusing than illuminating. In law, for example, the Ur-Pragmatist was certainly Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who was in fact part of the "Metaphysical ClubPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
No China Visas to Shenzhen for Filipinos in Lo Wu?
It has been reported at a local Filipino tabloid (The Sun) that Filipino passport holders, whether residents of Hong Kong or tourists, will not be issued visas in the border frontier of Lo Wu.Lo Wu is the last MTR train stop from Hong Kong before crossing into Shenzhen.Therefore, before Filipinos board the train to Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau which border's the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen (Special Economic Zone), a visa must be secured from the Chinese embassy located in Wan Chai (see below for aPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Fiji and New Zealand Bloggers Debate Diplomatic Row
Bloggers from Fiji and New Zealand are discussing an ongoing diplomatic row between their governments that intensified when New Zealand refused to grant visas to three family members of senior officials in Fiji's government who came to power in a coup in December 2006. When the son of a secretary who works for FijiPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Who Killed Hemant Karkare?
By R.H. EditorPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Change Your Citizenship. Wanna Try?
Long long centuries ago I wrote about Anggun who changed her citizenship into French, but still has the feeling as Indonesian and dedicates her body and soul to Indonesia *halah*. I have also read about Indonesian-born Andy Tielman, the frontman of Tielman Brothers, among the first rock n roll bands in the world, and probably the first in Netherland, the first who owned Gibson Les Paul in Netherland (the list wonPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Myanmar: 11 Key Points for Understanding the Kachin Conflict
Tim Patterson and Ryan Libre, for The Pulitzer CenterPublication date: 2008-12-19 more
Tired Old Men - Vientiane Laos
Queuing for my Visa in the "Peoples Democratic Republic of Laos" (there are three lies in this nations' title, see if you can spot them dear readers) I was struck by the amount of Gold Braid and shoulder boards on each and every one of the miriad customs and immigration officials found at the entry point at Vientiane airport. I also noticed that the Communism in this part of the world doesn't do jack for the welfare of the people. It simply signs agreements with the Chinese which the Chinese havPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
Thailand organising roadshows to restore foreigners tourism confidence
Thailand organising roadshows to restore foreigners tourism confidence BANGKOK, Sept 18 (TNA)Publication date: 2008-09-18 more
I Am Stealing This From A Blog
"PRAY HARDMom and Dad, I trust you got our email. If not, I am so sorry you are reading this on the blog. We are sending you our hotel number and Charlie has inserted the China sim card. We can call you but we need to set a time. Email us a time. Or Charlie said to use Rod's cell phone to call us on our hotel number. He has international calling.Today has been the hardest day of our lives. We met our daughter in a dank, dirty, filthy hospital in China. She is very sick. She is dying. We need manPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
Tired Old Men
Queuing for my Visa in the "Peoples Democratic Republic of Laos" (there are three lies in this nations' title, see if you can spot them dear readers) I was struck by the amount of Gold Braid and shoulder boards on each and every one of the miriad customs and immigration officials found at the entry point at Vientiane airport. I also noticed that the Communism in this part of the world doesn't do jack for the welfare of the people. It simply signs agreements with the Chinese which the Chinese havPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
Undesirable Myanmar Activists in Singapore!
The news of the action of Singapore government upon Myanmar activists in the island nation do not surprise me at all. I have been warning these activists that this will be coming. They are not as free as they are in US or in Europe where full democracy is practiced and yet no average normal hard working busy ordinary conservative citizens of the West like activists so much. More so, no government likes any disturbances to their community which needs to live in peace. US government especially doPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
Tech Policy is the new Economic Policy.
So, has anyone else been watching Wall Street do the 2000 style dot-com dance while the TechCrunch-watching, TechMeme-obsessed crowd throws parties like itPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
The New Economy is still the Economy
{originally posted at Technosailor.com] So, has anyone else been watching Wall Street do the 2000 style dot-com dance while the TechCrunch-watching, TechMeme-obsessed crowd throws parties like it's 1999? I feel for the guys at Lehman and AIG, some of them my age, now out on the street. In fact, I feel even more sorry for them than I did for the guys caught in the dot-com bust. Those guys in 2000 had skills but no one to pay them. These guys in 2008 have no skill except moving non-existent mPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
Excellent college position offered in Shaanxi
College is located in the first Royal Park, historical and cultural city, the charm of Chinese cities - Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, adjacent to the ancient capital of XiPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
Malaysia report
Greetings from Malaysia. I am on a visa run & cultural sightseeing. You should know by now what kind of culture I am interested in. The current lack of tourists in Thailand is a great idea. Last time I left Bangkok there were approx. 500 people waiting in line at Immigration. Then the hall was hot and filled to capacity. Today there were no lines. Keep it up, PAD, Samak and Somchai! Four Malaysian boys were on my flight. They wore pink, carried Gucci bags and their shoes were white. One oPublication date: 2008-09-18 more
NYT: China
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Bloomberg Tropical Storm Gustav moved across Jamaica today as residents of the US state of Louisiana began to prepare for the system to hit at hurricane force next week, three years after Katrina. S Mom May Return to Jail. Death toll climbs as Gustav barrels through Caribbean. Video NFL Clears Pacman to Play for Cowboys. West Nile virus causes nd death in Carnation realty inc stow ohio. International versions of Google News available in. We shouldnPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
NUDNIKS IN THE NEWS
.PEOPLE EVEN STUPIDER THAN ME & YOUWELL, STUPIDER THAN YOU, ANYWAYS. HA-HAH-HAW-HAW!!!You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up. Unless You're Being Paid.YAHOO NEWS"3 ships thwart attacks by pirates off Somalia"AAAAAARRRGH!!!' Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three vessels off Somalia's coast but failed to hijack them because of quick action by crew members, a maritime official said Monday. A Chinese cargo ship, a Singaporean liquefied gas carrier and a Thai bulk carrier managed toPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Visa restrictions coming to an end?
One of the more unfortunate side-effects of China's desire to pull off a 'perfect' Olympic games was the clamp down on issuing visas to foreigners. It is not untypical of Chinese bureaucrats to take sledge hammer sized solutions to walnut sized problems and this is a case in point with all regular travel to the country having been seriously disrupted for several months. This has caused a slow down in a lot of regular business activity and has impacted foreign visitor attendance at those events oPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Merchant Lynx Services - Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jump to the full entry & travel map Boston, Massachusetts, United States Information about Merchant Lynx ServicesBy enforcing the rules that were already on the books, the financial stocks were driven up by short covering, and are being kept up by good earnings. "The move levels the playing field between the longs and the short," said Howard. He encouraged Cox to extend the enforcement of the rules to all stocks. American Express also said the weakening economy has led it to believe the cPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Found: Dinner. Every. Night.
Those long white folded menus stuffed under my door were getting annoying. One day it was Golden Wok on Skillman advertising free delivery seven days a week, then it was Golden Rainbow on Queens Boulevard advertising free delivery seven days a week PLUS a free spring roll with an order of ten dollars or more. And then, before I knew it, I had a drawer full of long white menus listing meal after meal of Chinese food and then suddenly I became blind to the long white menus and their funny translatPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Interview with CNBC's Darren Rovell
One of the best sports business reporters bar none is Darren Rovell. He's currently seen on CNBC's myriad of programming including "Squawk Box", "Power Lunch" and "Closing Bell". In addition, Darren has conducted interviews with many of the world's greatest athletes and sports power brokers. Darren also anchored and reported the acclaimed CNBC documentary, "Swoosh Inside Nike". And Darren regularly blogs for CNBC to which I link to almost every day. Previously to joining CNBC, Darren worked at EPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
China: Teach English, Learn Chinese and Enjoy Exploring Fascinating China. Bond offers a generous package.
Teach English, Learn Chinese, Explore China & Feel the Excitement of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Bond Institute warmly welcome interested candidates to a choice of preschool,kindergarten, primary, secondary, college and corporate level positions. Bond offers a generous package: monthly salary ( paid every half month ) plus free accommodation, transportation allowance, airfare and visa fee reimbursement as per contract, completion bonus, Chinese lessons, cultural tours and paid holidays. bondPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Come Together For Our United Harmony kingdom.
Chief Bello hails from the Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, which plays host to the giant US oil firm. For the sake of public harmony, a trial must be avoided at all costs. The spa also features two harmony rooms with reclining quot. Bone Thugs N Harmony, Creepin on ah Come Up,, Ruthless Records, Epic Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony, Japan. Our leaders should bury their nitrates and work together in harmony for the sake of the country. Come ToPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Myanmar prominent journalist criticized Myanmar bloggers!
Report by Mayburma. The political climate of Myanmar has come to a corner this month as the military government invites political parties to be active openly inside the country and prepare for the 2010 election. One advisor of 1990 elected party which exists abroad went back to Myanmar after getting visa from the government saying that he went back there to see the cyclone Nargis victims. Exiles accuse him of jumping the fence to the enemy side. One prominent pro democracy individual named UPublication date: 2008-09-17 more
Update on Immigration in Japan
The Asia Sentinel had an article yesterday about Immigration in East Asia. Here an excerpt from the section about Japan: Although China is clearly in the lead as a source of overseas workers, India has been catching up although for countries outside Asia. China completely dominates the movement into both Japan and Korea. For example, one third of all inflows into Japan are from ChinaPublication date: 2008-09-17 more