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		<title>Renting a house/apartment in China:</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you aren&#8217;t a high level executive from a multinational that are usually stationed in China for 3 &#8211; 5 years, who are provided with company housing, staff, and most likely a driver, you will probably have to rent your accommodation if you are living and working in China for any periods longer than 2 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=254&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an ongoing discussion that we have had in OE, and I don&#8217;t think it would be outdated any time soon.  Regulations and practices concerning real estate are constantly changing in China, and it&#8217;s already confusing enough for Chinese people, let along foreigners.  These are some of my answers concerning the question. Real Estate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=244&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let the 2010 Vancvouer Winter Olympics Games Begin!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[vancouver 2010 As a long time Canadian expat in China, I think it maybe providence that has given 2 of the cities I call home to host 2 Olympics back to back. I still can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been 2 yrs since I started this Blog because of the 2008 Beijing Olympics games and now Vancouver [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=220&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to deal with Chinese authorities? Or don&#8217;t expect mercy from Chinese justice system just because you are a Westerner!!</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/how-to-deal-with-chinese-authorities-or-dont-expect-mercy-from-chinese-justice-system-just-because-you-are-a-westerner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real life case that has happened in China: Arrest:  Linky. Sentenced :  Linky. Execution:  Linky. So let&#8217;s recap: A British man is facing execution after being convicted of smuggling heroin into China. Akmal Shaikh, 53, from north London, was arrested after a suitcase he was carrying was allegedly found to contain 4kg [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=189&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Banking in China:</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/banking-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>renlingshuiyue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OE admin Mandy asked this question the other day: roots mentioned in another thread that the ATM card issued by his bank in China won&#8217;t work overseas. Is this the case with all banks in China? Which of the banks are most expat friendly? What are the requirements for opening an account etc? Which do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=178&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What about HK?  Working/teaching/getting a job and living in HK?</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/what-about-hk-teaching-and-living-in-hk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>renlingshuiyue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new expat to be joined us in OE board the other day, and even though this is a China blog, I&#8217;ve decided to put my replies here. I usually don&#8217;t consider HK to be part of China, since 100 years of British rule has change the port city into a Singapore like city state. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=150&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What to see in Beijing? Traveling/Exploring Beijing Part 2:</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/what-to-see-in-beijing-beijing-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>renlingshuiyue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edit:  Fixed an error that has resulted in some confusion on #7. If you are a first time visitor to China, you are most likely to land in Beijing first. Beijing has been a capitol to China for roughly 700 years since Kublai Khan&#8217;s time, so as you can imagine, there are a lot of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=131&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxis in China</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/taxis-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>renlingshuiyue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever taken a taxi in North America? (Sorry, I don&#8217;t have taxi experience in Europe) Ok, throw that out of the window now. It&#8217;s not that Chinese taxi drivers aren&#8217;t as good as their North American counter parts (which are quickly being replaced by Indians in Vancouver), it&#8217;s just that the system and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=110&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: The dangers of China (Crime)</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/warning-the-possible-dangers-of-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>renlingshuiyue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can happen to you: A Canadian Model was murdered in China not so long ago. Please read that first, if the link is dead, read the following quote: A trial began Monday in China for the 18-year-old Chinese man accused of murdering B.C. model Diana O&#8217;Brien in Shanghai in July. China&#8217;s official Xinhua news [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=115&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More books for you to learn more about China:</title>
		<link>http://chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/more-books-for-you-to-learn-more-about-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Last Days of Old Beijing Good book, and I haven&#8217;t finished all of it yet. I&#8217;ll write a review and post it on LibraryThing later. A bit of description from Amazon: A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes. Soon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinasurvivalguide.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420379&amp;post=83&amp;subd=chinasurvivalguide&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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