Beijing-based lawyer Gary Chodorow, on his blog Law and Border, has translated an announcement from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security (or BMBoHRaSS for short) that states that employment license applicants will be required to submit a “certificate of no criminal conviction” from their country of residence as of July 1, 2013.Read More
Shanghaiist is reporting that a French man was attacked outside Bar 88 on Fumin Lu in Shanghai early last Monday morning (June 10th). The unprovoked assault took place as the victim was getting in a taxi after exiting the club shortly after 4 a.m.Read More
Yet another foreign teacher has been detained by authorities on suspicion of sexually assaulting his students. The 32-year-old American identified only by his surname McMahon had been teaching kindergarten for the past five years at Shanghai’s Lycée français de Shanghai. The kindergarten teacher was seized by police on May 13 after seven families filed formal …Read More
The Shanghaiist reports that after a night of heavy drinking an unidentified foreigner in Guangzhou chose the wrong prostitute to haggle with. After haggling for a while with the 50 year old woman, the two cut a deald for 500 yuan and were seen leaving together in a taxi and checking into a nearby hotel. …Read More
Expats in Beijing and Shanghai now have two new options for buying/selling/trading their gear. SellShanghai.com and SellBeijing.com. Read More
Shanghai’s multi-venue BooshKaBaash Festival, meant to run over this past and next weekend, has been cancelled after police raided venues and detained foreign performers. Organizers posted the following on the BooshKaBaash site: “As many people may already know, the infamous Friday Police raid at Melting Pot led to the cancellation of all Booshkabaash Festival shows. …Read More
Despite a strong showing in the “Top 10 attractive cities to foreigners” list, a new report indicates that no Mainland first-tier cities are suitable for habitation. The report on China’s urban competitiveness, from Chinese think tank the National Academy of Economic Strategy under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, states that the metropolises of Beijing, …Read More
According to a post over at The Nanfang, Guangzhou is about to get a brand new event catering to the city’s LGBT community, specifically the ladies.Read More
According to an article in the China Daily, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council has put together plans for two new visa types for foreign professionals. The visas will be targeted towards senior-level foreign talent that the country is in urgent need of, but the government has yet to outline specific groups that …Read More
Car News China reports that a pair of foreigners were in a minor dust-up when the Ferrari FF they were driving rear-ended a large truck in a Shanghai bike lane.Read More
The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) has issued an “urgent notice” regarding the hiring practices of foreign teachers in China after two stories about sex offenders teaching in China broke last week. “Such cases are not common. The overwhelming majority of foreign teachers in China are outstanding,” Xia Bing, director of the Department …Read More
According to The Next Web, China Mobile is looking to launch the country’s first 4G LTE network by August of this year. The report comes via an insider source on Chinese telecom news site cww.net.cn, who stated the mobile giant is hoping to have approval for the LTE-TD network by May 17, 2013, with public …Read More
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