China eases rules and policies for skilled foreign workers with the R Visa
Gu Chong, a professor of statistics at Purdue University in the US, was glad that he recently got a confirmation letter for getting an R Visa or the foreign talents visa. In September 2017, he was invited to China by Tsinghua University to work as a distinguished professor for a year.
Unlocking five ultimate secrets to doing business in China
Did you know that the answer “yes” is not necessarily an indication of agreement in China, that signing a contract may just mean the beginning of the real negotiation and that “You don't understand China” means disagreement?
Time for a raise
Michael (pseudonym), an American who has been working in Beijing for almost four years, is satisfied with his current job as the chief marketing officer at an e-commerce platform.
Over the past two years, Michael has worked for three different companies doing marketing for the internet industry.
Foreigners who have lived in or visited Beijing and Taipei compare life in the two metropolises
A recent release of salary levels in different cities across China has unwittingly pitted Beijing against Taipei.
Broad horizons
When her mother went to the US alone for her postgraduate studies in the late 1980s, 4-year-old Michelle Li stayed in Beijing with her father, who ran his own business in China's budding fashion industry.
China increasingly attractive to foreign professionals
It took Nikita Ermakov, a second-year Russian student at Peking University's Yenching Academy, four months of job hunting and many interviews before he finally got an offer from the HNA Group, a Chinese conglomerate on the Fortune 500 list. He is currently negotiating the offer with them, and hopefully, he will start the job after graduation.
Entrepreneurial energy
According to media reports, the rate of entrepreneurship in Shanghai has grown from 4.9 percent in 2005 to 11.9 percent in 2016. This increase in start-ups has not only boosted the economy but provided numerous jobs for others.
Like a mirror
Decades ago, many Chinese people spared no efforts and expense to immigrate to developed countries in order to pursue a better life and more job opportunities. Their offspring, however, are now attracted by China's rapid development and surging economy in order to realize the Chinese Dream their parents never had. The Global Times recently interviewed several “third-culture” Chinese who have recently returned to China for work. Cherlene Ye is our fifth interviewee.
Painting dreams
Italian muralist Francesco Camillo Giorgino, better known as Millo, is responsible for brightening up Daxue Road in Yangpu district by transforming the bleak, boring walls of its several buildings into literal canvases.
Two steps faster
Decades ago, many Chinese people spared no efforts and expense to immigrate to developed countries in order to pursue a better life and more job opportunities.
Going home
Dou Xixi, 29, was born in a small city in East China's Anhui Province. When her parents moved to the US for education and work opportunities in the 1980s, the then 1-year-old was left with her relatives in South China's Guangdong Province. She was not reunited again with her parents until the age of six.
A better tomorrow
JS Cheung-Ah-Seung was born in southern France and grew up on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. It is 10,000 kilometers from France, pretty much the same distance from China. His father is ethnically Chinese and his mother is French.
Interning in Shanghai
Veselina has participated in four internship programs in Shanghai since leaving her native Bulgaria seven years ago to attend college in China.
Roots, family, culture, history
Sidney Cheung, lead instructor at Capstone Shanghai Ltd, was born in 1987 in Hong Kong.
On the hunt
Nikita Ermakov, a 25-year-old Russian, has recently been busy job hunting since he will graduate from the Yenching Academy of Peking University (PKU) in July 2018. He came to Beijing in September 2016 to study for a master's degree in Chinese studies and economics, and now he wants to find a job in China.
Fake it to make it
When Lily (pseudonym) from the US first came to Beijing one and a half years ago, like many other expats, she was tricked into using fake documents and worked illegally as an English teacher in a Chinese kindergarten.
Foreigners share their thoughts on transitioning from teaching jobs in China
Chloe Harris is very interested in China and Chinese culture. So, she came straight to Beijing as soon as she graduated from university in the US last year.
American as apple pie
There is a group of Americans here. They came to Shanghai decades ago driven by curiosity to explore this new land of opportunity.