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Let’s Get Physical (6) The Core; Back to the Cheese Aisle

Core Blimey - it’s that time already! After weeks of is it or isn’t it(?), I think we can say that summer is here. Not least because it’s the time of year where in a matter of moments, the expatcrew...

Hiring Graduates; the Tripartite Agreement

It is that time of year and universities across China will begin assisting graduates with their Tripartite Agreements. What is a Tripartite Agreement? It is an agreement signed by the graduate, the employer and the university prior to...

China Third-party Digital Payment Market

2005 was the first year of the China digital payment’s era. Since then, digital payments in China have experienced a dramatic growth. A variety of payment methods, such as online payment, phone payment and mobile payment have sped up...

Let’s Get Physical (5) What You Think You Look Like vs. What You Really Look Like

If you are ever in need of a short 5 minutes of procrastination, type this month’s headline in to Google Images. Hilarious.... and you know why? Because, funny things are often those things to which we can relate. It’s...

Food Labelling & Fair Competition

The wide and important field of food safety law has been recently explored, analysed, studied and explained all over the world. As a matter of fact, this particular branch of legislation is one of the few in which...

Let’s Get Physical (4) Back to Basics; Moving More, Eating Better

Tabata, H.I.T., insanity training, kale smoothies, powerplates, weighted hula hooping, juicing, hot yoga, ice baths... how many fitness and nutrition crazes have you been through? Not to say they are all bad but just to say that underneath it...

The Four Steps in China’s Fight Against Terrorism

On 1st January 2016, as approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, the Counter-terrorism Law entered into force, and was greeted with an understandable mix of feelings in China; warmly welcomed on the one...

Art as Gaokao Alternative

Every year, when the spring is approaching, millions of art students would surge into various art academies to take exams. Chen Huimin is one of the huge army called art students. Every weekend, the girl with...

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China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

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Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

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