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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » naive?
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. July 4th, 2014. Well, I’m kinda hoping for David Shambaugh’s sake that there’s a bit of misreporting going on here. Quotes being taken out of context, or something like that, because:. 8220;Google is down. Yahoo is own Bing is down. You can’t access the outside world.”. And that, dear friends, is. I have my gmail open in another tab, I just googled. David Shambaugh and opened the Wikipedia article on him. 8220;Australia is doing it, Asean ...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » Substandard NuZealand?
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. December 1st, 2014. This morning I saw this article in Yangzhou News,. Attributed (but not linked) to Beijing Business Today. Reporting that 纽睿智 infant formula from New Zealand was on AQSIQ’s October list of substandard imported food and cosmetic products. Unfortunately there’s precious little information beyond that in the article, and searches of AQSIQ’s website. Cross-posted to my LinkedIn. Comments Off on Substandard NuZealand?
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » Dakang, An Yuan, Crafar, Lochinver, Shanghai Pengxin…
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. Dakang, An Yuan, Crafar, Lochinver, Shanghai Pengxin…. September 17th, 2014. Today I see news that a company called Dakang Muye (大康牧业) is planning to spend 2.3 billion to buy two New Zealand farms. Exactly how big a sum 2.3 billion is depends, of course, on which currency we’re using. I think it safe to assume from context that the currency is Chinese Yuan/Renminbi. In which case, 2.3 billion would translate to NZ$. 457,613,434.77. 8221; I...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » China Connection
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. July 18th, 2014. Note: This is a very slightly altered version of a post I wrote on my Linked In profile. There’s a link to my Linked In profile on the right sidebar if you’re interested. The New Zealand Herald has been running a China Connection series by Paul Lewis in association with the BNZ every Friday, and as the series continues it gets more interesting. Today’s instalment looks at SMEs and China. Asked whether the two countries had...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » three manys?
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. November 20th, 2014. With Xi Jinping visiting New Zealand there is naturally an upspike in mentions of New Zealand in the Chinese press. Naturally, these mentions tend to be about Xi’s visit, but there are other things too. Things like this rather odd little article, attributed to Zhou Qiyuan of Nanjing Daily. It starts with the ‘many sheep’:. And that’s it. What a strange, strange article. Granted, it’s been a long time since I&...On the ...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » Education, training, …. opportunity?
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. Education, training, …. opportunity? December 21st, 2014. Yesterday morning I read this article by Gordon Orr at McKinsey. There are two particular points in these two paragraphs that I want to look at. I’ll title one “The System” and the other “Changes”. I also see an opportunity here. Let’s look at the third sentence of the first paragraph:. 8230;what they learned…. 8230;how they learned…. And parental demands are two of the more common ...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » It lacks only a little
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. It lacks only a little. January 6th, 2015. For all the talk of cultural differences, it’s amazing the similarities that can be seen if only you look. One could be forgiven for thinking New Zealand’s national motto is “she’ll be right”. China has a similar saying – “ 差不多. This has always reminded me a lot of New Zealand’s traditional “she’ll be right” attitude. Do you really think that’s a good idea? What could possibly go wrong? You’...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » how long until we learn?
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. How long until we learn? October 17th, 2014. This morning I sat in the classroom reading as I waited for students to arrive for their spoken tests. Among other things, I read chapters 3o and 31 of the Dao De Jing. He who would assist a lord of men in harmony with the Dao will not assert his mastery in the kingdom by force of arms. Such a course is sure to meet with its proper return. Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the...
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bezdomny ex patria » Blog Archive » so that’s that then
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Ramblings of an expat Kiwi living in one small corner of Beijing. So that’s that then. December 19th, 2014. I’m done. Finished. Well, not quite, but…. Yesterday morning was my last ever lesson taught at this university. Or in China. I had lessons scheduled for yesterday afternoon and this morning, but those times were given over to final speaking tests. Now I have two writing tests on Monday and a pile of papers and recordings to grade and paperwork to be done and submitted. Posted in life in Beijing.
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