~Tech culture around the world~ Ever needed to mail a package in a pinch and had no time to go to the post office? Ever have trouble dealing with 快递 kuài dì delivery drivers? Don’t fret, there’s hope for you yet! So helpful, random little UPS dude~ Thanks to the wonderful app we call Wechat, we can order…
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The Cheapest Way to Move Money Online from China to the USA, UK & Canada
~Moving money across cultures~ One of the most difficult parts of living and working abroad, not to mention living in China, is getting your hard-earned rambos back home to pay bills, loans, mortgages, whatever. And to be completely honest, my wife and I have literally tried every method out there. In 2006, I was primarily doing…
🌹 How To Buy Flowers On Wechat
It’s that time of year again, when some people forget to buy other people certain things for a certain special day. You’re in luck! With Wechat, besides being able to reserve trains, hail taxis, get movie tickets, or send St. Arbucks gift cards, we can also order flower deliveries to anyone anywhere in China right…
【学习】Free Business English Classes Online at Linkedin until Oct. 30~
Great news, everyone! Linkedin.com/learning is currently offering all of their online classes for free until this coming Sunday, October 30th… Some of the video courses are very short and easy to consume in only 10-30 minutes and some of them are a few hours long. Various class topics: Insights from a Business Coach Critical Thinking…
【电视剧】Where to stream foreign TV shows in China (中英字幕)
With the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards wrapped up for another year, we have a peer-reviewed popular choice for which TV shows we might want to check out… Spoiler alert: the winner for Best Drama Series was Game of Thrones and the winner for Best Comedy Series was Veep. No surprise at all. Some of the…
Confessions of a Wechat Groupaholic 一个微信组狂的自白
“Hi, my name is Bobby and I’m a Wechat Group-aholic…” (Everyone reply together: “Hi Bobby…”) They say the first step on the road to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Well, take this as my not-so-subtle cry for help. I’m no addict, but as of this writing I am a proud member of exactly…
⚠️ Reminder: Verify your Alipay account by July 1
Do you use Alipay as one of your payment methods in China? Here’s your friendly reminder to authorize and verify yourself before July 1st! We received a suspicious text message from Alipay’s main number a couple weeks ago: It’s taken us a couple of weeks dealing with their “support” people trying to get some insight….