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| A recruitment firm called J.M. Gemini has published the results of a salary survey based on compensation at the firm’s client companies in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Below is a selection of salaries in the survey; all numbers refer to monthly salaries in yuan: Junior secretary: 2,500 – 3,500 Executive secretary / PA: 13,000 [...] Salaries in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou |
| It’s been an exciting two weeks on China’s microblog scene. Megablogger, rally racer, and novelist Han Han has been defending himself against science writer Fang Zhouzi’s charges that he didn’t write some of his most famous work. Han Han (韩寒) closed out 2011 with a trio of overtly political blog posts in which he laid [...] Han Han the novelist versus Fang Zhouzi the fraud-buster |
| BBC News — 26 January 2012: River pollution sparks panic water buying in China city Ken Fletcher is a British resident of Liuzhou in Guangxi Province where the panic buying is taking place. He sent this report to Danwei on January 27. Yizhou is a small city in Hechi Prefecture in the north west of [...] Panic buying of water in Liuzhou – a report from the ground |
| I’ve never really understood Spring Festival. Sure, I know the traditions and the stories, but I must admit, I’ve never really felt it. The first year I was in China, I spent the holiday wracked with fever, hallucinating in my apartment as exuberant Harbiners bounced fireworks off my windows. That’s fairly indicative of my Spring Festival experiences [...] Spring Festival in Kedong, 2012 |
| Note: As we were finishing off this story about serial killers and mass murderers in China, news broke of a massive manhunt for murderer and armed robber Zeng Kaigui. Yang Shubin looked the part: fat and rich. At nightclubs, he would say he ran a power station and buy expensive drinks. Women quickly swarmed around [...] Serial killers in China |
| Outside a cafe in east Beijing, a small bird fluttered to the ground and hopped and pecked at the concrete. Beijing Bird Watching Society member Li Ming cracked a smile and said “Passer montanus.” A humble sparrow, which Li says is the city’s most common bird, with the magpie a close second. You can find [...] The uncertain return of Beijing wildlife |
| In August and September 2011, Danwei worked with the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) on a survey of the digital and media habits of high school students born in 1993 and 1994. The results were presented at the China 2.0 conference at Stanford Graduate School of Business School in September 2011. [...] Teen digital habits in Beijing and Palo Alto |
| Scholar Christopher G. Rea is the editor of a new book of translations of Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays by Qian Zhongshu. In an article on The China Beat, Rea says Qian “might be called the best Chinese writer you’ve never heard of”. The book includes translations by Rea, as well as Dennis [...] The Devil pays a nighttime visit to Mr. Qian Zhongshu |
| Inhwa Chung and Lucy March are currently interning at Danwei. They have spent several weeks researching stores and consumers on one of Beijing’s luxury shopping streets by talking to sales staff and customers. Jinbao Street screams wealth. Jinbao (金宝) means “gold and treasure” and the name is apt: The Hong Kong Jockey club squats in the [...] Luxury consumption on Jinbao Street |
| Liu Jing (刘京) is a Beijing-born entrepreneur, designer and cartoonist. He recently published Understanding China Through Comics, a book for iPad and Kindle about Chinese history. Below is a brief Q&A with Liu, followed by an excerpt from his new book. You can buy the book on Amazon and iTunes. JG: Can you explain how [...] Liu Jing and his comic book history of China |
| Some interesting opportunities on Danwei Jobs right now, including the following: CBS NEWS Beijing Bureau Intern TV producer for Caixin Media, one of China’s most independent and outspoken news outlets Associate Analyst – Telecom & IT market for Marbridge Consulting 客户总监: One9ninety社交媒体市场营销广告公司 Business Development for Film and Video production company China in a Box Marketing [...] Media, communications and research jobs in China |
| This post is by C. Custer, editor in chief of ChinaGeeks. For the past year, he has been researching and filming a documentary about kidnapped children in China. This is the story of one of the subjects of the film. Mr. Liu and his wife were much like any of the other millions and millions [...] Child kidnapping in China: A case study |
| I spent China’s October holiday traveling across the country on a work trip. In each city I visited, I went to a small corner store (known in China as xiaomaibu 小卖部). Such stores sell a range of goods similar to convenience stores, but usually packed into a tiny space. Many xiaomaibu‘s are so small that [...] What do people buy from corner stores in China? |
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