The Expatriate Center (TEC) is an NPO (non-profit organization) supported by the Shanghai municipal government designed to help expatriates build a home away from home. It runs various events as well as a number of services that help people adapt, cope, and understand life in Shanghai. ...
Expats in Shanghai may take advantage of a number of enticing tax perks, such as incentives for foreign workers and lower tax rates for particular professions, on top of the employment and career opportunities the city provides. The financial benefits of expatriate life in Shanghai are significant...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing travel bans, many foreigners working in China have begun to consider applying for a Chinese “Green Card”, or permanent residence ID card. With the card, an expatriate will be able toenter Chinajust like Chinese citizens, without going through visa f...
Ashish Maskay, 51, is a 2020 Shanghai Magnolia Silver Award winner from Nepal. Having spent more than one-third of his life in the city, he is famous in the expatriate and local communities partly for blood donation activities. In this article on the City News Service, he'll introduce t...
Barthes: The serviced apartment industry shows continual growth as new supply enters the market. With the expected increase in the number of MNC expatriate personnel in Shanghai, we anticipate the occupancy rates and average rents will increase in the mid-term. Mandarin Oriental is fortunate to be...
There are a few hostels providing accommodations as well as a growing English-speaking expatriate community. Manta: It’s a large city on the coast of Manabí with around 200,000 inhabitants. An important center for the tuna industry and is also well-known for its notable tourist activities wh...
During a seven-day visit to Qatar, conversations with expatriate workers and Qatari citizens almost always turned to the topic of distrust, even during the most mundane of encounters. “I am Qatari, and this country is for me,” a driver shouted as he forced his way into a parking space ...
In China, more than one-quarter of Shanghai's population holds a college degree. Not only does the city produce more than 100,000 home-grown graduates a year, but it also pulls in talent from the rest o...
His children were new to the Center; beginning only the previous week. Mr. Yang and his family migrated to Shanghai from rural Anhui province 12 years ago. He was drawn to Shanghai because of the opportunities to earn a higher salary for himself and improved educational opportunities for his...
Another thing that an investor needs to determine is to find out where you want to base your business — in a free zone or mainland. The main advantage of investing in a free zone business is that as an expatriate, you can have 100% ownership of the business. ...