charlie_in_sh
American expat in China
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About me
American
Lives in shanghai
Registration: 09 January 2011
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American girl 19, looking for friends! by Ceciliac
Hi, I am Cecilia. I come from Minnesota in the United States. I am here as an au pair and would like to have some friends. I don't know one soul in this city so I am getting lonely. Contact me if you are interested! :)
pubcrawlshanghai.com runs a crawl that draws a good deal of expats thursday nights, many of them students around your age. Read More
They're offering 130,000RMB / month....what do you say? by spiribizki
Hi friends, I have been offered to relocate to Beijing for 3-4 years with my three kids and wife (family of 5). The company would be paying for the house and the international school and 130000 RMB per month after tax (plus the trip back home once ...
Dear Spiribizki, 1) you might not want to rear your children in Beijing. well, there are pros and cons. I'm guessing you're aware of the pros from the news. The cons are that daily life is more...corrupt, for lack of a better word, even in ... Read More
Accessing internet and US apple store in China by swissgirl03
We are currently in the process of moving to Shanghai from the USA. I an curious to know if I will be able to access the internet, Facebook, and the US apple store for our iPads to work. Does anyone have any information to help us out. Thanks so ...
oh, and the minor detail that your iphone on the US network will charge you massive international roaming charges if you use it out of country (I'd turn data roaming off abroad just to be safe if you plan to use it as a simple ipod/etc..) Read More
Accessing internet and US apple store in China by swissgirl03
We are currently in the process of moving to Shanghai from the USA. I an curious to know if I will be able to access the internet, Facebook, and the US apple store for our iPads to work. Does anyone have any information to help us out. Thanks so ...
witopia's well worth it on a macbook, word on the street is it does iphones too. presumably the us app store could work with witopia installed, but I'd goigle that/check with an expat who uses it, I've been too lazy to install it on my iphone. as ... Read More