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- Should You Look For Work In China? [Forbes] "The New York Times recently ran an article about young Americans flocking to China for job opportunities because job prospects are so bleak in the U.S. The article made it sound as if it's easy to find a good job there even if you don't speak Mandarin or know much about Chinese culture. Is it really that easy? The answer quite simply is no."
- Lead poisoning sickens 600 kids in China [Salon] "The number of children sickened from lead poisoning has risen to more than 600 in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination, state media reported. More than 80 percent of the 731 children living in the two villages near the Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Co. in Shaanxi province have tested positive for lead poisoning, nearly double the number reported earlier this week."
- InMusic Festival review - checkit! [China Music Radar] "In China, most events of this scale are announced and then never happen. We expected this would be the same, particularly given that InMusic can barely publish a monthly magazine, no matter organize a multi-day, multi-stage festival with international caliber acts. Yet, being a supporter of the need for more successful festival events in China we were hopeful. As the days approached it became clear that the festival was actually going forward and so with curious anticipation we secured our tickets, packed our tent and headed out of Beijing…"
- Official executed for raping 24 underage girls [China Daily] "Sixty-two-year-old Wu Tianxi was sentenced to death for raping 24 underage girls in less than two years. Wu, a delegate of the National People's Congress in 1998, ordered three women to kidnap the girls, aged from 12 to 16, and take them to his office or hotels, where he raped them. He was reportedly worried about his declining wealth and took a rumor seriously that sexual intercourse with virgin girls would bring him good health and fortune, which prompted him to find 100 virgins."
- Taiwan typhoon death toll could top 500 [Xinhua] "The death toll from Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan could reach more than 500. Latest reports say about 380 people are feared dead in a southern Taiwan village in the wake of the typhoon. The 380 people are from Kaohsiung's Hsiaolin village which was buried in mudslides on Aug. 9."
- Principal stops school demolition by dousing herself in petrol [Shanghai Daily] "A VICE principal of a primary school for migrant workers' children in Minhang District poured gasoline over herself during a protest yesterday morning against the government demolishing a dilapidated school building. Dozens of teaching staff and parents rushed to the school in Tang'an Village of Wujing Town around 7am to stop the workers from demolishing the school, concerned the 650 students will be deprived of an education, the xinmin.cn reported today. During the standoff, vice principal Hao Shimei climbed onto a roof and poured gasoline on herself, holding off more than 100 people involved in the dismantling effort, including workers, police and government officials."
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The article also doesn't discuss the need to have serious savings to stick it out until you find a job and that the pay will most likely be very "local" so you need to have cash somewhere else to have any sort of life.
Most of the examples pointed out are ivy league rich kids who are living off of the trust fund.