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The CCP is about to start its annual recruitment of new staff and this year, it's got a whopping 15,000 positions, says the Ministry of Human Resoruces and Social Security. Part of the battle against unemployment rates, wethinks? The ministry will start taking in applications from October 15 to 24, they're hoping for people with "grassroots working experience." Unfortunately, foreigners can't apply - but if you were wondering why your Chinese friends are suddenly scrambling to get their CVs in order... well, now you know.

China has worked hard to overcome its brain drain problem. In the past 30 years it has fought to improve the prestige of its educational institutions, uphold the promise of economic growth and prosperity, and provide a prosperous and comfortable environment for its educated elite. But in spite of the country's efforts, a good portion of educated Chinese still seek opportunities for a one-way ticket abroad. According to a Gallup survey conducted in November 2008, one in five college-educated Chinese wants to emigrate permanently to a foreign country.

We've highlighted mini-documentaries on the plight of migrant workers before, but there can't be enough said about these 200 million generally faceless people who have borne the burden of China's economic boom on their backs.

We guess that with the job situation getting worse and worse (and some would say "hearse and hearse" - hehehe), today's graduates have to do anything they can to stand out... including making a ripoff of HP's hands commercial.

The U.S. isn't the only country that's making incredibly super rich people cut down on their incredible super richness, China has now also set compensation caps for its State-sector financial companies. Salaries for top executives are now limited to 2.8 million yuan. Caps for pay packages will be slashed for regular executives, down to four times their annual salary (50,000 to 700,000 yuan). Oh, the humanity! Source: China Daily

Normally, job postings on Las Vegas' Craigslist for nightclub managers would never catch our attention. Make that nightclub a KTV disco nightclub and put it in Shanghai, and we start to get curious. Make the annual salary for said position between $100k and $400k USD, and we're printing out résumés:

African nationals in the city have been running small businesses on flexible, six-month ``F'' visas and are now being given only tourist visas of up to 15 days, the Morning Post said.

• Via Danwei: For the first time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has acknowledged that visa procedures have been tightened. Said Qin Gang, according to the AP:

  "We have made some arrangements according to usual international practice. That is, in the approval process we are more strict and more serious with the procedure," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.

  Continue reading "China visa updates"

Like Donna Summer once said, "He works hard for the money, so hard for it honey." All right, Donna was actually referring to a woman. But the message of Donna's 1983 hit could also be applied to an American guy living in Fuzhou named Benjamin Ross. Perhaps you are thinking, "Who cares? There are 57,000+ foreigners working in Shanghai alone." Ben's story is unique because, since the beginning of May, he's been working at a...