http://www.theszweb.com Shenzhen News Blog | Expat Info and Commentary Sun, 04 May 2008 12:45:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new name has been coined for foreigners living (/drifting) in China long term: "halfpat". "Expat" on the other hand, according to this definition, means temporarily-relocated big-corporation type people... those people who never get into "the real china" and enjoy salary/benefit packages from their firms virtually identical to what they ... http://www.theszweb.com/2008/foreigners-in-china-what-is-a-halfpat/ Leppert welcomes China's ZTE Corp. to locate HQ in Dallas 6:47 AM CT Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News SHENZHEN, China – A major Chinese telecommunications company will establish its US headquarters in Dallas, ... See all stories on this topic CIWT ... http://www.theszweb.com/2008/shenzhen-news-4th-may-2008/ Shenzhen experiences realty rip-off China Daily - China By Hu Yuanyuan (China Daily) Business circles in Shenzhen were stunned when they heard Zhongtian Real Estate Evaluation Co, one of the country's top-100 ... China B-shares end morning lower led by property stocks - UPDATE Forbes - NY,USA The Shanghai B-share Index ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/shenzhen-news-17th-december-2007/ Shenzhen is apparently accelerating the construction of the new lines (or trying to catch up on behind schedule projects?) meaning 2008 will see hundreds of new construction sites all opened up at the same time, unsurprisingly leading to huge transport disruption. SHENZHEN will see about 18 months of serious traffic ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/shenzhen-roads-to-be-even-more-fucked-in-2008/ 17,000 - foreigners living permanently in Shenzhen 430,000 - foreigners studying or working temporarily in Shenzhen 8.46 million - Shenzhen hukou holders in 2006 11 million - target limit of Shenzhen hukou holders by 2020, cha right 15 million - "warning threshold" at which "the per capita public resources will be reduced and the ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/more-interesting-shenzhen-numbers/ Chinese face up to plastic-free shopping Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong SHENZHEN - Shenzhen, the booming mainland China area that neighbors Hong Kong, said it is considering legislation to end the free use of plastic shopping ... Shenzhen Happy Valley to Open Magic Castle on 2008 New Year's ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/shenzhen-news-8th-december-2007/ On the streets of the gadget mecca southernstudios wrote 8 hours ago: So I made the weekly trip down to Huaqiang Bei yesterday, and checked out some of the cool gadgets … more » byebye tokyo. hello shenzhen southernstudios wrote 1 day ago:   it was only a ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/wordpresscom-blog-posts-related-to-shenzhen-dec-07/ Originally appeared on www.chinainvestingadvice.com on 7/19/07 It was hot and humid outside of the Shangri La Hotel in Shenzhen last night. The smog-choked air made every breath difficult. Crowds of migrant workers filled the sidewalks while cars zipped up and down the streets urgently. My kids and I ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/featured-article-the-skyline-of-shenzhen/ Shenzhen Bank to Raise $568 Million in Share Sale (Update1) Bloomberg - USA 3 (Bloomberg) -- Shenzhen Development Bank Co., a Chinese bank controlled by US buyout firm TPG Inc., plans to raise 4.2 billion yuan ($568 million) selling ... China to float listing boards for IT, biotech Times of ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/shenzhen-news-4th-december-2007/ What is the easiest way to get from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, and vice versa? The answer as of now is undisputably: Futian Checkpoint. You can get to Futian Checkpoint by taking the Shenzhen Metro to Huanggang Metro Stop at the bottom of Line 4. It's easy to cross the China ... http://www.theszweb.com/2007/futian-checkpoint-is-cool-shenzhen-hong-kong-border-crossing-made-easy/