Blog Tag - expatriate

Beijing Ranks #118 Out of #230 In Mercer's "Quality of Living Rankings" For Expats
The annual Quality of Living Rankings from Mercer were released late in late February, and our fair city comes in at a middling no. 118 of the 230-...
Average China Expatriate Makes USD 276,000 Per Year, Survey Claims
The average expatriate middle manager in China makes USD 276,000 per year, making him (or her) one of the highest-paid expatriates in the world, a ...
China Faces English Teacher Shortage
You couldn't tell by hanging out at Cafe de la Poste, but China is now facing an English teacher shortage. With at least 4,000 native-speaking...
Lessons to be Learned from Cautionary Tale of Expat Teen Jailed After Bar Fight
A melodramatic Wall Street Journal article about a young Beijing expatriate's month-long stint in a Beijing jail serves as a reminder to all of us to...
Departing China Expat Families Outnumber Arrivals by Double: WSJ
This can't be good: twice as many expatriate families are leaving China as are arriving, according to a survey by moving firm UniGroup Relocation....
We're Number Three! China Places Third on HSBC Expatriate Life Poll
It's great to be an expatriate in China, which has ranked third on a survey of over 100 countries conducted by HSBC in terms of compensation for...
American Translator and Longtime Beijinger Sidney Shapiro Dies at 98
In the measuring contest that is expatriate life in Beijing, no one could top Sidney Shapiro, who moved to China in 1947 and died here on October 18...