Discover Shanghai
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Discover Shanghai

Famous for its skyscraper skyline and its vibrant urban history, Shanghai is China’s main financial and business hub. With a population of over 25 million people and up to 9 million overseas tourists visiting the city every year, the city is busy, cosmopolitan and very popular...
Poppies Garden
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Poppies Garden

Poppies Garden About community:Poppie’s Garden is an animal rescue group founded in June 2016. It has two regular donor groups, one in Chinese and one in English. Poppies Garden usually has around 30 dogs waiting to be adopted and are always happy to accept volunteers. Community...
Motivate Shanghai
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Motivate Shanghai

Motivate Shanghai About community:MotivateShanghai arrange weekly events about self-growth and development that normally involves different speakers hosting 2-hour workshops about topics such as wellness, personal finance, coaching and leadership to help participants meet like-minded people focused on improving their lives. While the main focus is offline...
New busniess startup visa being trialled in Shanghai
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New busniess startup visa being trialled in Shanghai

A new “business startup visa” has been piloted across select districts in Shanghai, giving foreign entrepreneurs the ability to live in China as they establish a business. In May 2018, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau updated the policies for a new ”Private Residence Permit (entrepreneurship)”, commonly referred...
Madness
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Madness

About community:Madness is a multi-channelled platform for finding, recruiting, engaging and connecting with professionals from the creative industry, uniting creatives under one flag, we strive to elevate Shanghai’s creative industry on a global scale. WeChat: SH-MADNESS Other Recommendation Impact Hub Shanghai Shanghai Women Leadership Network (SWLN)...
Shaving in the Dark- Drink and Paint!
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Shaving in the Dark- Drink and Paint!

Shaving in the Dark- Drink and Paint! About community:Shaving in the Dark is an independent collective of illustrators and editors who put together a compilation of their comics in a zine. They do monthly Drink & Draw events to gather the content, as well as art...
The workplace etiquette in Shanghai
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The workplace etiquette in Shanghai

Shanghai is China’s most international city and the one with the highest number of expat residents. Thus, your employers and colleagues will probably be well aware of the potential cultural differences and will not expect you to fit in perfectly with the local ways. However, it...
Best Friends China
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Best Friends China

Best Friends China About community:Best Friends is an animal rescue community. They don’t ask for monetary donations and are completely driven by volunteers. Most of their time is spent on finding homes for animals rescued by local cat ladies and dog uncles, through adoption days, occasional...