Xnode (Jing’An)
Co-working Space

Xnode (Jing’An)

Xnode is primarily one of those hot, hot accelerators targeted at both startups and more established corporations. That used to be a unique selling point, though nowadays, every coworking space and its uncle offers something that at least sounds like that. Xnode has three locations in...
WeWork
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WeWork

The ivory elephant in the coworking space, WeWork is an American coworking brand with a staggering amount of investment and spaces in just about every city in the world. They made a big splash last year when they acquired Shanghai’s homegrown naked Hub, folding it into...
Finding a job in China
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Finding a job in China

THE LINKEDIN METHOD FOR FINDING A JOB “IF YOU WANT THE job, it’s yours,” my future boss told me over the phone. After four years of applying to non-teaching jobs in the United States and four years after my college graduation, I had my first full...
WORKING AT A COMPANY IN CHINA
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WORKING AT A COMPANY IN CHINA

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” —CONFUCIUS THE LIFE OF A CULTURAL LIAISON I BIKED IN TO work on a beautiful spring day in 2012 after sipping my overpriced $6 small xiangcao natie (vanilla latte)...
Useful guidance doing business in China
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Useful guidance doing business in China

“EVERY PERSON I KNEW who went off to China thinking they’d strike it rich came home with a chopstick up his ass.” My friend said this to me when I told him of my own plans to start a business in China. He was the most...
Get your Chinese Green Card Now!
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Get your Chinese Green Card Now!

Get your Chinese Green Card Now! Shanghai has granted around 500 permanent resident cards to foreigners in the two months following the country’s April adoption of a streamlined application procedure. That’s nearly 30 percent of the country’s total, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau said on Tuesday....
Avoid Trademark Registration Rejection
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Avoid Trademark Registration Rejection

Avoid Trademark Registration Rejection In aplying for trademark registration, there are certain factors that can spell rejection or approval. Based on the chinese trademark law, qualified elements for trademark registration are, any visual symbols able to identify the products and services of a legal person or company...
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...