Laowaicareer

By LaowaiCareer

LaowaiCareer is China's #1 job board for foreigners seeking employment in China, whether it be short-term internships or career opportunities. Our first ever magazine is intended to help, inspire, and entertain foreigners in China, and foreigners who plan to relocate to China in the future. The topics range from English teaching opportunities, U.S.-China relations, tips for new language learners, Jack Ma's inspirational life story, and a scenic mountain getaway. All of this and more in Laowai Career Magazine.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. About Laowai Career
2. Current International Relations for Chinese Government and Businesses
3. How Jack Ma became a Billionaire Entrepreneur from an English Teacher
4. Chinese Life-Hacks
5. Tips for Learning Mandarin
6. Trekking Mt. Huangshan
7. Startup Profile: CleanMaster
8. Shenzhen: Silicon Valley of China
9. U.S.-China Relations Today
10. Best Jobs For Foreigners In China
11. Do's and Don’t's in Chinese Offices
12. Legal Aspects of Being an English Teacher in China
13. Top 12 Interview Questions You Must Know
14. Top 5 Internship Industries With Real Tasks In China
15. Face the Dragon - How to Cope with Cultural Shock
16. Firing Squad – Top 10 Reasons You Can Be Fired from a Chinese Company
17. What is a Behavioral Interview?
18. Why Employees Need a Break From a Regular Job

• Language: English
• Publisher: LaowaiCareer
• Release date: Aug 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370467815

LaowaiCareer

LaowaiCareer is where the best foreign talent and the best companies meet. CEO Yuri Khlystov knows how hard it can be to find your way in a foreign country because he too was once a foreigner in China, which is why LaowaiCareer's job board is designed with simplicity in mind. Whether you are looking for a job or internship in China, Laowai Career has the best opportunities for your needs.

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LaowaiCareer

The Best Place to Find

a Job in China

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. About Laowai Career

2. Current International Relations for Chinese Government and Businesses

3. How Jack Ma became a Billionaire Entrepreneur from an English Teacher

4. Chinese Life-Hacks

5. Tips for Learning Mandarin

6. Trekking Mt. Huangshan

7. Startup Profile: CleanMaster

8. Shenzhen: Silicon Valley of China

9. U.S.-China Relations Today

10. Best Jobs For Foreigners In China

11. Do's and Don’t's in Chinese Offices

12. Legal Aspects of Being an English Teacher in China

13. Top 12 Interview Questions You Must Know

14. Top 5 Internship Industries With Real Tasks In China

15. Face the Dragon - How to Cope with Cultural Shock

16. Firing Squad – Top 10 Reasons You Can Be Fired from a Chinese Company

17. What is a Behavioral Interview?

18. Why Employees Need a Break From a Regular Job

ABOUT LAOWAI CAREER

Laowai Career is on board to ease the hassle for enthusiastic individuals eying China as their springboard to building their career. To be honest, China is currently doing pretty well on the map, taking pride in being the world’s second largest economy and the fastest growing economy. Well, who wouldn’t want to be part of this awe-inspiring success story?

China has become a fascinating place to live and work, yet can be quite difficult for non-Chinese speaking individuals. It doesn’t help that most of the job sites operating in English don’t do much in providing variety and are quite difficult to use.

Laowai Career has tapped into the language gap challenge and made it easier through a platform where competent foreigners are matched with excellent companies across China, thereby fostering long-lasting career relationships. Laowai Career is the ultimate source of information about careers in China and is a prerequisite for any foreigner looking for an opportunity in the Middle Kingdom.

Laowai refers to foreigner in Chinese, and is regarded as a pleasant term. Most foreigners happen to learn the word as one of their first Chinese words since they will perpetually hear the Chinese people referring to them as Laowai. Laowai Career adopted this endearing name since its main objective is to make the life of any Laowai comfortable, pleasant and inspiring.

Laowai Career provides opportunities for candidates who are looking for jobs in China, ranging from one-off internships and graduate jobs to full-time career opportunities. There are so many jobs in China with the most common being English teaching, although there is a plethora of other jobs too, such as working in Design and Architecture corporations, Finance and Accounting, HR, Agriculture, Marketing, Sales, and so much more. A Laowai career also gives you a chance to develop a strong career network and a real opportunity for career advancements. We are always partnering with leading companies in China to churn out the ideal individual for a particular job.

Laowai Career provides the employees with the latest HR trends and regardless of the laowai specialist that you are looking for, you can always find them here since we have a pool of top-notch specialist whose numbers keep growing by each day.

It’s no longer about the endless internet searches for the perfect jobs in China but about doing it strategically, diligently and smartly. Whether you are just thrilled with the idea of working or are already

in China, Laowai Career will fascinate you since it provides quality, authentic information about careers in China, and saves you time, energy and money while at it.

As the world is going East, foreigners are finding Laowai Career to be to the solution to their job search needs, while recruiters are efficiently finding qualified foreign applicants. Jump on the bandwagon,

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CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FOR CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES

China, a $ 10 trillion economy growing at 7 percent annually is a never before seen force reshaping our global economy. Over the last three decades, the Chinese government has at times opened the door wide open for foreign companies to participate in economic growth, and on other occasions, it has kept the door closed. While some global manufacturers, such as automotive original-oriented manufacturers have turned China into their single largest source of profit, others, especially in the service sector have been challenged to capture a meaningful share of revenue.

There are several trends shaping growth and creating new opportunities in China. Currently, there is more focus on domestic consumption and infrastructure as the new sources of economic growth following the decline of real estate and net exports. We cannot conclusively say that this strategy is sustainable, but first, there must be an evolution of several trends, the most important being work on government policy on international businesses.

GOVERNMENT POLICY

Government policy remains the very critical shaping force. The Chinese government is strategic, and it looks like it is unwilling to loosen its market restrictions in most cases unless it is in the exchange of technologies that China thinks will facilitate its rise to the next level of development.

Doing business can be very political in China. It is a territory in which the government still plays an outsized role in the economy (to be fair, Chinese entities doing business in the US and other countries can also get quite political).

China has rapidly transformed from a capital-starved country to a capital-abundant one. It has learned