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Adventures of a shopaholic(s)

Posted by brenda on Feb 21, 2012 | 0 comments

Presenting to you the fresh blood of NOC Beijing, batch 6: and the adventures of our first 2 weeks here. woo! (just to a particular place) We came to freezing cold Beijing, underclothed: without proper fur boots and Zhang without a pakka; just her Zara trench coat (which will be brought up again later in the post so stay tuned if you wanna find out more, heh) and thats where her penguin nickname came about cos she was all wrapped up and freezing on the first day like : (actually this was with her new pakka alr, but she was sometime like that – all wrapped up with only her eyes...

[Event] CE Entrepreneur 101: The Secrets of Raising Capital in 2012

Posted by YEAN on Jan 9, 2012 | 0 comments

China Entrepreneurs Event YEAN is an official media partner of CE Entrepreneur 101: The Secrets of Raising Capital in 2012, Beijing, happening on January 12, 2012. Click to Register Please Note: This Event Will Be Conducted in Chinese In 2011, so far there have been over 800 investments made in Chinese companies from venture capital and private equity funds totaling almost $6 billion. The ability of both USD and RMB funds to invest in early and growth stage companies is changing as previously invested enterprises gain access to public markets and those funds secure...

A Good Morning and Beijing Shop Fronts

Posted by tianchang on Dec 5, 2011 | 1 comment

It was another regular workday as I scoot-ed my way to work. As I came to a stop at a junction, a perky and rousing music caught my ears. It was coming out of a shop called 北京同仁堂 (A popular Chinese medicine shop). The staff had ‘fall-in’ outside the shop. From afar, they seem to be flinging their hands and feet in an almost 3/4 hearted unison. I couldn’t help but stare and wonder in awe: just why are they doing what seemed to be morning exercise, in front of a major road junction, complete with flyover and expressway, amidst the horn orchestra of Beijing’s...