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Having experienced the process of US undergraduate college admission for my son, would like to share few thoughts regarding admissions that helped us. US college admissions are very holistic and considers not only academic strengths but also other factors like community service, extracurricular ...

Thanks sid_earth for the interesting article. It is always a pleasure to hear things in favor of India. Every desi potluck dinner here starts with an awe of China's development and ends with a hope for India's growth. It is an unavoidable topic. Now that officially Chinese economy is No. 2 in the ...

Journeywoman, your post shows that you have been very supportive of your husband's career. Moving to 7 different countries with kids, uprooting everytime, is not an easy task. This must have given you enough strength internally. This will definitely help you at this moment. With my own experience, I ...

[QUOTE=ycl1688;314953] By the way how is the government offices function ? Is it efficient ?[/QUOTE] Government Offices : Though I do not have much experience in assessing this, I will share whatever I know/understand. Every foreigner who moves to China needs to go for a mandatory medical exam ...

[B]Housing[/B]: Expats live in apartments/villas.. where there is more expat concentration. Good quality..Sometimes wonder whether you are living in US. These kind of housing complexes comes with all the facilities/security and have their own communities formed by people from all parts of the world ...

[B]Safety[/B] : Quite safe, you can see girls traveling alone in taxis/metro line even at nights. No issues. I have not heard anything like eve teasing. Girls are very fashionable and come summer you can find most of them in mini/micro skirts.. people do not stare. Just little bit of mandarin, cards ...

Happy Independence Day to all!

Not easy to post without getting distracted by all those interesting posts by others... Well, back to Shanghai... Indians and Chinese are the most internet savvy I guess.. Educated young chinese are hooked onto the internet.. But nope.. have not seen any internet browsing centers/ISD booths like at ...

Newspapers : Gateway to understand a country's pulse. Shanghai Daily is an english newspaper that features various articles on culture, social issues etc. apart from regular columns. It comes with few pages, short and crisp. Like it a lot! I was surprised to find Cricket being covered in sports ...

Typical weekend for chinese middle class... starts with friday evenings..restaurants/karaoke/hangouts.. for families with children, going out with friends, shopping, movies etc. There are many restaurants that are focused on servicing expats.. Italian/MexicanMediterranean etc. There are many Indian ...