@mrangry

@CaliRay Well, that's the same for email or any chat, iinm - ie you need to actually know people to get their email address or wechat id. Have you tried to search for groups that discuss things of interest to you? If you find something, then you can ... Read More

@CaliRay Yeah, email really isn't a thing in China any more - they've moved on to modern tech, like WeChat, and laugh at the mention of email, for personal use anyway. Email is still something for work, especially when dealing with foreigners, but ... Read More

I use fastmail and haven't ever had any problem, anywhere. Google don't provide internet services worldwide so always best to avoid them if you travel. I don't know what happened to Yahoo - they used to be popular in China, but seemed to be caught ... Read More

@sergefaure IINM, Bing has always worked just fine in mainland China. IINM, Microsoft tend to respect the laws of the land where their products are used so you can rely on them more - unlike (eg) Google who's products don't work everywhere. Read More

Microsoft now provides a separate LinkedIn service for the Chinese mainland, due to Microsoft taking the service in a new 'social media' direction and not wanting to follow applicable Chinese laws. Read More

@yoshi1299I presume you mean the 'capital' airport, but anyway...as it happened, I was idly wondering around our local mall just yesterday and I noticed a store/shop that had been adapted into a place especially for basketball. It was full of little ... Read More

Caveat: I'm in Beijing, not Shanghai.IMO, you'll end up using both, but I'd start with Alipay (it's a bit more 'focused' on buying things, and not so much 'social').IINM, you can just add a visa card and you can just pay for things with a qr code. I ... Read More

Presumably you mean a Japanese *language* teacher/school. Read More

@Shinns I should mention that I'm quite jealous that you can get a job teaching. I can't get a job doing that here, since I don't have a Bachelor's Degree. I only have a BTEC HND, which is only one less year of study than a BSc, and I graduated back ... Read More

@Shinns You're welcome.I mentioned this to my (Chinese) wife and she was (also) of the opinion that the dog size rule was 'inside the 5th RR'.It seems like XingShiKou Rd joins runs east/west between the 4th and 5th RR, so I'd've thought that you ... Read More

@ShinnsI live not far away from there (near SuZhouQiao). We do see large dogs from time to time, but it is unusual. I imagine you'd get away with it, but maybe you're right not to want to risk it.Xingshikou Road isn't especially short and is ... Read More

> What is the local language spoken in China? Did you learn and use it? How difficult was it to learn?I'm in Beijing and have lived here for almost 20 years (off and on). I know very minimal Mandarin. I cannot have anything that approaches a ... Read More

I switched to Astrill, and it is notably better than ExpressVPN, imo - even when ExpressVPN was actually working.IINM, they have an obfuscated url for a page for people in China, so perhaps you can find that and send it to your friend. Read More

I'm still curious. I'm not specifically interested in teaching or working as a teacher (the original post didn't mention teaching), and I'm already in China (though not on a work visa).I wonder how it turned out for @mngedo...did you make it? If so, ... Read More

FWIW, ExpressVPN is largely not working for me as of the past month or so. They gave me a free month's subscription because of that. Previously, it has worked most of the time, with some 'outage' during political events.I don't know how well the ... Read More