Jim McCoy
@jamjpa
American expat in China
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5 posts
About me
American
Lives in Baotou
Speaks English, Chinese
Registration: 03 March 2012
Activity
Studying in China by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Would you recommend studying abroad in China? Every year, 4 million young people from all over the world choose to study abroad for one semester or a full academic year. Would you encourage them to come and study in China? ...
I would recommend studying in China for the cultural experience, but not for the educational experience. That is, unless you were majoring in something such as Chinese language, History, or something else that is directly related to China and can be ... Read More
New visa rules as of 2013-09-01 by Kris N
There was a lot of talk about new visa regulations coming into effect in China on this forum. So I did a little homework since Sept 01 and it seems the new rules affect mainly 3rd world countries. It seems countries NOT affected by the new changes ...
When I came last year, the criminal background check was just local. I went to my local Police Department and the process took less than 10 minutes. The FBI check will take 2 months. It's going to be a problem. Read More
New visa rules as of 2013-09-01 by Kris N
There was a lot of talk about new visa regulations coming into effect in China on this forum. So I did a little homework since Sept 01 and it seems the new rules affect mainly 3rd world countries. It seems countries NOT affected by the new changes ...
I have heard that visa changes have not affected Americans. But for Residency Permits at some Provinces are now requiring an FBI background check Read More
Internet Access in Yancheng, Jiangsu
I am a student of an online university that is based in the U.S. I will be in Yancheng for 10 months and perhaps as long as 3 years. Is there any way to get legal permission to access web sites such as google so that I can continue to do the ... Read More