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pretzellogic
Posted on: Ordering Pizza
July 16, 2010 at 8:18 AMNo, it was rhetorical. You saved me the trouble of looking. Thanks! But now that I think about it, I haven't seen too much bell pepper on pizza in China.
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent
July 16, 2010 at 7:04 AMnaturally, I tried redoing the search I did for that particular pdf, to get the article that gives a broader context for the economic data China-Briefing provided. And of course, now I can't find it.
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent
July 16, 2010 at 5:42 AMmaybe someone might find this helpful.
Posted on: Ordering Pizza
July 16, 2010 at 5:28 AMBoy am I glad Cpod likes pizza. I guess i'll figure out how to say green (bell) pepper on my own, and then i'm all set.
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent
July 15, 2010 at 7:00 PMrichinirish, not sure if the link in my previous works, but if it doesn't, then maybe this one might:
http://www.china-briefing.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cost-of-living-china1.pdf
the PDF didn't include Chengdu, but you can get a sense of how good a deal you're getting in Chengdu on your apartment compared with other people in other large hamlets.
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent
July 15, 2010 at 6:57 PMhttp://www.china-briefing.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cost-of-living-china1.pdf
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent
July 15, 2010 at 6:00 PMIs your place in or near the cool part of town? A poorer section of town? do you have a dishwasher? Oven? How many square meters is your place?
Posted on: Renting an Apartment through an Agent
July 15, 2010 at 5:56 PMBobm, there are plenty, but the Beijinger seems to have been a nice place to start.
http://www.thebeijinger.com/classifieds
Observations: obviously, apartment hunting is smoother the better your Chinese, but no online listing seemed to have as many listings as going to the local broker with 20 apartments listed in the window. Every neighborhood seems to have 3-6 real estate brokers per street.
Posted on: 婚前恐惧症
July 15, 2010 at 2:03 PMI wonder if this is the kind of advice that Chinese women get told prior to weddings.
Posted on: Ordering Pizza
July 16, 2010 at 8:32 AMerichuang, if there's one topic Cpod has in abundance, it's lessons on food, and food related topics. See below. The only thing you can't do in these lessons is order grits and chitlins (not that you'd want them in China anyway):