comments? | | Score: 0 Posted by Jamie Monday, January 05, 2009 (18:18:40)
Shanghai still a popular draw for expats with skills
The global economic gloom has taken nothing away from Shanghai's allure for foreigners. "The economy is bad in general. But I am lucky to be on the right side of the world," said Marisa Espanyol, a 35-year-old property lawyer working in Shanghai. Espanyol moved to China after spending 19 years in Canada. "It's my best move so far," she said. Like Espanyol, more than 68,600 foreigners, by Dec 24, were working in Shanghai. The number is 13 times that of 1996, when Shanghai started issuing expat work permits...
comments? | | Score: 0 Posted by Jamie Friday, January 02, 2009 (07:52:33)
Still opportunities to invest in property overseas
A Midland property specialist believes there are still opportunities to invest in overseas markets despite the plummeting pound bringing misery to thousands of people who invested in Spanish homes. Britons who bought property in Spain in the last few years are experiencing the double-whammy effect of plummeting property prices combined with a severely debilitated pound...
comments? | | Score: 0 Posted by Jamie Wednesday, December 31, 2008 (08:30:26)
Life as an expatriate: A third culture kid's perspective
In the previous article, I discussed culture shock and its main features. Culture shock may often lead to depression, but a few months down the road expats end up adopting to the local culture. Adaptation is where all the fun begins, and when people really start seeing the benefits of living in a foreign country...
comments? | | Score: 0 Posted by Jamie Monday, December 29, 2008 (13:31:12)
Expats in euroland shouldn't get depressed
I find the sob stories from continent-bound Brits panicking about sterling's sudden and undeniably painful downward plunge against the euro somewhat perverse. The time to fret about the cost of living in the eurozone is not now. It was when the euro became legal tender in 2002...
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