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1061 . Cheese, anyone?Jan 15,2012
It's not lactose inolerance. Lactose is one of the things consumed by bacteria during the cheese making process, so most cheese is lactose free as the lactose is found mostly in the whey (which is discarded). Almost all hard cheeses and aged cheeses are lactose free.
I think that Cheese (or butter) never took hold in China for a few reasons. First, most ariable...
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Jan 10,2012
Tonal languages are obsolete and have been for thousands of years. If I said "hi" to you as a greeting or if I said "HiiiIIIIIgghhhh!!!"... Ugh, ridiculous.
Mandarin Chinese has 1600 different "words" you can say. That's it. Combine initials and finals, there are actually only 400 x 4 tones = 1600.
This language is so...
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Jan 08,2012
Foreign pharma is extremely limited here simply because if it were available it would push A LOT of companies out of business.
There are some local brands (and as said above, some large companies like Bayer and Pfizer are here in a limited capacity) that are acceptable.
If you can let me know what you are looking for, I can give you a point in the right direction.
Here are...
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Jan 07,2012
As long as you have a valid residence permit in your passport, you can quit a job, give notice, whatever and get a new job.
Your new company will need to convert your current work permit or foreign experts license because you need to be "sponsored" by a company here. You'll need to provide your new company with all the usual documents, your current alien work permit/...
