June 18, 2006 – stlplace

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Last Updated on August 27, 2008 by stlplace

Thought it might be helpful for people new to Shanghai or have been away for a while.

Get the money: exchange your USD for RMB at Pudong Development Bank in PVG airport. There is no transaction fee if you exchange more than $500. You can use the US debit card to withdraw cash (RMB only) although I have not done so.

Where to stay: I suggest Ru Jia (Home Inn) or Jin Jiang. I stayed at both places in past few years. Both are clean and inexpensive.

Get around: there are a few options get from Airport (PVG) to downtown including the Maglev. But the best one is probablly the Airport Bus (to save the transfer). There are 6 routes and they covers pretty much the whole city. Metro (subway) is the best way to get around, there are 5 routes running around the city now. In the rainy days or certain rush hours (Friday night), it will be difficult to get a taxi. In that case, knowing some bus routes will be helpful.

English problem

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Last Updated on May 28, 2009 by stlplace

I saw the following from Joel on Software . I had some hard time trying to understand it. Is he looking to be a distributor of foreign software company? Or he is interested in doing outsourcing work for foreign companies?

I am thinking, this English problem (if typical among Chinese software industry), does present oppertunities.

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Title “anyone can give me dealership?”

I have an own software inc. in Beijing, China.

but my fire is small and not have self-software.

my friends tell me that I can find a foreign software fire and dealership.

who can tell me how to do it?

my email is blah blah blah

note: in my information’s homepage is not my fire’s. it’s only a sharesoft of mine.
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