After three years of rotating COVID breakouts, quarantines and lockdowns around the world, peaking in China with a long zero-COVID era that only ended in December, this is the first year since 2019 when we can breathe a bit easier.

Things are starting to come together for the 9th annual World Baijiu Day, with confirmed partners in cities as distant at Christchurch, Boston, Stockholm, Shenzhen, Melbourne, Toronto, Hamburg and Guangzhou…

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Baijiu is the planet’s most popular spirit, with some 20 billion bottles produced each year, but is little-known beyond China.

World Baijiu Day aims to change that by partnering with bars, restaurants, consumers and producers in dozen of cities each August 9. (See the 2020 event list here….

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In a small Chinese town where unemployment has run high during the COVID-19 pandemic, the local government has embraced a surprising remedy to joblessness: public toilets. Fugong Village, in Guangdong province, usually sees nearly half of its small populace of 700 migrate to the Pearl River Delta to seek manufacturing jobs. But during the pandemic, the village has struggled as urban factories shuttered and migrant workers returned to their…

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A credible visa sponsor? What is the best way for someone to prove their expertise in a unique musical instrument without formal certification, in order to obtain a work visa and open a school in Hong Kong?

This question as regards finding a credible visa…

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Hong Kong Top Talent Pass – if you’re a big earner (USD320,000 in the last 12 months) or one helluva smart cookie (top 100 world university Bachelor degree holder) the Hong Kong Top Talent Pass visa could be for you!

 

 Top Talent Pass Visa Conditions

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Have you got an opportunity to be an independant contractor rather than serving as a full time employee and wondering if you can get a Hong Kong investment visa with a single client only?

Understanding the Limitations of the Hong Kong Investment Visa

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Hong Kong Training Visa? A Guide for Aspiring Foreign National Interns and Trainees Are you eyeing Hong Kong as your next career destination? In this post, you’ll discover everything you need to know about the Hong Kong training visa: eligibility, application process, duration, and rules around additional employment. Moreover, I’ll highlight the benefits you can reap from your time in this dynamic city. 

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ZTE Corporation, a global leading provider of information and communication technology solutions, has released its highly anticipated 2022 Annual Sustainability Report. This comprehensive report showcases ZTE’s outstanding achievements and future plans in implementing the “Driver of Digital Economy” strategy, fulfilling corporate social responsibilities, supporting society’s digital transformation, advocating sustainable development, contributing to global communities, and

ZTE's New Sustainability Report Shows Continued Progress To Meet Goals comes from…

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A Hong Kong visa application denial is disappointing and can occur for numerous reasons. In this post,  I will explore several avenues to pursue following an application denial and provide actionable advice to maximize success in getting that denial overturned or positively reconsidered.

Reasons for Application Denial

An application…

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If your employment visa expires before your change of employer application is finalised, all is not lost. The key thing is to have your change of employer application active in Immigration Department’s system and then you’ll slip into what I have couched as the Twilight Zone.

It can be an administrative nightmare when you…

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