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China knowledge and Mandarin abilities in demand at London job fair

UK based Recruiter magazine has an article about the China Skills Recruitment job fair earlier this week in London that was organized by Chopsticks Club, a Sino-UK networking and cultural and knowledge-sharing organization. The event attracted both Chinese firms and … Continue reading

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A struggle for Chinese entrepreneurs?

We recently mentioned a growing trend where Asians study abroad or work in the West only to return home to Asia to become entrepreneurs (See Entrepreneurs create the “American dream” back home in Asia); however, being a returnee entrepreneur in … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurs create the “American dream” back home in Asia

CNBC has a lengthy article about Asians shunning the “American dream” to return home. The article began by profiling Thomas Woo who returned home after studying in the USA to become a co-founder and president of City Super – a … Continue reading

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For western expats in Asia, the job market will keep getting tougher

For westerners thinking of coming to Asia to further their careers, the New York Times has a must read article about how the job market in Asia is gradually becoming less welcoming for westerners – and its not due to … Continue reading

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Turning Burma’s brain drain into a brain gain

Many Burmese expatriates and professionals have been working abroad for decades for plenty of good reasons, but is now the time for Myanmar’s brain drain to turn into a brain gain? AsianCorrespondent.com recently explored the topic of returning to Myanmar … Continue reading

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Advice for expatriates repatriating home

Advance.org, which helps to connect the global Australian community and Australian expatriates working abroad, recently interviewed Australian Gina McLellan who, after having lived the expatriate life in Asia for almost a decade, decided to return home to her native Australia. … Continue reading

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Is there an ROI for Chinese students studying abroad in the USA?

The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report has a lengthy article about Chinese studying abroad in the USA and struggling to generate returns from their expensive American education (Note: the original story appeared on The Wall Street Journal’s Chinese … Continue reading

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Guanxi is more important than a foreign degree (to a certain point)

The Christian Science Monitor has a lengthy article about how more Chinese study abroad students are enrolled at American universities than ever before, but US degrees that do not come from an elite school like Harvard aren’t widely valued back … Continue reading

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Brain drain to brain gain: The world’s winners

The Christian Science Monitor has produced this short video segment about the world’s brain gain winners in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa – regions that used to be synonymous with brain drain. The segment mentioned that China, which … Continue reading

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Indonesian students prepare to study abroad

The Jakarta Globe has profiled various Indonesian students who are about to leave their country to study abroad in the United States. A total of 25 fresh graduates out of among 226 students who formed the first batch of graduates … Continue reading

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