Archive for September, 2009

60 years of the PRC!

September 30th, 2009 by Johanna | No Comments | Filed in China

五星红旗迎风飘扬,
胜利歌声多么响亮;
歌唱我们亲爱的祖国,
从今走向繁荣富强。
歌唱我们亲爱的祖国,
从今走向繁荣富强。

Viva la resistance

September 23rd, 2009 by Johanna | No Comments | Filed in China, Shenanigans

Ah, the Internet. I love it. It just makes things so easy. You can take up serious and worthy causes without making them serious or worthwhile, just to get some lulz. I’m going to need some lulz to make it through a whole year on the Chinese Internet.

This quick intro guide provides great tips on just one way to subvert the Chinese government. The operation is called Project Cntroll, as in, China troll.

When a job offer isn’t actually a job offer

September 10th, 2009 by Johanna | No Comments | Filed in China, Work

Based on my fabulous reporting and editing work during my internship (I assume), China.org.cn offered me a job to work there full-time. I came back to the States to think about it and decided I should take this excellent opportunity to live in China and explore my beloved motherland more. What I make of it will determine whether it was worth my while or not, right?

I thought that by now I’d be ironing out the details and logistics of relocating to Beijing, getting a work visa and all that taken care of. Unfortunately, I discovered that just because a person is offered a job and he’s accepted said offer, there is still another hurdle to the hiring process. That is, the company needs to decide if it actually wants to hire him. I thought China.org.cn had already made that decision upon offering me the job, but I guess that would be uncharacteristic of Chinese people.

Alas, the job search continues.