Friday, April 18, 2008

青岛打响抵制家乐福的第一炮[多图]

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亲爱的市民,您好!
刚刚结束的法国PARIS站OLYMPIC圣火传递,并不象多数国人所知道的那样平静。在中国人把象征友谊与和平的OLYMPIC火传进法国时,我们看到法国人和法国政府都做了什么:

1.圣火传递前,法国当地电视台号召市民上街抗议示,说:“不要让中国的旗子飘的到处都是”。
2.圣火传递中,火炬在Z D势力及其支持者的暴力阻挠下,被迫四次熄灭;
3.负责安保的法国警察任由Z D分子在其眼皮底下抢夺火炬,殴打中国残疾火
炬手,却袖手旁观;
4.火炬所到之处,法国人成群结队地举着Z D分子的旗子,叫嚣“XZ独立”,“中国羞耻”等口号,向中国示威;
5.成群的法国青年甚至抢夺中国留学生手中的五星红旗,当众撕碎,并殴打中国留学生;
6.法国巴黎市政府在圣火经过市政厅时,悬挂出支持XZ独立的横幅和标语,全体市议员胸前佩带支持XZ独立的标章,使得原定于在市政厅前举行的庆祝仪式不得不取消;
7.法国的主流媒体在圣火传递结束后,以这样的标题进行了回顾:“火炬在巴黎惨败”法国《费加罗报》,“给中国一记耳光”法国《解放报》。

在法国人和法国政府无视OLYMPIC圣火的神圣与尊严,无视中国人民的友好情谊,无视华夏子孙民族情感的此时此刻,到了我们打回一耳光的时候了!!!
我们郑重倡议?D?D抵制法国货及法国公司!家乐福是法国最大的零售连锁企业,但其后台老板路易威登公司曾多次资助DL集团,支持其分裂中国的罪恶行径。抵制法国货,从家乐福开始!
我们倡议您不再前往家乐福购物,而前往其他超市。如果您确有不便,我们希望您至少在5月1日这一天抵制家乐福,让5月1日家乐福空荡荡的卖场向西方传达一个信息:中国不可辱!中国人民不可欺!

抵制家乐福的活动将在全国各地展开,期待您的参与!谢谢您。

火炬传递遇到最大阻力的两个国家, 是1840年炮击虎门的那两个国家;
对现今中国**和自由最不满意的国家, 是1900年在北京烧杀抢劫的那八个国家;
最喜欢讲<<中国威胁论>>的国家, 就是1953年在板门店与志愿军代表签署停战协定的那十六国, 及另外四个间接参与的国家。
500年来, 西方在世界各地一次次点燃战争的烈炎. 500年後, 却不能容忍一支象徵和平的火炬。

中华民族,从来没有如今天这样海内海外团结一心,携手同进!!!

知道家乐福每年从中国赚走了多少钱吗?全国90多家店,每家店的平均日销售大约是70-80万,一年总销售300-400亿,平均毛利10- 12%,借着合资企业的名义,还可以少缴很多税,一家店的员工大约在200-300名之间,全国家乐福员工在3万以内,还有一部分是外籍包括台湾等地人士,家乐福真的退出中国市场的话,他们现有的店将很快被中资零售企业接手,员工的生计不难解决,还可以给国家创造更多的税收。另外,家乐福每年在中国采购大量的商品配送到他世界各国的店,集中采购的成本优势和中国产品的低廉价格给他带来了极大的利润,没有中国员工和中国工厂的依靠,他在亚太区要缩水一大半。家乐福本土和欧洲市场早在2000年左右就已经开始萎缩,韩国和日本等国的发展也堪忧,唯有中国市场的疯狂扩张却让其获利丰厚,如果在中国的发展受阻,将对其产生很大打击。

青岛家乐福楼顶停车场一辆车都没有~

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Living in Shanghai

Living in Shanghai: Introduction


Shanghai is one of the most vibrant cities in the world and a very exciting place to live. It is the most modern city in China and has a long tradition of looking to the west for inspiration. Often referred to as ‘the Paris of the East’, Shanghai boasts a modern infrastructure and the progressive outlook of its residence is famous throughout China.

The rate of change has been staggering over the past ten years and change is a common theme running through life in this city of 16 million people. It is progressing at a rapid rate and new buildings, shops and hotels are springing up virtually everyday. Like many other large Asian cities, Shanghai suffers from pollution, traffic congestion, and overcrowding. However, it is a city undergoing enormous change and is one of the most dynamic and interesting places to live today. The allure of 30's Shanghai is evident in some of the city's older quarters, and this is juxtaposed with modern skyscrapers heralding a bright future.

More and more foreign companies and people are establishing themselves in China, and more of the commodities they demand are in hot pursuit. Western clothes, toiletries, music and food are all available, although often at an inflated price. Local medical facilities are of a high standard, and western doctors are available, but are expensive.

Unfortunately, while bookshops abound, only a few stock good English books. The situation is improving, but for the moment the selection of English reading material is limited.

International newspapers and magazines are available at larger hotels.

The social scene in Shanghai is constantly changing and expanding, like everything else in the city. There is a very active nightlife, with many pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants to choose from. There are also innumerable teahouses and coffee shops, a concert hall that plays host to local and foreign musicians and shows, and some quality museums, opera houses, gardens, and other cultural establishments. Karaoke bars are everywhere for those so-inclined.

Foreigners and local Shanghainese mix easily and develop relationships freely. Chinese people are friendly and are attracted by and to western culture and ideas. The locals are eager to meet and understand foreigners in Shanghai.

An interesting cultural experience

We view teaching at Kai En as an opportunity for teachers to experience life in a different culture as well as develop their teaching skills and gain valuable EFL experience abroad. Whilst we are an academic business and therefore focus most heavily on working with teachers to help them get the most out of their experiences in the classroom, we also endeavor to provide as much pastoral support to the teachers as is needed, to ensure that the teachers have the foundation of security to really enjoy their time in Shanghai.

In addition, our salary and benefits package is generous enough to allow the teacher to sample plenty of Shanghai’s nightlife and vibrant social scene, or to leave the city with modest savings / traveling fund.

Living in Shanghai: The Cost of Living


Describing the cost of living in Shanghai is very difficult because there is such a diversity of life styles here. The vast majority of employees in Shanghai earn a salary of between 2,000RMB and 4,000RMB per month, although at the other end of the spectrum there are long term expatriates with expense accounts and local wealthy entrepreneurs.

Shanghai is a relatively expensive city to live in, compared with many other cities in Asia because of it’s rapidly growing economy and because of the increased spending power that economic growth has given the Shanghainese people. In particular imported goods, western services and entertainment (for example, many bars and restaurants that are targeted at the expatriate business community) are expensive. However, there is a growing number of much more affordable bars and clubs targeted at students and teachers, who charge around 10 RMB ($1) for a drink.

Although the services and products that cater for foreigners are expensive, the basics of every day life (food, drink, public transport, clothes, stationary, etc.) are very affordable.

Price Survey in Shanghai

Transport:

Eating Out:











Chinese Lunch Box (rice, meat and two veg)5-10RMB
Always Cafe Lunch Special20RMB
Macdonald’s (burger, large fries and coke)22RMB
Chinese Restaurant (3 dishes + rice for 2)30RMB
TGI Friday’s Burger100RMB+


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Beer (depending on brand and venue)15-40RMB
Canned Local Beer2-3RMB
B52 (same price for other shots)40 RMB
Gin and Tonic60 RMB
Coke (depending on venue)12-25 RMB
Orange Juice30-40 RMB


Living in Shanghai: Social Life

Shanghai offers something for almost everyone because it combines both Asian and Western forms of entertainment. Japanese influences are evident in the number of Japanese restaurants and Karaoke bar and clubs. The Taiwanese influence can be felt in the number of teahouses offering a huge variety of different kinds of exotic teas and fruit drinks. Western influence on entertainment is more recent but can be experienced with the growing number of nightclubs and discos. Live music is also a recent development in Shanghai: whether it is a local rock group or a Jazz Quartet, live music is common any night of the week. Finally, Shanghainese have taken up the pub/bar culture with a vengeance. There are down scale student type hangouts and upscale German beer houses.

So whether you like to read a book in a teahouse or coffee shop, dance the night away in a nightclub, chat in a pub, or sing in a karaoke (or KTV), Shanghai has it all.


For gastronomes, Shanghai is also a Mecca, with the main problem being how to choose from the enormous selection on offer. In addition to the many varieties of Chinese foods (Spicy food from Sichuan and Hunan, Beijing Duck, Shanghainese seafood, Cantonese Dim Sum, hotpot, etc.), there are Argentinean and Brazilian steak houses, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Mexican, Irish, and Thai restaurants.

Prices vary from $1.20 to $8 dollars for a beer. Restaurant prices also vary from $5 to $30 for a meal. Competition is stiff and most bars and restaurants offer specials and happy hours in order to compete.