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Xianzai
Shanghai
Volume
10, issue 5 - January
30, 2006 |
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Weekly Quiz |
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you smart enough?
Search through this week's email newsletter for answers
to the following questions. Then submit your information
before Wednesday at noon (Beijing time) to be eligible to
win great prizes.
This week's prize is a China guidebook!
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Are You?!
Each month, YPHH organizes Happy Networking Events at bars
and restaurants in Shanghai. Visit www.yphh.com
for more info and check back each week to see if you are
pictured here!
If
You Are Above, You Have Just Won:
A China guidebook!
If you are pictured above, tell us before noon on Wednesday
this week by clicking
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Funny Pics |
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to Teodoro Ybanez for the pic:
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in your favorite photo of something interesting, odd, or
funny while you stayed in China. Send it to funnypics-3@xianzai.com
with the subject "Xianzai Shanghai Funny Pics!".
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Adopt a Pet
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Each
week we highlight a pet that you can help adopt or foster
in Shanghai!
SCAA
is Shanghai's privately run animal protection association,
founded and supported by the expatriate community and dedicated
to saving the lives of homeless companion animals. SCAA
helps facilitate adoption of abandoned animals, educate
about pet care, and support animal shelter projects. For
more information please visit scaashanghai.org |
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Hotel Deals |
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Spring Offer from Holiday Inn Resort Yalong
Bay Sanya
Superior Room for only RMB 588/night and up. Offer
free using Bicycle for 1 hour/ Offer two welcome
young coconuts drink(Minimum stays 2 nights).
Valid Date: From 15 Feb to 29 Apr, 2006. Please
call 86-898 8856 5666-7103 for detail; China Toll
Free Reservation No. 800 830 6368; China Toll
Free Reservation No. For Mobile 400 884 0888;
E-mail: hotel@holiday-inn-sanya.com
 Satisfy
your Senses... with a Spa Getaway at Sheraton
Sanya Resort!
The perfect getaway in a Resort that has it all...
all here, at Sheraton Sanya Resort. Start the
day right with a daily buffet breakfast at our
open air Lotus Cafe restaurant; cherish the essential
elements of life and relax in the Mandara Spa...
Rates starting from Deluxe Sea View Room RMB2100/room/night.
Please visit www.sheraton.com/sanya
and view Special Offers for reservation. For Full
information please visit
www.sheratonsanya.com or click
here or Phone (86) (898) 8855 8236 or Toll-Free
on 800 810 3088 or Email: sanya.res@sheraton.com
 Winter
Season Greetings from Presidential Plaza Hotel
Beijing
Presidential Plaza's "Service Charge Free"
Winter Season. Valid from December 16 2005 till
February 12, 2006. RMB 620 net in a comfortable
superior Room, including: Daily breakfast buffet,
unlimited internet access, free swimming pool,
Jacuzzi, Sauna usage, 45 minutes simulation golf
training. For reservations, please contact: (8610)
6800 1786; reservations@presidentialplaza.com;
www.presidentialplaza.com.
 Retreat
With Style Within Shanghai
Located by the shore of Shanghai' largest lake,
the stylish Le Meridien She Shan Shanghai provides
guests with a relaxed elegant ambience set amidst
the natural beauty of the She Shan national tourist
resort. Spring Festival Special at RMB788+ with
international buffet breakfast included valid
from 27th January to 12th February 2006. Reservation
Hotline: +86 21 57798210 or email at reservations@sheshan.lemeridien.com
 Kempinski
Hotel Beijing "Winter Interlude"
From USD143 Single/Double. This winter
treat yourself to a 5-star luxurious stay in Kempinski
Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center! Per Room Per Night
from November 25, 2005 to February 28, 2006. Rate
indicated for Superior Room category | Rate is
subject to 15% surcharge and availability | A
Destination Welcome Pack Including Local Information
| Upgrade supplement available on request | Free
Access to Pulse Health Club and Indoor Swimming
Pool. For reservations and information, please
call Toll Free Reservation: Northern China: 10800
650 0362 Southern China: 10800 265 0363; (8610)
6465 3388 ext 5522/5533; Direct Fax (8610) 6462
2204; Email: reservations.khblc@kempinski.com;
Website: www.kempinski-beijing.com
 Super
Deal, Premium Service
Superior Room, RMB550 net per night,
Dec 1, 2005 - Feb 28, 2006. The supper offer not
only includes very good room rate, but also many
value-added benefits: American Buffet Breakfast
or Dim Sum Set Breakfast at your choice; welcome
fruits; 1-hour free use of Internet daily; Two
bottles of drinking water in-room daily; Single
or double occupancy; Free local calls; Free use
of Swimming Pool and Gym; Get upgraded to Deluxe
Room (42m2) at additional RMB50; And get upgraded
to Capital Club Superior at additional RMB150
with exclusive Club benefits. For reservation,
please contact us at Tel: (8610) 6512 9988 - 3130;
Fax: (8610) 6512 0307; E-mail: reservation@capitalhotel.com.cn
or www.capitalhotel.com.cn
 Heat
Up Your Winter at JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai
From now until February 28, 2006, JW Marriott
Hotel Shanghai introduces the Winter Hots special
with over 40% off normal room rates. The special
accommodation rates are at RMB1,380* per room
per night for a Deluxe room or at RMB1,550* per
room per night inclusive of breakfast(s). Or alternatively
pay a corporate rate of RMB1,900* or 2,100* for
single or double occupancy and be upgraded to
an Executive Floor room complemented with a host
of Executive Lounge benefits. Recently, this five
star international hotel has been awarded the
"Best New Business Hotel in China" by
Business Traveller China. For reservations please
call (8621) 5359 4968.
 Book
a Hostel Room in China!
Now you can preview and choose hostels
from around China. Find pictures, comments, and
maps for the hostels and then choose what type
of bed and rooms you need. We lots of cities including
Beijing, Chengdu, Kunming, Lhasa, Sanya, Shanghai,
and Yangshuo--plus lots more. You can securely
book online and find the cheapest rates online
with us. Visit http://www.chinatravelnow.com/hostels.php
and search for yourself!
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Dining Out |
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|  Valentine's
Day at Pudong Shangri-La
Celebrate a most romantic Valentine's Day by accompanying
your beloved to the Pudong Shangri-La, where passion
and romance fills the air. Indulge in our wide selection
of cuisine ranging from Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian,
Indian, Moroccan and European or fascinate your
love one with Chef Pairet's Cuisine de Voyage that
will brings you on a journey to the unexpected.
Address: Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fu Cheng Lu,. For
reservations, please contact (8621) 6882 8888.
Special price for Chinese New Year
January 30th - February 4th, Lunch & Dinner
buffet. RMB150 per person with free flow of Chinese
tea. The Stage Level 1, The Westin Shanghai 88 Henan
Central Road. Tel: (8621) 6335 1888.
 Chinese
New Year Celebration
Celebrate the Lunar New Year at Hilton Shanghai
with exciting, special menus in three renowned Chinese
restaurants. Sui Yuan restaurant at Hilton Shanghai
will offer a traditional New Year's lunch buffet
from January 29th to 31st for RMB 148 + 15% per
person. For more information, please contact Hilton
Shanghai on Tel. (8621) 6248 0000 and ask for your
favorite Chinese restaurant.
The
Holidays Are Upon Us!
Want to know what great dining and entertainment
options are available to you in Shanghai this holiday
season? We have information about all the great
Christmas, Spring Festival, and Valentine's Day
activities happening thoughout China's most cosmopolitan
city! Click here to subscribe to the free Xianzai.com
Holiday Newsletter: http://www.xianzai.cn/holidays/
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Travel Information |
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 Air
China's First-class and Business-class Cabins Are Completely
Upgraded
Fly Beijing to New York! From now until March 25, 2006,
move your "Bosom Travel Companion" to a higher
level class free of charge. Buy a whole price first-class
or business-class Beijing-New York ticket, and you'll
be able to move your travel companion to a higher level
cabin. Air China also offers free airport transportation
in luxury cars for first-class and business-class passengers:
Audi A6 for first class passengers and Passat for business
class. For details, please contact: 010-6656 9251 or
800-810-1111.
 Cebu-
Paradise for Vacation
Steeped in history and drenched in fun, Cebu is perhaps
unmatched as a cosmopolitan resort. History and culture
buffs can review the island's Spanish past by visiting
Fort San Pedro, Magellan's Cross, Casa Gorordo, Carcar
and the Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino. Shoppers will
find a dreamworld of bargains in handicrafts, fruits,
guitars and marvelous antiques in the city's stores.
And beach lovers will welcome Cebu's top-rated resorts
and their white sand beaches. Lower Prices than last
year start at CNY2370. For more information please contact
Philippine Airlines at telephone (8621) 6279 8765 or
fax (8621) 6279 8762 or visit our website www.philippineairlines.com
 The
Fastest Way to Canada
Starting June 16, 2006, Air Canada will introduce non-stop
service between eastern Canada and China's largest city.
With the new Toronto-Shanghai service, you will have
maximum connecting options throughout the Americas.
For more information and reservation, please call your
travel agent or contact Air Canada at (8610) 6468-2001,
(8621) 6279-2999.
 Need
Airline Tickets From US To China?
Got Friends in the U.S. Planning To Go To
China? For Air Tickets from The US to China, the cheapest
tickets are sold in the U.S. We offer the best priced
tickets on Air China, and on most other carriers. Located
a block from New York's Empire State Building, Happy
New York Travel can ship tickets to anywhere in the
world. Call Catherine in the US at 646-552-2331, or
US toll-free at 1-866-886-6868. Or Email: happynytravel@yahoo.com
or visit www.happynytravel.com
Enjoy
Your Spring Festival in Japan
The Spring Festival is coming, have you already made
you plan for the holiday? Why not go out with your whole
family for a Japanese Spring Festival. We Offer Special
Japan trip packages for you. 7580rmb selected 6-day
trip in Honshu, depart on January 28, 29, 30, 31; 9200rmb
deluxe trip package there, depart on January 29, 30;
6500rmb 4-day Tokyo trip, depart on January 30, and
will get a special tickets for the Mt. Fuji on the Chinese
Lunar January 4. Hot line: (8621) 6267 0688
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Health & Fitness |
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| Shuyate
Fitness
We are a professional fitness club in Pudong District.
1200 square meter practising space with 20 Spinning
machines, can offer you different training with
your demands. We also have body-building courses,
including kinds of aerobics, yoga and different
kinds of dances. Now with a fitness card of Shuyate,
you can go to the Chamber of East City Garden
(1688 Dongfang Road, TEL: 8621-5090 8931) to have
a swimming, 14rmb for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Address:
3F, 6 Zhangyang Road, Pudong, TEL (8621) 5835
1777
Yinjie
Fitness Centre
Designed by professional fitness experts, we provide
an excellent environment for our members. The
center is divided into 4 parts: training field,
lounge, dressing room and shower room. The coaches
can offer a general physical evaluation, and make
a personal training plan for you. You are welcome
to join in and be one of our members. TEL (8621)
5090 3253
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Relocations |
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Shanghai
Lixing Moving Service Company
Based in Pudong District, we are one of those moving service
companies who adopt western management in Shanghai. Our
services refer in 3 fields, including moving service,
cargo transportation, and courier service. We offer the
standard price that made by OPS, if our workers ask extra
fee, our clients can complain asap, and we will return
it back. Address: 3838 Pudong Road North, Reservation
line: (8621) 5861 6199
Jiaxing
Relocation Service
With 9-year history, Jiaxing has grown up as one of the
best creditable relocation service company in Shanghai
which with more than 30 moving trucks in different sizes.
Service under a standard industry criterion, it helps
them to win a lot of customers, and they offer 3 service
promises for their customers: 1. 50rmb amends for 1-hour
delay; 2. Pay after the service; 3. Will respond the complaints
in 5 days. Address: 1580 Jinyu Road, TEL (8621) 6497 5937
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Jobs |
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| Sales,
Marketing,Finance and Call Centre Positions with
Global Conference Organiser
IQPC is a multi-national corporation that excels
at creating unique, vital business conferences and
seminars around the world. We are a global organization,
with offices in Berlin, Johannesburg, London, New
Jersey, New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and
Toronto. IQPC is a fun place to work, brimming with
intelligent and dynamic people. Continual training
is provided for all roles and career opportunities.
We are recruiting talented individuals for conference
production, sales, marketing, finance, sponsorship,
customer service, operations management, translation,
design and list research. Visit us at
www.iqpc.com.cn to learn more about the available
openings at our new China office.
Seeking
Experienced Hospitality Sales People in Shanghai
Enter the world of media: BDL Media is expanding
and we have vacancies for experienced local hospitality
professionals based in Shanghai, good base salary
plus commissions. BDL Media runs online websites
like Xianzai.com, ChinaPulse.com, ChinaTravelNow.com,
and also offline travel and entertainment publications,
books, and magazines. Must have 2 years experience
in an International 5-star hotel at managerial level
in Sales and Marketing/Public Relations or Communications.
Internet and Web knowledge a must, and Computer
skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Fluent in both
written and spoken English and Chinese and must
be able to work independently. Please forward your
English resume to jobs2006@bdlmedia.com.
Note: Do not attach resumes--instead place them
in the body of E-mails. Attachments will not be
opened.
Job
Openings at LehmanBrown International Accountants
LehmanBrown International Accountants is rapidly
expanding and seeking to recruit dynamic individuals
for the following positions: Partners, Directors,
minimum twelve years accounting experience, must
have Big 4 background, and knowledge of China accounting,
IAS and preferably USGAAP and be able to manage
clients, staff and win business. Senior Managers,
Audit Managers, min 8yrs experience including audit
with Big 4, good English; Senior Auditors, ACCA
/ CPA, minimum of four years experience with big
4 or large local accounting firm, good English;
Auditors, minimum of two years experience, CPA or
studying, good English; Please e-mail your resume
with a cover letter outlining which position you
are interested in to: shanghaicareer@lehmanbrown.com
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Services |
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Computer Network Installation and Security
Call
CANDIS for free network audits. Are your network,
email and web servers secure from viruses and hackers?
In Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, CANDIS specializes
in systems integration and labor outsourcing, www.candis.com.cn.
Phone: 010-6568-0876; email: audits@candis.com.cn
 International
Accountants... LehmanBrown... providing an alternative
Professional Services: Audit, Taxation,
Company Secretarial, Legal Financial Accounting:
CFO Function, Bookkeeping, Accounting & financial
advise, Office Administration Management Accounting:
Budgeting & Forecasting, Cash flow Management,
Market Growth Strategies, Learning Centre Systems
Solutions: Systems Implementation, Internal Process
review, Information Management Business Management:
Merger & Acquisition integration, Market Entry
Strategy, Business Due Diligence, Mergers &
Acquisitions & Divestitures www.lehmanbrown.com
Contact: Beijing Tel: +86 10 85321720, Fax: +86
10 65323270 Shanghai Tel: +86 21 62881635, Fax:
+86 21 62881636 Hong Kong Tel: +852 25375425, Fax:
+852 25375649 E-mail: beijing@lehmanbrown.com,
shanghai@lehmanbrown.com, hongkong@lehmanbrown.com
Caring
the Whole Family to Their Home
Tianyuan Household Management Service Company is
officially established in the year 2000 after being
authorized by the relative department of Shanghai.
Taking "passion,empressement,high quality"
as our purpose,we established network facing the
whole city.Staff in our company are trained by formal
institute like Women Cadre School, "customer
the first,Service the best" is always our unflagging
pursuit.We provides various household services,
our commitment is "Caring the whole family
to their home". No.926 South Baotou Road, Yangpu
District. TEL: (8621) 655l 2375
Richard
Wang & Co.
Named as New Century Law Firm before, Richard Wang
& Co. is a law firm that founded by several
students abroad. Now members here are judges and
lawyers with a lot of experience, most of them had
high education abroad, so they are familiar with
both China law and international laws, and good
at dealing with international economic cases. It
is also the only Shanghai law firm that has office
in New York. Address: 18F, 100 Yan'an Road East,
TEL (8621) 6366 5800
Shanghai
Jia Yuan Xipu Wedding Consulting Agency
We have a lot of experience in preparing weddings
to offer a series of services to make new couples
can have an amazing wedding that they want. We desert
the pipelining service that used by most wedding
consulting companies in Shanghai now, but adopt
"one to one" service to ensure we can
get the real idea of what the bride and bridegroom
want. Also we will make a plan for the wedding according
their budget. We can do both traditional and modern
weddings. Hot line: (8621) 5662 6264. Address: Room801,
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Community Announcements |
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|  Charity
In China: What can you do to help?
There are so many non-profit and non-governmental
organizations operating in China doing so much great
work. But what can you do to help donate or volunteer?
You can sign-up to receive periodic information
about the fantastic opportunities to help a needy
family in China. Visit http://www.charityinchina.com/signup.php
to get started with CharityInChina.org!
 YPHH
Happy Networking
YPHH organizes Happy Networking events for all people
in Beijing, Shanghai & Shenzhen. Average age
is 25-45. Every month different events such as:
monthly YPHH Wine Nights and monthly YPHH Happy
Hours, weekend-outings, day-trips and more. For
more info and subscribes to the mailing list, please
log onto our renewed website http://www.yphh.com
Book
Club: Leaving Mother Lake
Chinese Culture Club monthly book chat.
January 17, TBA Shanghai. For details contact (86)
135 24427556.
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Biz Exhibitions & Art Exibitions |
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Future
Landscapes
Works by a group of Chinese artists, including Zhou
Zixi, Liu Weijian, and Sun Xun.
January 20 - February 15, Shanghai Duolun Museum
of Modern Art TEL (8621) 6587 2530
Retrospective
12+Contemporary Experimental Images
January 20 - February 15, 2F, Shanghai Duolun Museum
of Modern Art TEL (8621) 6587 2530
High
Renaissance
Paintings from the Bellini Musuem in Florence, including
works by Titian, Raphael, DaVinci and Michelangelo
- the greatest artist in renaissance period.
Through February 2, Shanghai Art Museum TEL (8621)
6327 2829
Fiction
@ Love
Curated by Victoria Lu and Lim Qinyi, the exhibition
explores how digital techniques has impacted people's
loves. Some 80 artists, from China and overseas,
were invited to take part.
Through March 5 (close on Fridays), Shanghai Museum
of Contemporary Art TEL (8621) 6327 9900
Go
There
Solo exhibition of oil paintings by John Ma (Ma
Jun).
January 14 - February 3, The Room With a View TEL
(8621) 6352 0256
The
View from Afar: An Installation by Christina Shmigel
American artist Christina Shmigel interprets the
places in which she lives through her sculpture
and installation art. As the current resident artist
at the Duolun Museum of Modern Art, she presently
looks to the city of Shanghai to inspire and inform
her work.
January 14 - February 15, Shanghai Duolun Museum
of Modern Art TEL (8621) 6587 2530
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