Expat Rights

I WANT A CHINESE ID CARD !

ORIGINALLY FROM: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1101047.shtml I want the Chinese ID equivalent China seems to be a kind of plastic card utopia. Before I came to live here, I don’t think I ever had more than three plastic cards: an ATM card, a credit card and my driver’s license. Now, I have three ATM cards, two gas cards, an […]

10 DANK #ExpatRights MEMES !

🌿 SPICY #ExpatRights MEMES 🌿 Teaching “Ilegally” when you’re on a tourist visa and see the police at the training center door When he says you can’t break your contract, but you on a tourist visa “now hiring native speakers” Don’t say “VPN”! Foreigner said “VPN” in a Group Chat! “Right here is […]

88% of Recruiters Hire ‘ILLEGAL’ Teachers

Yesterday we ran a little experiment on TheBeijinger’s classified ads section. We created a fake e-mail address, a fake name, a fake tefl and a fake backstory. Meet “Uvlovig Innvandrer” We then e-mailed every teaching position available on theBeijinger’s 1st two pages of “employment available”. (we also called every phone number […]

WHAT IF YOU GET ARRESTED??

We last wrote about an Expat who had his phone seized by the cops and was worried about them uncovering his illegal work history… Now we’re covering what to do if YOU GET ARRESTED!! Richard Cao, #ExpatRights lawyer from Nanjing. When talking about being arrested, it is always a serious matter and needs to be […]

SixthTone blames whites for China's anti-black racism

SixthTone: “Of course, while some of us are expats, others are immigrants. If you are Western and white in China, then you are an expat. If not, then the terminology becomes more pejorative. There have been calls for an end to the use of the word “expat,” whose connotations perpetuate a distinction from migrants that is based […]

it's TERRIBLE being Chinese-American in China

…is, IMO, a uniquely terrible experience. Maybe not for everybody, but it has been for me. I come onto this sub sometimes and I find it hard to relate to a lot of what I see, so I wanted to write a little about what it’s like after living here for 10 years. There’s this […]

COPS TOOK MY PHONE, HELP!

#ExpatRights was recently contacted for our free Legal Help by an Expat in Trouble! Dear ExpatRights, About a month ago I was added into a Wechat group called “Muslims in China”. On Thursday the police showed up at my work and took me in for questioning. I cooperated to the fullest extent and I am pretty sure they know […]

the LEAST RACIST Lady in China

My Huawei phone was broken and I’d taken it to the local unlicensed repair shop. (what a waste of time that was) After leaving my phone there for a few days I walked back to see how it was going. When I arrived in the store the phone repair lady wasn’t there.. so […]

Japan Cant Legally KIDNAP KIDS anymore

We had an important Supreme Court ruling come down earlier this month, where an international custody dispute between two Japanese divorcees living in different countries resulted in the custodial parent overseas being awarded custody of the child, as per the Hague Convention on International Child Abductions. (See Japan Times article excerpt below.) http://www.crnjapan.net/The_Japan_Childrens_Rights_Network/res-jicck.html […]

Is it RACIST when Chinese say 'HELLO' ?

After we asked white people to stop saying ‘Ni Hao’ to random Asians, we were inundated with comments from expats discussing how often Chinese say “hello”. just like the many expats replying, I hear “HELLO” every day walking down the street. and tons of ‘whispered’ chinese discussion about the ‘LAOWAI’ or the ‘WAIGUO XIAOHAI’. BUT, […]

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WeChat Hotel Deals: CHINESE ONLY 艺龙的特价不给老外

I was traveling to ZhuZhou to get my marriage visa,
我去株洲准备办签证,
I decided to try WeChat's Hotel Booking,

用了微信钱包里的艺龙app订酒店，

I booked it , arrived at and checked…

TAOBAO DENIED MY PURCHASE CUZ I'M FOREIGN 淘宝不爱老外

I was on a late night shopping Taobao binge, attempting to buy some delicious cereal from T-mall,
我昨晚在淘宝上的天猫想买点麦片，
I added them to my cart, went to checkout, clicked…