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So finding things unappetising about Shanghai is not hard: some expats detest the city, while others struggle merely to tolerate it. But those who have studied expatriate culture say many fall in love with the sheer vibrancy of the place — from work to domestic life, from culture to entertainment and travel. For in Shanghai there is never a dull moment: blink and the city transforms itself. Management and recruitment experts agree that working in China requires a different skill-set for westerners — and sometimes even for other east Asians.
Mr Kim, a South Korean expatriate, says east Asians may find it easier to manage Chinese employees than westerners do, since they share an eastern habit of looking at problems in the workplace in context, rather than just blaming individual employees.
Chinese are helping them make money so they need to remember that. And then in the evening, I meet China again, the rich culture; in between I have issues.
On the face of it, Shanghai looks like a modern, even western city. But step into a Shanghai office and western expatriates immediately realise just how far they are from home. And as the local economy slows and local rivals become more competitive, foreign businesspeople have to work harder to make money, says Pierre Cohade, former president of Goodyear Asia-Pacific.
But the most successful business people remember that there is more to life than work — even in China, management experts say. What do I like about living in Shanghai, apart from the full-time help you mean? Heraty stays home with his three small children while his wife works as a senior executive at a US technology company. Sustaining a western lifestyle in Shanghai is far easier than in any other Chinese city and getting easier all the time.
Still, many expatriates continue to give the quality of family life in China a low rating. Settling in to life in Shanghai is doubtless easier because English is more widely spoken than in other Chinese cities, but it can be tough even so. Even a pair of jeans costs Rmb1, and a cup of coffee Rmb40, according to Mercer, with a two-bedroom apartment too small for the average expat family priced at Rmb25, a month.
Carrie Jones, director of counselling at the Community Centre Shanghai, says she sees a big increase in expats seeking reduced rates on psychological counselling, reflecting the demographic shift away from executives with large compensation packages to younger professionals and even students.
My plan is to live in Shanghai for at least another 10 years. Shanghai is home. Johan 38, from Sweden, a regional operations director in Asia, living with his family in Stanford Residence in Xuhui district The community is very convenient. We have friends living here, and we seldom heard of any complaints about the community. I like cultural differences. Chinese people are very friendly and very nice.
While walking my dog along the streets every morning, I love to say hello to the vendors and see their smiles. I really like it. It's such a huge city, but the same time quite small communities. Due to the wonderful experience we have with the management in the complex , I can't say actually we have any problems. I definitely like to stay here.
My family don't want to go back. The culture is nice. It's very safe. It's a big city and convenient, we really love it.
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