IBM recently announced a new program, Project Match, which aims to soften the blow of company layoffs in North America by offering employees an alternative to the chopping block- work for the company abroad. Outgoing workers in good standing will be given the opportunity to save their job with IBM by transferring to one of over a [...]
Yi Lu, a Linguistic Consultant and Partner at Handsome Translations, offers some valuable insight and practical advice in this Link Up, Learn More Q&A. How does “curiosity kill the cat but feed the translator?” For an answer to this and much more, read on. You’re a veteran translator with some pretty big names under your [...]
Media professionals should definitely check out ‘Cracking the China PR Market,’ a contributing article by Alistair Nicholas in this month’s edition of Frontline. Nicholas, Founder and CEO of Beijing-based AC Capital Strategic Public Relations, brings a wealth of insight to foreign advertising’s cultural complexities, particularly when East meets West. Is working in PR in China [...]
Beijing released a government survey today which revealed that a staggering 20 million migrants are out of work- 15.3 percent of China’s migrant labor force. Concerns over social unrest in China have been mounting in recent months and Party leaders have responded with new guidelines in an attempt to quell a potential uprise. According to Chen Xiwen, [...]
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