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Old 02-18-2014, 9:17am   #1
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I've been by that building a number of times. The people in Singapore are car crazy. And those cars are VERY expensive. Around 1,000,000.00 USD each after taxes and license fees (COE).
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I've been by that building a number of times. The people in Singapore are car crazy. And those cars are VERY expensive. Around 1,000,000.00 USD each after taxes and license fees (COE).
Between it and Hong Kong.....I have heard they put NYC to shame....makes me wonder where all the MONEY comes from......and surprised Beijing not stolen it all......
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Between it and Hong Kong.....I have heard they put NYC to shame....makes me wonder where all the MONEY comes from......and surprised Beijing not stolen it all......
I have been to both hundreds of times. Both have basically a flat tax rate. You are expected to work. Poverty is almost illegal. If you are unable to work and your family, Friends, Neighbors or civic groups are unable or unwilling to help you die.

Add that to Chinese confusion values and governments committed to success and you have two really great places to work, live or visit for business.

I visit both in March.
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Add that to Chinese confusion values and governments committed to success and you have two really great places to work, live or visit for business.
I'm hoping so. I've been working on exporting U.S. goods to Shanghai for the last year. My business partner sells a gentleman over there 1 particular item but he wants to do more.

Is an interesting challenge to communicate concepts and government requirements for both sides.
Really nice guy to deal with and his family is delightful.
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I'm hoping so. I've been working on exporting U.S. goods to Shanghai for the last year. My business partner sells a gentleman over there 1 particular item but he wants to do more.

Is an interesting challenge to communicate concepts and government requirements for both sides.
Really nice guy to deal with and his family is delightful.
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Thats China nd Be very afraid. If you have a signed contract make sure it's on very soft paper so you have a actual use for it.

It takes years to be able to say you have a relationship with anyone on Asia. It takes even longer in China.

I will be in Shanghai March 11th through 13th.
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Thats China nd Be very afraid. If you have a signed contract make sure it's on very soft paper so you have a actual use for it.

It takes years to be able to say you have a relationship with anyone on Asia. It takes even longer in China.

I will be in Shanghai March 11th through 13th.
Very cautious indeed. We've been selling to him for about 8 years and his family has been over a few times a year since then. If he's planning a con, he has surely put his time in.
He has put up 50% of the funds into a mutual account in the U.S. for the newest venture.

Interesting guy; he is an adjunct professor at Shanghai Normal University as well.
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My wife was a book keeper/accounts manager for an importer of bar supplies here in OP, and so they were a major client, but the company owner had a brain malfunction stroke/cancer? and suddenly died, he was my age....and so his son wound up shutting down the business, damnit....there went almost 1/2 of her income..... and of course it was all import from China, and one of the major suppliers was a fellow called China Bob....never met the man, so have NO clue about him, but apparently the son and he did not get along....

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