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max81
Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Posts: 59
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Dilton wrote: |
| I am Canadian and still yougn, but in my twilight years, I may do just that. |
Wrong! you are a Canadian, white, young man.
with all the wu mao you have collected, you could easily retire at 30  |
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TexasHighway
Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 779
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Foreigners who dedicate years of their lives to China's development will be rewarded with a pension. |
Man, what a newbie! Unfortunately, the China you want to retire to does not exist. Did you check out North Korea's generous pension system? |
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Silent Shadow
Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 380 Location: A stones throw past the back of beyond
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:59 am Post subject: |
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| TexasHighway wrote: |
Dilton wrote:
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| Foreigners who dedicate years of their lives to China's development will be rewarded with a pension. |
Man, what a newbie! Unfortunately, the China you want to retire to does not exist. Did you check out North Korea's generous pension system? |
Come on. Can't you see that Dilton's taking over the baton of our former master of irony, Zero? |
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Cyberkada
Joined: 04 Dec 2011 Posts: 306 Location: Xi'an, China
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| Silent Shadow wrote: |
| TexasHighway wrote: |
Dilton wrote:
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| Foreigners who dedicate years of their lives to China's development will be rewarded with a pension. |
Man, what a newbie! Unfortunately, the China you want to retire to does not exist. Did you check out North Korea's generous pension system? |
Come on. Can't you see that Dilton's taking over the baton of our former master of irony, Zero? |
He is no more Canadian than I am Chinese. A Chinese English learner, perhaps. No Westerner spouts CCP nonsense as well as him. |
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Lobster

Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 2040 Location: Somewhere under the Sea
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| No Westerner spouts CCP nonsense as well as him. |
Sir, you wound me! I believe the CCP is the glue that holds this vast and sometimes fractious country together. Some folks are just going to have to realize that others don't agree with their assessments of how things work here and accept it without trying to put forth fallacious arguments like denying a person's claim to be a citizen of a certain country.
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Cyberkada
Joined: 04 Dec 2011 Posts: 306 Location: Xi'an, China
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Lobster wrote: |
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| No Westerner spouts CCP nonsense as well as him. |
Sir, you wound me! I believe the CCP is the glue that holds this vast and sometimes fractious country together. Some folks are just going to have to realize that others don't agree with their assessments of how things work here and accept it without trying to put forth fallacious arguments like denying a person's claim to be a citizen of a certain country.
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Or to put it another way, No Westerner will blurt out the CCP nonsense as certain posters have here. Either that or he is yanking our chains. But as Yoggi Berra once said, "I just calls em as I sees em" |
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igorG
Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 1473 Location: asia
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Alright, alright! Let's wrap this meeting up and begin paying all those new taxes so that party members can take advantage of investing the money. Leaders claim it'll be profitable and everyone will benefit. Your taxes will probably be like your stock option  |
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Cyberkada
Joined: 04 Dec 2011 Posts: 306 Location: Xi'an, China
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Back on topic...
The 15th has passed and the end-of-the month is coming up. Anyone see deductions for the new foreigner social tax yet?
October 15th - 11%
November 15th - 22%
December 15th - 33%
... based on the retroactive nature of the tax as reported in a plethora of places.
Read back for details. |
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Gtomas
Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 100
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Back on topic...
The 15th has passed and the end-of-the month is coming up. Anyone see deductions for the new foreigner social tax yet?
October 15th - 11%
November 15th - 22%
December 15th - 33%
... based on the retroactive nature of the tax as reported in a plethora of places.
Read back for details. |
Cyberkada is right. Foreigners need to keep an ye on this. The quickly we catch someone messing around with our pay, we can decide a better response.
You think we could start up a foreign teacher organization?
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MisterButtkins
Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| No mention of this from my boss, and in fact my school plans to hire 3 new foreign teachers next semester, so I guess it's not a problem for them. |
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vikeologist
Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 600
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| No mention of this from my boss, and in fact my school plans to hire 3 new foreign teachers next semester, so I guess it's not a problem for them. |
Sounds like they don't know about it. Employers can't simply pay the contributions for teachers. They have to issue us with social security cards (not sure they're called that).
That said, I spoke to an EF DOS recently who hadn't heard about this. I'd have thought that EF nationally must know about this, so I'm not sure what they're playing at. Haven't they told their franchises? Are they planning a response?
EF must be one of the largest employers of foreigners in China, so you'd think they'd have been the first to know. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner

Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| Many foreigners will certainly wish to enjoy retirement in China and take part in sightseeing of its natural beauty and cultural heritage. Givein its 5,000 years of history, there is much to see. |
Yes Terrance (or was that Philip?), there certainly shall be much to see in the land that has 5,000 years of history. We shall certainly take part of the natural beauty of factories, and how the sun colours the smog, I mean fog, naturally. As it has done for the last 5,000 years.
Serious question: Did you learn your English in Canada, too? Because I promise you this is not how ordinary Canadians talk. Certainly shall not believe it... |
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The Great Wall of Whiner

Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:20 am Post subject: |
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This tax will be a disaster. It means that in just a few short months when it becomes implemented, does this mean that foreigners will owe their entire month's salary to the government?
Who wants to work for an entire month for free? (raise of hands)
I for one did not come to China just to donate my entire monthly salary to China's lousy space program or whatever... |
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7969

Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 5782 Location: Coastal Guangdong
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| Because I promise you this is not how ordinary Canadians talk. Certainly shall not believe it... |
What does an ordinary Canadian talk like? What do they look like? Where do they live? Where did they come from? Because I promise you they aren't all the same.
| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| This tax will be a disaster. It means that in just a few short months when it becomes implemented, does this mean that foreigners will owe their entire month's salary to the government? |
Give that crystal ball of yours another crank and I'm sure you'll have that answer too. |
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whistleatuneor2
Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 17
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
| Serious question: Did you learn your English in Canada, too? Because I promise you this is not how ordinary Canadians talk. Certainly shall not believe it... |
Looks like a couple commas are missing here. And, all Canadians are nothing but ordinary.
"Certainly shall not believe it..." - this "sentence" makes no sense.
What's the point? Why does everyone seem to be self-appointed police of some kind?
"Great thread" as it usually becomes. (apply sarcasm here) |
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