These New Rules Coming into Effect on October 1st!

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Effective October 1st, the Ministry of Transport has issued administrative measures on the delivery of express packages, stating that couriers will not be allowed to put packages inside electronic express containers without customers' permission.

Enterprises using smart express boxes to deliver items should obtain the consent of the recipient first. If the recipient does not agree to use the smart express box to receive his or her order, the company will need to resort to traditional delivery methods using the recipients provided mailing address.

Storing packages inside those smart express cabinets cannot charge recipients within the set storage period. 

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Regulations on the protection of children's personal information are also coming into effect on October 1st. 

This is China's first legislation specifically targeting the online protection of children.

The regulation stipulates that no organization or individual shall produce, publish or disseminate information that infringes on the safety of children's personal information.

Network operators should collect, store, use, transfer, and disclose children's personal information based on "five principles", that is, based on their legitimacy and necessity, informed consent, clear purpose, security, and within the law.

The collection and use of the child's personal information needs to be communicated to the child's guardian in a conspicuous and clear manner, and the consent of the child's guardian has to be obtained.

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Diving tests for motor vehicles will now be using new content and processes as of October 1st. 

Four items have been adjusted in the second subject of the test, as well as timing of the exam.

For the third subject, test takers will be given no more than 10 seconds after the green light to complete their task, after which it will be considered as failed. 

The examinee who fails to observe the inside and outside rearview mirror and traffic on the left side before overtaking, and then looks back to confirm whether it is safe, will be failed.

When the vehicle drives past the zebra crossing and goes straight through the intersection, the examinee who does not take the initiative to avoid the vehicles, pedestrians and other non-motor vehicles that have the priority to pass according to the regulations will also be failed.'

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The State Administration for Market Regulation on health food labeling released a new set of regulations by will take effect on October 1.

The new regulations have clarified the standards for making and changing the labels of health food, including the ingredient list and health claims. The procedure and channel for the release of the lists are also stipulated.

Source: Xinhua

Editor: Crystal Huang

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7 Days of Holiday Overtime, 2,000 per Day. Would You Say Yes?

Every year around the same time, the Internet sees the same searched topic among netizens preparing their National Day holiday:

Overtime pay!

A survey conducted by polling organizations have asked the following question:

If you were to earn RMB 2,000/day to work through the holiday, but would have to work overtime for seven days, what would you choose?

Nearly 30,000 people voted, and 97% of people chose the option to work overtime! 

 

RMB 2,000 per day, in seven days that would amount to RMB 14,000. Not bad! Why fight against money? Haha 

Many young netizens have stood their ground on the fact that their number one focus is to make money.

Love vs. Getting rich

But in reality, how much can you really get paid for working overtime through this upcoming holiday?

The General Office of the State Council has released a bit more detailed information on holiday arrangements and what they mean for work:

National Day 2019: 7 days from Oct 1 to Oct 7, but in fact, October 1-3 is the actual holiday.

If staff decide to work through the holiday between October 1st and 3rd, their company should pay them three times their daily wage based on the previous salary month.

 

From October 4-7, if staff decide to continue working, the company should pay them twice their salary. 

Are any of your friends working through the holiday? 

Send them positive vibes and likes!  

Based on the previous poll mentioned in this article, lets bring it to a vote here with our favorite GiC readers!

 

If you were to earn RMB 2,000/day to work through the holiday, but would have to work overtime for seven days.

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Typhoon Mitag is Coming

China activated a level-IV emergency response for typhoon Mitag on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Two working teams have been deployed in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian to assist local authorities for preparation.

Mitag, the 18th typhoon this year, is forecasted to sweep the northeast part of Taiwan on Monday night and move north to sweep or land in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province on Tuesday.

From Monday to Tuesday, Mitag is expected to bring heavy rain to some parts of Shanghai and provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

The ministry warned local departments to intensify real-time monitoring, issue alerts promptly, and strengthen evacuation and relocation in areas prone to flooding and geological disasters.

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Best Destinations to Escape Golden Week Crowds

The long-awaited Golden Week will be here very soon. Chinese tourist attractions will utterly swamp with people. Have you made any reservations in advance to escape the holiday crowd? 

If not, consider traveling to these 6 off-the-beaten-track destinations where you can enjoy an Epic Golden Holiday without the National Day crowds.  

01

Yangtze River Cruises 

The crowds during China's golden week have little impact on the fixed-number-per-ship Yangtze River cruise. However, booking the cruise during the National Day holiday week is much harder than normal, and its advisable to book at least one month in advance.

 

The Yangtze River cruise is the most popular cruise in China, with beautiful natural landscapes and some places of cultural interest along the way. The ship frequently stops and you can stretch your legs to explore attractions on the river banks. October's Yangtze River is painted by fall colors. The weather in October is quite comfortable and cool, which makes it pleasant to stand on deck surveying the scenery. 

 

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Xinjiang Province for Tranquility and Tradition

Xinjiang Province in west China is an ideal place to avoid bustling cities and enjoy the tranquil and amazing natural scenery. It is one of the less-visited provinces in China, but the amazing nature in Xinjiang makes it a top destination for surviving and thriving away from the crowds.

 

Baihaba Village retains its rural beauty, and there you can feel very close to nature. Autumn is the most charming season in Baihaba. Seen from a distance, the neighboring mountains are blanketed with layer-upon-layer of different-colored verdant trees. Streams rush down impatiently from the mountains and between the trees. All these fabulous sceneries make you feel like you are standing in the middle of a large painting of nature, created by a phenomenal artist.

 

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Qinghai Province for Quiet and Beautiful Expanses

 

If you have a craving for pure and fabulous natural scenery in China and don't want to be disturbed by crowds, Qinghai Province in the north-west may be just the place for you. The source of the Yangtze River is there and many ethnic groups live there, making it a good destination for discovering Chinese culture.

 

Qinghai Lake is a sparkling jewel in the north-west of China. Although autumn is not said to be the best time to visit the lake, the season offers a different kind of beauty well-worth seeing. The lake is quieter and more peaceful, decorated by the yellow grasslands and snow-capped mountains around. Standing on the bank you will have a wide sphere of vision. This huge lake and quiet environment can make you feel overwhelmed.

 

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Western Sichuan Province for Alpine Scenery and Tibetan Culture

The Changbai Mountains are a scenic wonderland and one of the most beautiful areas in China. They are located in Jilin Province, northeast China, and can be reached conveniently by train from Changchun via Tonghua.

 

Hot springs, waterfalls, Heavenly Lake, and the nature-reserve area are the top attractions in the mountains. Among them, Heavenly Lake is the most gorgeous and a must-visit place. While trekking around Heavenly Lake, you may be surprised and overwhelmed by the scenery, which is different, but equally spectacular, under different weather conditions.

 

In autumn you can see flowers blossoming on the southern and western slopes. The mountains are a cool place for escaping the summer heat. It may even snow there from October onwards.

 

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Xishuangbanna for the Scenery of the Tropics

 

Xishuangbanna is still off the beaten track for both Chinese and foreign tourists. But if you are looking for a great change from the rest of China and to escape the crowds, you can enjoy this tropical area and the culture like that of Thailand.

 

The Tropical Botanical Garden is among the attractions where you can see the huge variety of plant species they have growing there.

 

Why not plan a holiday to appreciate the fall colors in China? These off-the-beaten-track destinations are carefully handpicked by our team of experts to avoid the crowds! Just let us know your preference to get a complete tailor-made tour to suit your need.  

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800 Million Tourists! The Most Busy Places for National Holiday!

Source: JobTube, Arianna J., Josh B.

According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 726 Million domestic tourists were received during the National Day holidays in 2018, an increase of 9.43% compared with the same period last year. According to the report released by Ctrip, it is expected that the number of tourists will reach nearly 800 million in 2019 with the increasing enthusiasm of Chinese people.

The Most Popular Cities?

According to the big data from Tujia: Chengdu, Chongqing, Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Changsha are the top ten most popular cities for the National Day holiday in 2019. The popular business circles are Jiefangbei Street in Chongqing, Huangcuo in Xiamen, Dali Ancient City, Wuyi Square in Changsha, Tsan-tsh-uann in Xiamen, Mu Fu Mansion in Lijiang, Panda Mansion in Chongqing, Luomashi and Chunxi Road in Chengdu.

The Top Cities for Traffic Jams

Per the "National Day Holiday Travel Prediction Report 2019" jointly released by Baidu Map, China Weather Network and Baidu Encyclopedia, Beijing, Changchun and Leshan will be the top three cities traffic jam. In addition, traffic jams are also expected in Urumqi, Hohhot, Guilin and Kunming.

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300 Yuan For a Bubble Tea! Why So Expensive?

Source: Asia One

Scalpers have pounced on a pop-up bubble tea shop in Shanghai featured in a hit Mandopop music video, reselling the drinks for many times their retail price.

Annoyed fans of Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou complained on social media that the scalpers swamped the shop on the Bund soon after it opened on Tuesday and were charging up to 300 yuan each for drinks selling inside for 13-32 yuan.

The tea shop was the backdrop for Chou's latest single Won't Cry, which broke domestic music streaming records when it was released on Monday.

The song topped the charts in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and tells the story of a low-paid milk tea shop worker who works extra hours to buy an expensive camera for her aspiring photographer boyfriend.

Named Machi Machi, the pop-up store will be open for eight days only, and sell just 200 cups of tea per day, with drinks limited to one per person.

Some scalpers - called "yellow cattle" in Mandarin - even charged fans 50 yuan to take a selfie with a bottle of the store's branded milk tea.

"In the morning I passed by and there were quite a lot of yellow cattle there already. I chatted with them and they said that about 300 people from their group were arriving today. The shop clearly opens at noon but they were already queueing up from the early morning," one user wrote on the popular restaurant review app Dazhong Dianping.

"Jay Chou's 'Machi' milk tea store had a busy opening, the yellow cattle selling two cups for 600 yuan. If you had this kind of money you could eat anything," one user wrote on WeChat.

Signs prohibiting "yellow cattle" were displayed near the entrance of the shop, China Youth Daily reported on Friday.

The shop also forced customers to open their drink before leaving to prevent reselling and police officers patrolled the entrance to shoo away loiterers, the report said.

A Shanghai Huangpu district police officer was quoted as saying that the rules had effectively limited the activities of the scalpers.

Internet users also warned customers off the scalpers.

"Never buy from the yellow cattle, because the shop has a rule that you must drink one sip before you leave the premises. The yellow cattle were stunned. Due to slow sales, they could only take selfies with the bottles," another reviewer on Dazhong Dianping wrote.

"So if you bought one off the yellow cattle, it's very likely they've already had a drink from it. If the drink bottle still looks full, they probably drank from it and then added water to top it off, or they might even have filled one of the empty bottles with some other liquid!"

Scalpers were also common as the Hey Tea chain of bubble tea stores started opening in major cities across China in recent years.

Customers would pay scalpers to wait in line to buy them a drink, with some in Shanghai forced to wait up to five hours in 2017.

Chou is known for his love of bubble tea, which he frequently posts about on social media.

While 2 million copies of the song were sold in 25 minutes on Monday, the video was criticised online for glorifying the stereotype of the subservient woman sacrificing herself for her man.

"After all these years, Jay Chou's new music video shows that some men still dream of a world where a beautiful woman willingly works herself to the bone to support your dream," Deng Anqing, a fiction writer, wrote on a public social media post.

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China's First Airport Just Closed After....

Source: CNN

As Beijing's new, multibillion-dollar airport opened with great fanfare last Wednesday, a piece of China's history quietly closed its doors on the other side of the city.

The country's very first airport, Nanyuan Airport, shut its doors for good on September 25, the same date that Beijing's new $11.5 billion Daxing Airport was opened.

The last flight, China United Airlines KN5830, left at just after 10 p.m., state media said. By Saturday, its doors were firmly shut and the car park mostly deserted.

The few remaining dusty cars had a polite notice taped to their side window. "Hello! This airport has officially moved to Daxing International Airport on September 25 ... I want to thank you again for putting your trust in Nanyuan Airport," said the notice.

Nanyuan first opened in 1910, 109 years ago, when China was still ruled by the Qing Dynasty.

According to state-run China Daily, Nanyuan will become an aviation museum, while its practical functions will all be transferred to Daxing Airport.

Nevertheless, even days after its closure, Beijing citizens were still flocking to the old terminal to pay their tributes to a slice of the city's history.

"The Chinese dream took off from here," said one visitor.

"We have feelings for this place," said another. "It's sad that Nanyuan is gone ... I brought my 1-year-old son here. He probably won't understand what I say to him about it, but he will have the memories."

"I will miss this airport very much. I used to see aircraft flying around here before, but now I won't be able to anymore," as stated by one visitor.

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How an English Teacher Dealt With Bored Students

Source: ECNS

A high school English teacher who has a definite artistic talent is inspiring her students with detailed and colorful drawings in her pupil's exercise books.

Du Mengsi, who teaches at a high school in Xuchang, Central China's Henan Province, said some of her students lacked interest in learning English. As an incentive to do better on their homework, Du started to draw cartoon characters for her students who submitted the best answers to her questions. 

A video posted on Pear Video shows her drawings are far more than simple doodles. Many are colorful, detailed figures that take her more than a few minutes to complete.

One of her better students asked for a drawing of Nezha, a popular character from one of the hottest cartoon movies. Du fulfilled the request and wrote a balloon caption that contained some encouraging words for the student.

Not all of her drawings depict sweet little characters like cute kittens. She drew a half-page-sized image of the monster character "Venom" for one of her students. "I promised that if you can get full marks, I would draw Venom for you. Please keep up your great grade!"

"My child loves learning English now," the parent of one of Du's students wrote on WeChat.

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The Sourcing Director is responsible for ensuring that our overall procurement process allows to meet wholesale profitability goals while maintaining a competitive position relative to all types of optional distribution. This position is also responsible for ensuring that retailers achieve respectable retail profit margins relative to retail competition. The Sourcing Director must be able to fulfill the proper product value equation of service level, quality, and cost.

Additional responsibilities include overseeing all the program negotiations, including product development, market research, pricing, supply chain management, inventory control, advertising, wholesale profitability, retail margin management, and marketing to our customer, the Retailer. This role is responsible for developing and marketing across many regions of the world. This position must be able to develop and maintain a risk mitigation plan to assure a long term supply of critical high velocity product.

The Sourcing Director supervises Category Managers, Quality Control & Assurance and the Graphics & Packaging departments. This position requires excellent leadership skills to provide short and long term vision for the departments through market analysis, data analysis, and intuition. Strong problem solving abilities also play a key role in providing direction for the team.

The role additionally requires a proactive work ethic, relationship-building skills, analytical skills, strategic thinking, communication skills, resourcefulness, the ability to work effectively with cross-functional team members, multi-tasking, and time management skills.

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• 5+ years experience in a retail environment, including background in store merchandising, sourcing, supply chain and customer service.

• Global understanding of merchandising best practices/global buying power

• Excellent negotiation skills with customers, vendors and ..others?

• Must understand different countries and their cultural challenges along with proven ability to work cross-functionally with internal departments

• Must be able to uphold high ethical standards for vendor/factory relationships.

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Grandpa Sold Washer for RMB 50 When It Was Worth 100,000!

On the morning of September 17, a 74-year-old man surnamed Zhang sold an old washing machine for RMB 50 to a hawker moving around and collecting waste products in his neighborhood.  However, he forgot that he had previously hidden RMB 100,000 worth of gold inside and sold it with the washing machine.

He didnt remember that detail until later that evening and was vexed.

Back in the day when Zhang was young, with no habit of depositing his money to the bank, he would save his had earned money and turn every bit into gold. He would then put that gold inside the chassis of his washing machine for safeguarding.

The following day, on September 18, Zhang rushed to the Chengdong police station to make his claim: Please help me, he said. I dont know what to do!

Officers used video tracking to find the person he had sold his home appliance to, which took nearly 10 hours before they managed to capture a clear footage of the license plate of the hawkers electric tricycle.

On September 20, Zhang and his daughter, led by a peddler, rushed to a waste collection station where they found the old washing machine among the old appliances that had not yet been dismantled, and successfully recovered his gold, worth RMB 100,000. "The police is good and helpful. They really serve the people." 

Zhang was grateful to recover his gold.

A reminder from police officers: to prevent such incidents from occurring, place whatever money you do not need immediately in your bank account so you may avoid unnecessary losses.

Upon hearing this news, netizens shared: Now the whole country knows where you hide your gold! 

Editor: Crystal Huang

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Condom Deliveryman Was Sued Over Customer's Pregnancy?Fake News!

Recently, many platforms have reported a piece of news about this:

A woman surnamed Su had ordered condoms from online delivery service last month which promised to deliver them under 20 minutes. However, she received a message saying that due to the bad weather, the delivery could be slightly late. 

Unable to endure a minute longer, Su and her boyfriend had sex. The condoms arrived 8 minutes later than promised. But the two had already finished.

Earlier this month, Su discovered she was pregnant. She was angry.

"If he had delivered on time, this would not have happened," she has blamed the condom deliveryman. 

She is asking for compensation for medical costs and the cost of bearing a foetus to term for RMB 30,000.

This topic became one of the top searched news on Weibo.

On September 24, Weibo account @Jiangsu Internet police responded: after verification with relevant departments, no similar cases have been found recently. 

Police remind citizens not to believe any rumors! 

Source: weibo

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