the "Facts About Iran" Thread

[repiV]

I'm not sure, I'd guess there is a high demand, since there's thousands of new jobs being created everyday there. Speaking Chinese maybe a prerequisite for a lot of the jobs though. Although I'm sure there's a lot of vacancies for recruitment consultants getting Westerners into Western companies in Shanghai.

That would be great. Probably more on the headhunting side of things though...
A lot of the large multinationals have offices in Hong Kong, but getting a transfer there would require me to work at a large multinational for a couple of years. I don't like those companies...I worked in a City recruitment office for a day, as a third interview sort of thing, and there were like 150 consultants on the floor and one group of people didn't know the other...it wasn't a very welcoming place at all.
I like my small office with its own building in Elstree, Hertfordshire. It's lovely.

Yes, I'm not sure what to think about him. He seems progressive and technocratic.
Apparently there's a lot of rival factional disputes going on at the top of the CCP now, there are many disagreements about how the country should be run.
Hu Jintao was elected as president as a compromise between these rival factions, as he seemed comparitivly moderate.

He seems like the kind of guy who'd be great to have dinner with. I think perhaps he's a realist...he knows that for China to become great once again, it must do business with the rest of the world and allow people into and out of the country. Inevitably, this will lead to democracy in the end.
On the other hand, didn't the government used to control every aspect of your personal life in China, and follow you everywhere you went? As opposed to now, where the government doesn't really infringe on your daily existence.

 

[99.vikram]

Well, China must be doing something right. Industries are thriving, and jobs are being created.

Also, there doesn't seem to be any massive unrest against the government...

 

[gick]

Well, China must be doing something right. Industries are thriving, and jobs are being created.

Also, there doesn't seem to be any massive unrest against the government...

Possibly because the last time there was massive unrest, the protesters got butchered.