Startinchina.com news from Shenzhen, in South-China. http://www.startinchina.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:17:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/baby/one-child_policy_for_mixed_couples.html I always assumed that if we wanted two children in China, it should be no problem because I am not Chinese, even though my wife is. Till recently this was indeed mostly true, because you could just apply for the nationality of one of the parents for the baby and then renounce the Chinese nationality (from within China). You would then get an Exit permit and with that you could... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:30:38 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/tencent_qq/qq_services/qq_tuangou_-_groupbuy_in_china.html The whole GroupBuy phenomenon has not passed China unnoticed and a little bit more than one month ago Tencent launched a new product in this market: QQ TuanGou (QQ团购). TuanGou literally means groupbuy , but I will just refer to it as Tuan. Tuan has seperate discounts for various cities in China: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and many others. We have already saved a few hundred RMB by using the... Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:14:22 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/shopping/citic_city_plaza.html Citic City Plaza is a high-end shopping mall in Futian district. We don't often go to Citic Plaza because most of the shops are luxury international brands. If you want some Gucci, DG, Louis Vuitton, Polo, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior etc, then Citic plaza definitely has all you need. Citic Plaza is comparable to Mixc in this regard. Below ground you'll also find a very big Jusco... Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:14:34 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/eating/yuyuan_shanghainese_restaurant.html Today we went to YuYuan, a Shanghainese restaurant in Citic plaza in Futian district in Shenzhen. It's one of the best Shanghainese restaurants in the city and the price is also quite high, but we had a special offer via the tuan.qq.com website. We liked the restaurant a lot: see the photos and read our impression below: YuYuan - very good Shanghainese restaurant Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:45:59 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/universiade/universiade_one_year_countdown.html Yesterday, Thursday the 12th of August 2010, marked the one-year countdown towards the Universiade of 2011 in Shenzhen , though the games actually will start the 8th of August 2011. The celebrations were attended by about 30.000 people including overseas students, consuls and athletes. I also found out that tickets will probably go on sale early next year. The organizers have also launched a totally renewed English website (http://www.sz2011.org/eng/)... Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:27:50 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/eating/subway_restaurant.html Subway just opened a new store in Shenzhen (opposite to Coco Park) and they are currently offering special discounts. Sandwitches vary in price from 16Y (6 Veggie Delight) to 26Y (6 Subway Melt). The staff speaks English, so it should be no problem to order your favorite sandwitch here. I went there today and ate a Roast Beef for 17RMB. Tastes good, but as always Subway... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/baby/pregnant_in_shenzhen.html This is the first article in a series I will write to document my experiences with pregnancy in China. First of all: I'm glad I'm the father and not the mother! Xiaoxiong has been throwing up for a few weeks now, though things should improve soon as we have now passed the first trimester. During this period, Xiaoxiong has already had several tests in the hospital to monitor the pregnancy,... Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:21:03 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/entertainment/shenzhen_childrens_palace.html Shenzhen Children's Palace is a huge activity center for children aged about 5-12 in Shenzhen. In fact, although you can enter without kids, you do need to bring kids to go to the activity areas. We saw little girls in dancing outfits, karate suits, a big queue for Energy's world, but also serious stuff like robotics etc. The building has a very futuristic design and is located just to the... Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:26:48 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/entertainment/guan_shanyue_art_museum.html Guan Shanyue Art Museum (关山月美术馆) is a national art museum in Futian district, near the Civic Center. We went for the first time to the museum at Saturday the 10th of July 2010. It's housed in a modern building that was opened in 1997. Lots of marble inside, but it seems most of the building is not used strangely enough. When we went there, there were two exhibitions: one of... Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:52:25 +0100 http://www.startinchina.com/shenzhen/transport/hong_kong_airport_tax_refund.html Passengers flying out of Hong Kong International Airport are liable for a departure tax of HK$120 per person (12 years and above), but if you travel to Hong Kong by boat, airplane or helicopter, you don't need to pay this tax. Because this tax is already included in your ticket, you need to go to a special counter to get the money back. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:23:16 +0100