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British artist Helen Couchman will be launching her new book—Workers 工人—at the Beijing Bookworm on Thursday night at 7:30 pm.
Couchman photographed a large group of Chinese workers engaged in construction of Olympic projects such as the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. The book is an album of 143 portraits of workers standing in front of the iconic Olympic buildings they helped construct, together with each worker's name and hometown, written in his, and in a few cases her, own hand.
You can read more about the book here, and get directions to the Bookworm here. This article is from Danwei.org
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Tonight at 7:30pm at the Beijing Bookworm, author Eric Abrahamsen, author of the upcoming book Beijing by Foot and an eponymous blog, will talk about aspects of the capital's history, focusing on Republican-era Beijing and Xuanwu District in particular.
For directions to the Bookworm, see their website.
This article is from Danwei.org
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 China lounge core Tomorrow is the launch of a music and photography collection project, with images of China by Jacopo Della Ragione (who designed Danwei's logo) and music by Fernando Fidanza (who wrote the music for nearly all Danwei TV videos) and Xiao Li.
Time and venue:
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Time: 4pm-8pm
Venue: Purple Haze Bistro, Beijing
For more information see the Facebook page for the event. This article is from Danwei.org
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Your correspondent has just been informed by a friend that there will be a public candlelight vigil tonight in Shanghai at People's Square for the Wenchuan earthquake victims.
Translated, the message reads:
Tonight at 8pm we'll be lighting 100,000 candles; those attending the "light the road to the heavens" event, please bring your own white candles. Everyone and anyone that can make it is welcome. Please tell your friends...thanks.
The original Chinese is below. 今天晚八点上海人民广场点亮十万支蜡烛.照亮天堂之路活动参与的自带白色蜡烛, 请告诉你的朋友，能去的都去, 谢谢！！ This article is from Danwei.org
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A play performed in both Chinese and English language versions in Beijing, just on time for the tomb sweeping festival:
One rainy night, somewhere in China, a young English teacher finds her quiet lifestyle spiraling out of control in a mystery involving corporate espionage, police conspiracy and murder. Can anyone be trusted? Who is innocent? Who is guilty?
The play runs from April 5 to 12; more information here. This article is from Danwei.org
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If you're in Beijing next week Tuesday March 25 at 7pm, please come to the Second Danwei Plenary Session: a panel discussion about the Western and Chinese media in the Olympic year.
There is limited space available and there are only a few places left, so please preregister here if you would like to attend. Full details of the event are below. In the run up to the Olympics, Western news coverage of China has become a topic of controversy both within China and abroad. Is Western news coverage fair? How biased is Chinese news coverage? What effects are new media such as blogs having on TV news, newspapers and other traditional media?
The 2nd Danwei Plenary Session will cover these topics in a lively, PowerPoint-free panel discussion with plenty of time for Q&A and audience interaction.
The speakers are:
Steven Lin (a.k.a. Flypig) is an Olympic News Editor at Sohu.com, but best known as half of the duo that produce Antiwave (反波), China’s most intelligent series of podcasts that focus on foreign and Chinese media.
Jaime A. FlorCruz is CNN’s Beijing Bureau Chief and correspondent. FlorCruz has studied, worked and traveled in China for thirty years and reported extensively on the country as a journalist since 1980.
Raymond Zhou is a movie critic, blogger, columnist for various newspapers and the author of essays and several books about film, media and society.
Lindsey Hilsum is International News Editor for Britain’s Channel 4 News and the current China correspondent. She famously covered the Fallujah assault in Iraq in November 2004 and has extensive experience as a print and broadcast journalist in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
The speakers will be introduced by Danwei’s Robert Ness and the discussion will be moderated by Jeremy Goldkorn.
The discussion will be followed by cocktails, snacks and networking.
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 19:00 to 22:00
Venue: Sòng Music Bar+Kitchen
B108 The Place
First Floor Basement
No.9 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
北京市朝阳区光华路九号世贸天阶B108
Telephone: 6587 1311
Door price: 200 yuan
Pre-register: 150 yuan
Pre-register at here, or go here if you registered for the previous event. www.danwei.org/dps2
Admission fee includes 2 free drinks and tapas provided by Sòng Music Bar+Kitchen This article is from Danwei.org
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Danwei's second event happens on Tuesday March 25, at Sòng Music Bar+Kitchen in Beijing.
In the run up to the Olympics, Western news coverage of China has become a topic of controversy both within China and abroad. Is Western news coverage fair? How biased is Chinese news coverage? What effects are new media such as blogs having on TV news, newspapers and other traditional media?
The 2nd Danwei Plenary Session will cover these topics in a lively, PowerPoint-free panel discussion with plenty of time for Q&A and audience interaction.
The speakers are:
Steven Lin (a.k.a. Flypig) is an Olympic News Editor at Sohu.com, but best known as half of the duo that produce Antiwave (反波), China’s most intelligent series of podcasts that focus on foreign and Chinese media.
Jaime A. FlorCruz is CNN’s Beijing Bureau Chief and correspondent. FlorCruz has studied, worked and traveled in China for thirty years and reported extensively on the country as a journalist since 1980.
Raymond Zhou is a movie critic, blogger, columnist for various newspapers and the author of essays and several books about film, media and society.
Lindsey Hilsum is International News Editor for Britain’s Channel 4 News and the current China correspondent. She famously covered the Fallujah assault in Iraq in November 2004 and has extensive experience as a print and broadcast journalist in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
The speakers will be introduced by Danwei’s Robert Ness and the discussion will be moderated by Jeremy Goldkorn.
The discussion will be followed by cocktails, snacks and networking.
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 19:00 to 22:00
Venue: Sòng Music Bar+Kitchen
B108 The Place
First Floor Basement
No.9 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
北京市朝阳区光华路九号世贸天阶B108
6587 1311
Door price: 200 yuan
Pre-register: 150 yuan
Pre-register at www.danwei.org/dps2
Admission fee includes 2 free drinks and tapas provided by Sòng Music Bar+Kitchen This article is from Danwei.org
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On Tuesday February 26 at 7.30pm, Beijing-based explorer and writer Steven Schwankert will give a talk at the Beijing Bookworm titled “Shipwrecks of Mongolia and the Underwater Deer”.
It's about Schwankert's 2007 scuba diving expedition to Lake Khovsgol in Mongolia. Along with locating two wooden shipwrecks from the 1920s, the team may have come face to face with a lake monster that lake area residents refer to as "The Underwater Deer."
This event will be the first public disclosure of the expedition's findings, including the premiere display of the team's photos, video, and artifacts.
Below is trailer for a documentary film about the expedition, which you can purchase on DVD from Strange Media.
This article is from Danwei.org
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The schedule for this year's Beijing Bookworm International Literary Festival is out:
Starting on March 6 and running for two weeks, the program includes talks by writers Qiu Xiaolong, Adam Williams, Catherine Sampson, Paul French, Geremie Barmé, Zhang Lijia, James Kynge, Jon Watts, Rob Gifford, Melinda Liu, Howard Goldblatt, Jim McGregor, Tim Clissold and Shelia Melvin.
You can find the whole program on the Beijing Bookworm website. This article is from Danwei.org
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The American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing is holding a seminar about small- to medium-sized companies in China: how to start them and run them.
The seminar includes practical presentations by 18 entrepreneurs and business people who have real experience operating in China's tough commercial environment, without the support of a large multinational corporation.
The Am Cham website has more on the schedule, and the speakers (your correspondent is moderator of one of the sessions). There will also be updates about the event on the Am Cham Daily website.
The event, which lasts most of next Friday costs 1,000 yuan if you preregister (700 for Am Cham members), or 1,250 yuan if you just turn up on the day (950 for members).
If you want to attend, complete and copy the fields below (including the promo code line), paste into an email, and send to AmChamEvent@amcham-china.org.cn. Promo code: AV (Source - Danwei.org)
Name
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___________________________________________________ This article is from Danwei.org
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 Moderator Robert Ness and panelists Hari Vaern, Mei Fong, Patty Lee and Phillip Pang The first Danwei Plenary Congress was held on November 15th, 2008 in a courtyard restaurant in central Beijing. The theme was Careers in Tech, Media, and Communications, a discussion about the jobs available in these industries, how to get them, and which sectors of these industries are growing.
Our panel members were:
Hari Vaerhn of GroupM
Mei Fong of The Wall Street Journal
Patty Lee of Edelman
Phillip Pang of Google
 Hari Vaerhn and Mei Fong Mei Fong used the example of her unique start in journalism—reporting on car wrecks for a Malaysian tabloid—to demonstrate that there is no set path to a career in her field. She revealed that top publications like The Wall Street Journal actively scout potential hires by paying attention to what a journalist publishes. They are especially interested in journalists who have a fat rolodex, or who have access to insiders in organizations or fields that are hard to report on. Mei also explained that while Chinese law prevent Chinese nationals from working as journalists in foreign media, foreign media have other roles open to Chinese nationals, which can serve as stepping stones to greater things.
Hari Vaerhn of GroupM assured that unlike many other Western firms, there is no glass ceiling for Chinese employees at GroupM nor other companies in the WPP family. WPP companies have a local focus, and Chinese nationals occupy key executive positions at Chinese offices. Foreigners are not excluded, but they must have local experience and language skills, as well as something to bring to the table.
 Salaries are not divulged, the crowd is amused Patty Lee of Edelman described why the PR industry in such an interesting space in China. While in the West, where the PR industry is set in traditional ways of doing things, the industry and the major players in it are young in China, and is constantly reinventing itself. The media industry in China is also heavily influenced by the Internet, making the field even more exciting and unpredictable. This can be difficult because the work is heavily client-focused, meaning that people working in PR need to be prepared for an unpredictable range of client issues that arise daily without warning.
 Wine and good conversation Phillip Pang of Google said that the Google offices in Beijing are exactly the same as Mountain View and New York, down to the desks and the chairs. Even the perks are the same—the Beijing office employs a chef that formally worked for a five star hotel. Philip demystified Google's hiring process, explaining that a system is in place for matching applications with specific needs. Applicants that perfectly meet the needs of an open position could expect to be called in for an interview within two weeks. Successful applicants go through several rounds of interviews after the first phone call. Pre-screened applications are forwarded to Philip's inbox, and if he fails to address them within a set period of time, they are forwarded to his boss. So it seems that if Google does not get back to you, they just aren't interested.
On salary specs:
Hari: We pay competitively and on a performance basis.
Philippe: 75% above the market average.
Mei: Pitiful. You don't do this for the money.
On the typical workday
Patty: Expect unexpected issues to ruin your work plan for the day.
Philippe: Flexible, because you can do work where ever you can get online. This is good and bad.
On work-life balance
Philippe: "We have a team member who just became a mama. After she had her baby, she went offline for five months--nobody could see her. After that, she came back to work like normal. Google also has great insurance, so she could go to the best hospital for the delivery."
Mei: "Life?"
Special thanks to our event sponsors:
• This event's major sponsor was the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business MBA program. Founded by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, the Cheung Kong GSB MBA Program is committed to providing a high quality business education to future business leaders both in the Greater China region and around the world.
Please visit the Cheung Kong GSB website for more information about the school and the MBA program.
• ASC Fine Wines provided the Californian wines.
• Standards Group designed the giveaway bags, banners and Danwei Plenary Session chop, while Soundfactor, who produce royalty free music for films and radio, provided the music.
Some more photos from the event:
 Mei Fong, Patty Lee and Phillip Pang
 Networking
 Swag
 Q&A
 Tianjin TV in the house This article is from Danwei.org
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Registration has closed for Danwei's First Plenary Session this coming Thursday evening. There may still be a few places left for the evening's events if you show up on the day, but unfortunately we cannot guarantee admission to this intimate venue if you have not registered already. This article is from Danwei.org
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This is a reminder about the 1st Danwei Plenary Session：
If you're in Beijing at 6:30 pm next Thursday night, November 15, come to a lively, PowerPoint-free panel discussion with people from Google, The Wall Street Journal, Edelman, and WPP talking about making a career in China in the media, tech, advertising, PR and communications industries, followed by an hour or so of relaxed networking and fine Californian wine.
Tickets are 150 yuan or 100 if you preregister. The venue is the Baihe Vegetarian Restaurant in a hutong off Dongzhimen Nei Dajie. For a complete description of the event and a map to the venue, please go to this page.
This is event is sponsored by Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and ASC Fine Wines. This article is from Danwei.org
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Announcing the 1st Danwei Plenary Session 单位开大会
When: November 15, 19:00
Where: Baihe Vegetarian Restaurant
Preregister
Careers in media, tech and communications
At Danwei's First Plenary Session, representatives from top companies in media, technology, and communications industries will discuss where their companies are going, and how you can get on board. Learn about the recruitment needs of these star companies and their industries, as well as strategies for building your career in China and the global economy.
Panelists:
Phillip Pang, senior recruiter from Google.
Phillip will be discussing Google's mysterious recruiting process and how the search giant finds the candidates it needs to fulfill its goals in China.
Mei Fong, Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.
Though there is an increasing demand for China-related news stories, journalism is still a difficult field to break into both in China and abroad. Mei Fong will give tips on how to get onto the news floor, then survive once you get there.
Kevin Wang, senior recruitment executive for multinational PR company Edelman.
Edelman is the world's largest independent public relations firm, serving Fortune 500 companies in China and elsewhere. Kevin will discuss how the PR industry is changing and how to develop a career in China's dynamic PR space.
Hari Vaerhn, who handles recruitment and talent management for media buying giant GroupM, a subsidiary of WPP.
Hari represents the recruitment initiatives of GroupM, the largest TV media buyer in China, and WPP, the worlds biggest communications and advertising conglomerate.
Time and Format
6:30: Doors open
7:00: Panel Discussion
8:30: Drinks, snacks and networking
Price
150RMB at the door
100RMB if you preregister
Job Seekers
This is not a career fair: no distribution of resumés will be permitted at the event. However, job seeking is encouraged and supported. To inquire about positions at the above companies or other companies who recruit with Danwei, please submit your resumé and/or other content to us by email at jobs -at- danwei.org prior to or after the event. They will be forwarded to the appropriate company representative.
Venue
Baihe Vegetarian Resturant 百合素食坊
No. 23 Caoyuan Hutong, Dongzhimen Nei Bei Xiao Jie, Beijing
北京东直门内北小街草园胡同23号
From the Dongzhimen loop, head west into Dongzhimen Nei onto Gui Jie. At the second stoplight, turn right onto Bei Xiao Jie. Caoyuan Hutong is a hundred meters North on the West (left) side of the street. Turn left into the hutong, walk straight about one hundred meters, Baihe Vegetarian Restaurant is on the right hand side. If you have difficulty finding the venue, please call the restaurant at 010 6405 2082.
Find out more about Danwei Plenary Session 单位开大会
Sponsor an event/advertise with Danwei
This event is sponsored by Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business MBA program:
Founded by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, the Cheung Kong GSB MBA Program is committed to providing a high quality business education to future business leaders both in the Greater China region and around the world.
Please visit the Cheung Kong GSB website for more information about the school and the MBA program. This article is from Danwei.org
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 Danwei in its youth Danwei.org is four years old today.
Our first post was published at 7:07pm Beijing time on October 24, 2003. It was about Chiang Kaishek's famous wife, Song Meiling, who died on October 24, 2003 in New York at the age of 105.
To celebrate Danwei's four years of publishing, we are giving away four T-shirts from Plastered.
Plastered has been has been producing and selling T-shirt from their hutong store in Beijing since 2005. The T-shirts feature lively interpretations of old Beijing designs, from subway tickets and thermos flasks to to propaganda posters and whack-shack barber poles, and come in a rage of fitted styles for men, women and kids.
To win a T-shirt, you have to leave a comment to this post, explaining why Beijing does not have a First Ring Road. The Danwei Central Committee will go through the answers and decide which one is worth winning based a number of criteria — the funniest, the most historically accurate, or the quirkiest etc.
You do not need to leave your real name in the comments, but you do need to leave a working email address in the correct field. It won't be published, but we need it to get hold of you if you win. We will announce the winners on Monday afternoon, submission at noon on Monday.
Fine print: Anyone anywhere in the world is welcome to apply, but you will have to go to the Plastered store in Beijing to choose and get your T-shirt.
As this is an unscientifically-judged competition, we will publish all entries as they are submitted. This article is from Danwei.org
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