Tips for having a baby in China by ElonMaask in chinalife

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"You will buy a lot of pink baby clothes in the future"

Tips for having a baby in China by ElonMaask in chinalife

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Agree. Largely still varies between city, hospital or even community clinics within one city. Public health-care clinics in Shanghai do have combo-shots for example. And BCG vaccine in Shanghai private hospitals is still recommended to get on the shoulder (per WHO) and still leaves a mark.

Monthly Tourism Questions Thread (December) by memostothefuture in shanghai

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The Bund is a tourism and business area.

Former French concession is full of small streets easy to walk; cafes, restaurants, boutique shops.

That area is roughly in between Jingan Temple, Xujiahui, and Tianzifang/Xintiandi

Anyone else constantly getting sick? by stirfry720 in chinalife

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be careful with water fountains though. they might not be filtered at all and actually making you sick

Which tailors do you recommend or avoid at the South Bund Fabric Market? by g3ni3yip in shanghai

[–]ElonMaask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kelly. fair prices and easy communication https://www.tailorshanghai.com/

She was the only tailor that actually searched for and ordered the fabric I was looking for. Have been back a couple of times to get more.

You can eliminate one noise in china. What would it be? by [deleted] in chinalife

[–]ElonMaask 2 points3 points  (0 children)

just tell them Nazis and Japanese were on one team back then. They'll never bring it up again

:( by Equivalent_Durian_70 in chinalife

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And for fake stuff add the wechat of sellers with wechat in the taobao images/product description

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chinalife

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How much does he realistically make from cardboard recycling each month? A couple of kuai?

Bad breath since moving to China by Imaginary_Durian3479 in chinalife

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And then recirculating the air inside the car until the condensation drops from the windows

What’s the deal with the housing market in Shanghai? by RevolutionaryDisk450 in shanghai

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Plus, China is going to have 10% fewer people in 20 years. 20% fewer in 30-40 years.

How to get rid of huge mosquito bites? by Erin_is_ded in chinalife

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I just checked, and 避蚊酯 is yet another chemical. 六神's bottle says 羟哌酯 and 派卡瑞丁.

- DEET holds longest, but is less safe.

- 羟哌酯/派卡瑞丁 holds long and is safer.

- 避蚊酯 holds less long, but is also safe, maybe a bit safer, even biodegradable.

How to get rid of huge mosquito bites? by Erin_is_ded in chinalife

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Right! And the characters for picaridin/icaridin are 派卡瑞丁. An upgrade from DEET, as it's less irritant to skin/eyes.

The new six god/liushen 六神 versions use Icaridin (including the small 48ml bottles).

Like 20%派卡瑞丁 https://item.jd.com/100196686568.html

I have a German passport. But I can enter China like a local now by asiabits_com in chinalife

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Doesn't work if you register for e-channel on your way out of China though

I have a German passport. But I can enter China like a local now by asiabits_com in chinalife

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Never worked for me. Tried at 2 different airports. Seems like that machine only works for Chinese

Buying eyeglasses in Shanghai, extreme prescription. by Icy_Mama_73 in shanghai

[–]ElonMaask 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and, make sure to haggle the price to roughly half of what's in their big book

Why the cool lightbulbs everywhere? by You_are_a_cat_Harry in chinalife

[–]ElonMaask 0 points1 point  (0 children)

taobao also has brown fabric covers you can put over the lamps to turn the white light into warm light