Beijing Language and Culture University Video Q&A #7: Daily Budget

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Earn Money Teaching English While At The Beijing Language and Culture University

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In my post 10 Reasons To Study Chinese At BLCU I mentioned the opportunities for teaching English during your time at the Beijing Language and Culture University. I also mentioned that although it's not strictly aloud without a valid work visa, a lot of foreigners still choose to do it to earn a bit of extra money and it's very much turned a blind eye to. The Wudaokou area, where BLCU is located, is full of work opportunities for foreigners and not only in English teaching jobs.

I will point out that this is something I have never personally done and am purely offering my own insights and observations from my time at BLCU. Many people I knew, on the other hand, did do some work while there and so I did pick up one or two things that I'm going to share with you in this post. This is by no means a definitive guide, but I have attempted to at least scratch the surface and leave the way open for anyone that's interested to look into it more for themselves.

The Ultimate Guide to Banking At The Beijing Language and Culture University

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When most people arrive at the Beijing Language and Culture University one of the first things they want to know is where there's a bank. In this post I'm going to do my best to share all the information I know regarding banking in the BLCU area so that when you arrive you will already be one step ahead.

As I hope you've come to expect from this blog by now, I have put quite a few hours into preparing and writing this post so I hope the information and advice found below will be as useful to as many people as possible. I have also created a BLCU campus map noting points of interest relevant to this post which can be found at the end (click to enlarge).

A Guide To Online Gambling in China

Gambling in China is illegal. This includes online gambling. If anyone is found guilty, both the provider and participant of gambling will be fined heavily or subjected to jail time. In an economy as large as China and with the improving living standards, it is no wonder that China has the world’s largest underground gambling market. An alternative to illegal underground gambling is online gambling. Those who are looking for their gambling fix can easily obtain it after navigating around the Chinese internet firewall that actively blocks every URL that are related to gambling. This poses a major challenge in accessing online gambling platforms from mainland China.

Legal alternatives of gambling opportunities in China involve flying out to Macau, where gambling is legal and remotely regulated or engaging in the few existing state lotteries. In Macau, you can gamble in the many luxurious casinos present or legally access an online casino. It is, however, highly cumbersome to hop on a plane and head to Macau whenever you need your gambling fix. This is what has led to the emergence of the underground gambling scene.

Legal alternatives of gambling opportunities in China involve flying out to Macau, where gambling is legal and remotely regulated or engaging in the few existing state lotteries. In Macau, you can gamble in the many luxurious casinos present or legally access an online casino. It is, however, highly cumbersome to hop on a plane and head to Macau whenever you need your gambling fix. This is what has led to the emergence of the underground gambling scene.

6 Tips To Identify Fake RMB Notes

An RMB note showing points of interest

Paper quality

Take the bill the long way up and kind of ruffle it in your hands. The sound should be clear and distinct. In the fake ones, the sound is muffled and the paper seems crisp.