Above: LaiTai Flower Market, Beijing. It's everyone's favorite, just beside new U.S. embassy. Picture gallery below.
Let's learn some Chinese! This is a traditional discussion between the Chief and the Troops:
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Tong Zhi Men Xin Ku Le - Comrades, you have done a hard job!
Wei Ren Min Fu Wu - We Serve The People!
Beijing Price List 2008
REMEMBER TO BARGAIN BEFORE BUYING
0,1EUR ice cream stick, Chinese brand
0,2EUR big fresh roses per piece, all colors available
0,2EUR subway ticket
0,3EUR haircut, inside or street, includes head massage
0,5EUR per hour, cleaning service person (aiji) for home
0,6EUR one liter gasoline
0,5EUR ticket price to Beihai Park in city center
0,6EUR chicken burger at Beijing McDonalds
0,6EUR door to door delivery, letter/package within Beijing
0,7EUR big fresh lily flower with 3 blossoms, per piece
0,8EUR fried rabbit leg from shop, hot, not small, OK
0,8EUR double cheese burger at Beijing McDonalds
0,9EUR a coal brick for hutong home heating, need 5pcs/day
1EUR haircut near Silk Street, inside, 10 mins, result was OK
1EUR BigMac hamburger, no fries, no coke
1EUR change work of shower water tap at your home, 2 hours
1EUR shorten your trousers, done while you wait
1EUR a beer, gin or vodka at Shanghai restaurant, SanLiTun
1,2EUR spaghetti Bolognese delivered hot to your home
1,5EUR 1,5kg of good quality peaches delivered to home
1,8EUR cable-TV subscription, 50 channels for one month
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2EUR BigMac Meal, coke, fries- products are similar as abroad but service is localized:
-- you need to beg for ketchup and napkins
2EUR deluxe lunch set: soup, main dish, desert, delivered
2EUR gray fish plate in restaurant, 15 pieces
2EUR taxi 20 minutes drive, 6 kilometers during rush hour
3EUR play session in bigger sandbox, toys included, at The Place
3EUR laundry service for men's jacket
3EUR whole roasted lamb leg, back leg, not small, hot & good
3EUR 100g of high quality Italian Parma style ham
3,4EUR fresh Subway Club 12" delivered to home, good
3,5EUR meet and cheese pizza, delivered hot to your home, good
3,5EUR haircut at good salon, watch TV while served
4EUR ticket to Beijing Zoo including pandas
4EUR a box of 24 Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi cans
4EUR a bottle of California red wine, basic table wine, ok
5EUR ticket to China Aviation Museum, north of Beijing
5EUR per hour, foot massage, first washed with tea, learn your body!
5EUR per day, a worker, no special skills
5EUR per hour, English teacher for your child, comes to your home
5EUR a small bottle of imported Belgium beer in restaurant
5EUR two bottles of Chinese red wine, blend, usable
5EUR 5kg package of high quality domestic rice at SAMS Club
6EUR to 25EUR, a bottle of Italian Fernet-Branca!
6EUR per night at hospital, no medicine, lab, or food
6EUR thick cotton curtains per meter, includes sewing, delivery
7EUR a box of 12 big bottles of Budweiser beer by a JV
7EUR two shower curtains, good quality, price -80% vs. EU
8EUR per day, a skillful carpenter ready for work
8EUR per hour, piano lessons, professional teacher, in your home
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10EUR full body massage by professional, 1 hour, no oil10EUR per day, a professional, skilled worker in Beijing
10EUR Canon 20D sensor cleaning by Canon in Beijing
12EUR a bottle of Italian Chianti red wine, very good
12EUR for 50pcs of Kodak DVDs at Beijing Landao market
12EUR per month, 5 green plants rent, care visit twice a week
14EUR a box of 24 Dr. Pepper cans, delivered to home
30EUR per day, English speaking receptionist for your event
30EUR moving home within Beijing, incl. car, driver, 6 workers
40EUR per visit, locksmith to open your door, with receipt 50EUR
40EUR per month, home cleaning and clothes care twice every week
40EUR DVD player/writer for PC/Mac, 18*, best by Pioneer
40EUR Italian dinner for four, excellent, in Piazza Italia, Beijing
70EUR per night in 5-star hotel in Beijing business area
80EUR per night, top level hospital: private room, TV, shower, aircon
80EUR vacuum cleaner, 1500W, Panasonic made in China, ok
100EUR photo album, 20 large pictures, professional studio work
100EUR "Aiji" maid per month to take care of child, lives in your home
150EUR 500GB USB2.0 disk in box, Samsung 500Gb/7200rpm, not slow
300EUR Philippino "Aiji" per month for child, has own home
780EUR Canon 40D camera body with receipt and warranty at Landao
1100EUR notebook Apple MacBook black, non-Apples are 30% cheaper
2500EUR apartment per m2 at top location in Beijing ChaoYang
3000EUR salary per year, taxi driver, 9h per day, 7 days per week
4000EUR cemetary place for two, Changping county, north of Beijing
7000EUR salary per year, a masters graduate for your company
10000EUR rent per month for a small shop in The Place
15000EUR salary per year, an experienced engineer for your company
25000EUR salary per year, a professor at Tsinghua University
45000EUR top level foreign EMBA program, 1,5 years in Beijing
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Quality problem - Siemens fridge. Made in China, door plastic broke. Service man to visit home, 2EUR, to change the broken plastic, 2EUR, price of new plastic part 2EUR: in all 6EUR. Service was quick, result almost like new._________
Quality problem - curtain rails. Rail and curtains suddenly dropped down! Plastic parts keeping rail in ceiling broke. New rail was 10EUR per meter, including installing work by a service man._________
Haircut in Beijing can be good (price/quality). I used to visit a 35RMB (3,5€) haircut in a saloon: just walk in, no wait, 10 minutes and ok. Recently I visited a better saloon, 64RMB: person had two assistants, one on each side of him, to give tools! Fancy place, 30mins, but just average result. Last month I went to 10RMB (1€) haircut, one seat barber shop beside public toilet near Silk Street. Barber-lady has been there for 16 years, foreign customers mainly from nearby embassies. Barber-lady was fast, max 8 mins, result ok. No disinfection of tools, a bit smelly place but not tickling head afterwards. I killed two mosquitos during the process._________
Goose feather quilt. You can watch when they make it at XiDan ShangChang department store 4F, a small shop with filling machine. Good quality quilt cover about 20EUR, top quality goose feather to fill 138EUR/kg, you need either 400 or 600grams to the quilt 150cm*200cm. Very good quality/price ratio, good experience._________
Quality problem - Canon. I bought Canon EF 70-200 F/2,8 L IS USM lens with 1600EUR. During the first week, white plastic around lens buttons cracked, by coldness I believe. Seller in Beijing said they can't do anything, that is my own fault. Canon persons in Beijing refused the warranty service. A Canon service person said: How can you prove you didn't break it yourself? Canon's service quality for cameras in Beijing is poor. My Canon EF 70-200mm lens is still broken._________
0,8% commission of the sales for shoe shop sales person1,2% commission of the sales for clothes shop sales person
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4EUR to you for 30kg of old magazines, picked from home or office
SERVICES with these prices raise questions. Is service quality in place or is it sacrificed? Are service people making decent living with their work or do they have to seek other sources for making money?In China most want to get rich soonest. It's not a parallel process, some will need to go first.
Manufacturing has been the first step towards that goal. Incomes are raising. Higher value-add is in seek. Chinese companies already seek presence in EU and U.S. Opportunities with services in China are raising. Professional house management? Quality child care and education? Medical care and managed elderly homes?
BeijingMan aka Kippo
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Above-1: LaiTai Flower Market, Beijing. These snappings are taken by Canon 20D with EF-S 10-22mm. More Chinese flowers: JingShan Park in Beijing
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© BeijingMan aka Kippo 2008, 2009
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