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  <title>Welcome to aSmallCity - Shanghai Weblog</title>
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  <modified>2010-02-16T13:39:12Z</modified>
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  <copyright>Copyright (c) 2010, Claudio</copyright>
  <entry>
    <title>Flüge über Ostern gebucht</title>
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    <modified>2010-02-16T13:39:12Z</modified>
    <issued>2010-02-16T14:39:12+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2010:/5.261</id>
    <created>2010-02-16T13:39:12Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Die Vorbereitungen hinsichtlich unseres Umzugs nach Shanghai im Sommer werden intensiver. Jetzt haben wir uns entschieden über Ostern eine Woche nach Shanghai zu fliegen, damit sich R. ihre neue Heimat ab August schon mal ansehen kann und sie ein Gefühl...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Die Vorbereitungen hinsichtlich unseres Umzugs nach Shanghai im Sommer werden intensiver.</p>

<p>Jetzt haben wir uns entschieden über Ostern eine Woche nach Shanghai zu fliegen, damit sich R. ihre neue Heimat ab August schon mal ansehen kann und sie ein Gefühl von Shanghai bekommt. Sie war ja bisher noch nicht in China.</p>

<p>Ferner sind wir gerade dabei Themen wie Versicherungen, Umzug, etc. anzugehen. </p>

<p>Viele Grüße</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Shanghaifolks.de</title>
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    <modified>2010-02-13T13:25:02Z</modified>
    <issued>2010-02-13T14:25:02+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2010:/5.260</id>
    <created>2010-02-13T13:25:02Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Nachdem wir die Möglichkeit bekommen haben zusammen diesen Sommer nach Shanghai zu ziehen, dreht sich bei uns nun alles um die Vorbereitungen, den anstehenden Umzug. Wie vielleicht auch Ihr, die Ihr damals/heute, frage auch ich mich, wer denn sonst noch...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Webpage</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>Nachdem wir die Möglichkeit bekommen haben zusammen diesen Sommer nach Shanghai zu ziehen, dreht sich bei uns nun alles um die Vorbereitungen, den anstehenden Umzug.</p>

<p>Wie vielleicht auch Ihr, die Ihr damals/heute, frage auch ich mich, wer denn sonst noch so in absehbarer Zukunft beabsichtigt nach Shanghai zu ziehen. Es gibt viele Foren im Netz, über die man sich mit Gleichgesinnten austauschen kann. Allerdings fehlt einem die Visibilität welche anderen Deutsche oder Deutschsprachige gerade in der selben Situation sind wie ich.</p>

<p>Aus diesem Grund habe ich den Grundgedanken der einstigen "Shanghaifolks.de" Community wieder aufgegriffen und unter <a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=www.shanghaifolks.de?" target="_new">http://www.shanghaifolks.de</a> eine neue Plattform erstellt, die die Lösung dieser Fragestellung als Ziel hat.</p>

<p>Die früher von einem Praktikanten des German Centres im Namen der "Shanghaifolks" wöchentlich an einen email Verteiler distribuierte Liste Deutscher in Shanghai ist nun über Shanghaifolks.de  abrufbar.</p>

<p>Diese Liste lebt natürlich von der Bereitschaft Gleichgesinnter, die eigenen Rahmendaten online einzugeben (von wann bis wann in Shanghai). Die Privatsphäre ist zu jeder Zeit gegeben. Ihr könnt selbst entscheiden, ob Euer Name und e-mail Adresse in dieser Liste für Andere ersichtlich sein sollen. Falls Ihr das nicht wünscht, kann eine Kontaktaufnahme mit Euch nur über ein Webformular erfolgen. Ihr werdet dann per mail über die Nachricht informiert.</p>

<p>Ich würde mich freuen, wenn diese Seite Euren Zuspruch findet und wir alle, die neu in Shanghai sind, von der Visibilität über andere Deutschsprachige in der Stadt profitieren.</p>

<p>Diese Art der möglichen Kontaktaufnahme löst natürlich nicht die physisch stattfindenen Stammtische oder Foren wie schanghai.com ab. Ich bin aber sicher das dieser Service Jemanden zusätzlichen Nutzen stiften kann.</p>

<p>Ich freue mich auf Eure Kommentare und Anregungen.<br />
Grüße<br />
Claudio</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Decision to be made: Weblog in German or English</title>
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    <modified>2010-02-13T13:05:58Z</modified>
    <issued>2010-02-13T14:05:58+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2010:/5.259</id>
    <created>2010-02-13T13:05:58Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">It has been quite a while since I last wrote something into this weblog but, hey, this will change going forward as I will be relocating to Shanghai again this summer for at least 2 years together with my partner....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Webpage</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>It has been quite a while since I last wrote something into this weblog but, hey, this will change going forward as I will be relocating to Shanghai again this summer for at least 2 years together with my partner. I am very excited about this fact. </p>

<p>I often asked myself why I did not write in here in my mother tongue, German. Actually there is no reason for not doing so. As such, I now decided that I will switch the language of my weblog entries to German.</p>

<p>Any objections?</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Back from my 9 days trip to Shanghai</title>
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    <modified>2009-04-25T11:03:56Z</modified>
    <issued>2009-04-25T13:03:56+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2009:/5.257</id>
    <created>2009-04-25T11:03:56Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Hi folks, sorry for not having written earlier. In the meantime I got back from my short 9 days trip to Shanghai. It&apos;s been a great trip. Yet another time things in this metropolis have changed again compared to my...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Hi folks,</p>

<p>sorry for not having written earlier. In the meantime I got back from my short 9 days trip to Shanghai.</p>

<p>It's been a great trip. Yet another time things in this metropolis have changed again compared to my last visit back in 2005.</p>

<p>I will write more about my experience in due course and will by then have added pictures of this journey to my picture gallery...so stay tuned!<br />
</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Today is the day...</title>
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    <modified>2009-03-27T07:25:39Z</modified>
    <issued>2009-03-27T08:25:39+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2009:/5.256</id>
    <created>2009-03-27T07:25:39Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">I can&apos;t wait to step into the plane tonight. It feels like X-Mas being able to fly back to Shanghai today. I plan to be in the office until 4 pm, get back home and pack my last stuff before...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>I can't wait to step into the plane tonight. It feels like X-Mas being able to fly back to Shanghai today.</p>

<p>I plan to be in the office until 4 pm, get back home and pack my last stuff before I head-off to the airport to catch up with my friend Mike, who is going to be part of my short visit to Shanghai.<br />
</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Ready for take-off</title>
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    <modified>2009-03-18T21:34:26Z</modified>
    <issued>2009-03-18T22:34:26+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2009:/5.255</id>
    <created>2009-03-18T21:34:26Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">9 days to go until my flight back to Shanghai! Last week I went to the Consulate and collected my Visa....the rules have become stricter compared to my first Chinese Visa in 2003 as I only got a 10 days...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Visa</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>9 days to go until my flight back to Shanghai! Last week I went to the Consulate and collected my Visa....the rules have become stricter compared to my first Chinese Visa in 2003 as I only got a 10 days single entry visa to China....it's exactly the number of days I am expecting to remain in China. Usually you would have received at least a 30 days tourist visa.</p>

<p>Realising that my trip back to Asia is not far away I start getting excited again.<br />
What things will be different to my last visits? Will I still be passionate about being in Shanghai?</p>

<p>Anyone else currently in Shanghai? let me know what spots shouldn't be missed at all :-)</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Shanghai revival</title>
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    <modified>2008-11-30T16:09:40Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-11-30T17:09:40+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2008:/5.254</id>
    <created>2008-11-30T16:09:40Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Hi folks! It&apos;s been long time since I last wrote into this weblog....mainly because I didn&apos;t have any new Shanghai stories to write about. This in no over. Thanks to Lufthansa recent flight promotions, I was able to grap a...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Hi folks!</p>

<p>It's been long time since I last wrote into this weblog....mainly because I didn't have any new Shanghai stories to write about.</p>

<p>This in no over. Thanks to Lufthansa recent <a href="http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de/specials?l=de&cid=18002" target="_new">flight promotions</a>, I was able to grap a cheap flight which will bring me back to Shanghai in about four months time for nine days.</p>

<p>I am looking forward to meet my old friends over there and to see how this metropolis has developed over the last 3 1/2 years.</p>

<p>I guess who will now be experiencing more weblog entries in relation to Shanghai again!!!</p>

<p>Please feel free to drop a line if you want to.<br />
Regards</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Shanghai Express 2 - 2008</title>
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    <modified>2008-05-05T11:25:53Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-05-05T13:25:53+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2008:/5.253</id>
    <created>2008-05-05T11:25:53Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">The German Consulate just published the most recent version of its Shanghai Express newsletter (German). You may want to download it from the FILES section on the right column of this page....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>The German Consulate just published the most recent version of its Shanghai Express newsletter (German).<br />
You may want to download it from the FILES section on the right column of this page.</p>

<p><img alt="shaex0205.gif" src="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/shaex0205.gif" border="1" width="212" height="300" border="0" /><br />
</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>&quot;Ich bin dann mal weg&quot; or I am off...</title>
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    <modified>2007-10-13T09:24:37Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-10-13T11:24:37+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/5.252</id>
    <created>2007-10-13T09:24:37Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">...it&apos;s definitely time for recreation. Preparations for L.A. are running on high pace. Especially I am looking forward to meeting Chris again in S.F. this time. I last met him years ago in Shanghai and Hong Kong....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>...it's definitely time for recreation. Preparations for L.A. are running on high pace. Especially I am looking forward to meeting <a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=hongkong.neuerordner.de" target="_new">Chris</a> again in S.F. this time. I last met him years ago in Shanghai and Hong Kong.</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>0911 - a day of silence</title>
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    <modified>2007-09-11T06:21:38Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-09-11T08:21:38+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/5.251</id>
    <created>2007-09-11T06:21:38Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Hardly to believe. Already six years have passed after this terrible tragedy took place in NYC....this is a contribution to all who still live in fear today. To view my contribution, click here....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Miscellaneous</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>Hardly to believe. Already six years have passed after this terrible tragedy took place in NYC....this is a contribution to all who still live in fear today.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=www.asmallcity.com/pistolino/091101.htm" target="_new">To view my contribution, click here.</a></p>]]>
      
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    <title>&quot;Spiderman&quot; Alain Robert climbes Shanghai&apos;s Jinmao Tower</title>
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    <modified>2007-05-31T21:44:06Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-05-31T23:44:06+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/5.250</id>
    <created>2007-05-31T21:44:06Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">My goodness, it&apos;s him, again! The frenchman Alain Robert known as &quot;the&quot; base climber on earth has just recently succeded in climbing up China&apos;s tallest scyscraper, Shanghai&apos;s Jinmao Tower. Funny, the Jinmao tower used to be the office building I...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>My goodness, it's him, again!</p>

<p>The frenchman Alain Robert known as "the" base climber on earth has just recently succeded in climbing up China's tallest scyscraper, Shanghai's Jinmao Tower.</p>

<p>Funny, the Jinmao tower used to be the office building I worked in during my stays in Shanghai in 2003 and 2005 and that it was Alain Robert, the person I coincidentally met during my holiday in Abu Dhabi in fall 2005 in the Hilton Hotel. At that time I didn't know him at all and to be honest I was laughing at him, when I saw him entering the hotel restaurant wearing funny cowboy boots. It was just a ridicolous impression.</p>

<p><a href="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/spiderjinmao.html" onclick="window.open('http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/spiderjinmao.html','popup','width=280,height=420,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/spiderjinmao-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="300" border="0" /></a><br />
(c) by Spiegel.de</p>

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  <entry>
    <title>China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) to become 11th best MBA school worldwide</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/000249.html" />
    <modified>2007-05-29T11:10:14Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-05-29T13:10:14+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/5.249</id>
    <created>2007-05-29T11:10:14Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Those of you who have followed my previous trips to Shanghai may remember my visit to the CEIBS campus back in summer 2003. Not only that CEIBS became 11th best MBA business school worldwide this year according to the most...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Those of you who have followed my previous trips to Shanghai may remember my visit to the <a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=www.ceibs.edu" target="_new">CEIBS</a> campus back in <a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=www.asmallcity.com/weblog/2003_08.html" target="_new">summer 2003</a>.</p>

<p>Not only that CEIBS became 11th best MBA business school worldwide this year according to the most recent Financial Times ranking, no, just last week former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder visited CEIBS:</p>

<p><img src="http://www.ceibs.edu/media_c/archive/images/20070521/5942.jpg" height="300"></p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Shanghai Express 3 - 2007</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/000248.html" />
    <modified>2007-05-24T09:33:17Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-05-24T11:33:17+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/5.248</id>
    <created>2007-05-24T09:33:17Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">The German Consulate just published the most recent version of its Shanghai Express newsletter (German). You may want to download it from the FILES section on the right column of this page. Remember the password to open these files is:...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Shanghai</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>The German Consulate just published the most recent version of its Shanghai Express newsletter (German).<br />
You may want to download it from the FILES section on the right column of this page. Remember the password to open these files is: "asmallcity.com"</p>

<p><img alt="shaex0205.gif" src="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/shaex0205.gif" border="1" width="212" height="300" border="0" /><br />
</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>Still alive...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/000247.html" />
    <modified>2007-05-12T11:45:13Z</modified>
    <issued>2007-05-12T13:45:13+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2007:/5.247</id>
    <created>2007-05-12T11:45:13Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">First of all a big &quot;sorry&quot; to all of you that you haven&apos;t heard from me for such a long period now. Nevertheless I do hope this website will help you finding useful information regarding living and working in Shanghai....</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Webpage</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>First of all a big "sorry" to all of you that you haven't heard from me for such a long period now.</p>

<p>Nevertheless I do hope this website will help you finding useful information regarding living and working in Shanghai. Feel free to give me a shout if you have any questions regarding this smashing city!</p>]]>
      
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  <entry>
    <title>New pictures from Asia</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/archives/000244.html" />
    <modified>2006-11-03T14:56:44Z</modified>
    <issued>2006-11-03T15:56:44+01:00</issued>
    <id>tag:,2006:/5.244</id>
    <created>2006-11-03T14:56:44Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Just a quick note informing you about loads of new pictures I took during my stay in Asia this year. As always feel free to browse through my picture gallery. UPDATE: Here is the link to my Southeast Asia blog,...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Claudio</name>
      
      <email>chiandussi@ciwc.de</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Webpage</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://shanghai.asmallcity.com/">
      <![CDATA[<p>Just a quick note informing you about loads of new pictures I took during my stay in Asia this year. As always feel free to browse through my <a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=http://www.asmallcity.com/gallery" target="_new">picture gallery</a>.</p>

<p><b>UPDATE:</b><br />
Here is the link to my <a href="http://www.asmallcity.com/cgi-bin/link.pl?url=http://southeastasia.asmallcity.com" target="_new">Southeast Asia blog</a>, for those of you who might be interested (only German!).</p>]]>
      
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