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		<title>David vs. Goliath (a.k.a. my former employer) Part 4 cont&#8217;d</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Fapiao Quest of 2010 cont’d   Just for clarification.  A fapiao is like a tax receipt.  Basically the Chinese government has some difficulty in getting businesses (especially restaurants since they can open and close so quickly) to pay taxes to the government.  So the government created the fapiao/lottery system.  You get fapiaos at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David vs. Goliath (a.k.a. my former employer) Part 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Fapiao quest of 2010   So after V and I tried to professionally discuss issue #11 (as we called it), we did as promised and went to the Foreign Labor Bureau to see what could be done for us to collect this money owed to us.  There was more shuffling between places going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David vs. Goliath (a.k.a. my former employer) Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Always read the fine print folks   Within Part 1 of this series of blogs I mentioned my skill in reading and finding important stuff within law documents.  Not only did I develop this skill, I also developed a knack for finding really crucial and important sh…, um STUFF in contracts (whether I’ve signed them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David vs. Goliath (a.k.a my former employer) Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do It Yourself   I had no idea that 2 little pieces of paper would take so much effort to obtain.  You know in the beginning of “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark” where Indiana has to escape the cave dodging darts, holes in the ground, sun triggered spikes, tarantulas, and that gigantic ball?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David vs. Goliath (a.k.a. my former employer) Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                                                                  Complications   Well the day has come.  I’ve finally started my internship with PassageMaker (PM) and China Sourcing Information Center (CSIC).  As I said in my introduction I’ll be writing about my life here in China, and the subsequent issues that come with living (especially living in China).  Boy o boy I’ve got a hell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://psschina.com/2010/07/david-vs-goliath-a-k-a-my-former-employer-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Driver Error</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I originally titled this post, &#8220;You are one dumb SOB&#8221;. When the Toyota &#8220;sudden acceleration&#8221; issue arose, I was the lone guy in my neighborhood saying that it was not a Toyota problem.  It was bone-headed drivers hitting the wrong pedal, just as the Audi issue back in 1980&#8242;s was eventually found to be driver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why resist an audit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twice in as many days, I&#8217;ve had clients who tried to book Simple Factory Audits (sample report here) with our sister company China Quality Focus, only to have the vendors refuse.  They are happy to have the client fly half way around the world for a visit, but no doing for a professional 3rd party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life is uncertain &#8211; eat dessert first</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So say the T-shirts at are local ice cream parlor.  I think it&#8217;s a great line and not a bad philosophy. It got me think about our services.  Despite the copious amounts of verbiage on our website, I spend a good chunk of each day explaining what we do and how we do it &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That’s the good thing about the Dark Side.  Eventually, your eyes adjust.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s my favorite line from the incomparable James Lileks, appropriately enough referring to brand loyalty. If you&#8217;ve noticed that blogging has been slow these past weeks, it&#8217;s been because a number of trips, client visits, etc., but the main reason has been an ongoing grind of computer trouble.  I have a high-end Windows machine from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By request, my recipe for Singapore (Hainan) Chicken Rice &#8211; soon to be world-famous!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An email from a client: Hi Whit! I am no longer receiving the PM blog.?? I only have my iPhone as I have been in *********. Hope to reconnect soon. My, I feel like a heel for not blogging more often.  Blogging should really be a team effort, and so I am happy to announce [...]]]></description>
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