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■ Italian architect shaped by working across countries

Valenti, a design consultant for Huasen Architect’s Firm in Shenzhen, is working on two important projects which his firm tendered last year.Although he is now a sophisticated architect, Valenti didn’t plan to be an architect from the beginning.In terms of his future plan, the architect said that he will work and live in China for a long time because“China is very stable.

2017-06-02

■ American swimming coach teaches SZ kids in English

It is not unusual to see swimming pools in a metropolis like Shenzhen, but a swim club with coaches teaching in English is still a special sight.David Awesome Swim Club, which is located in Futian District, is an international swim club that combines coaching styles from China, the U.In his eyes, the most important goal of his club is to make everyone have a good feeling and to make the kids feel happy about their coaches and the environment.Since 2010, the club has recruited over 5000 students.

2017-02-10

■ Singapore design architect brings new concepts to SZ

TAN ZIE CHON, wearing sports shoes, dark casual pants, a black blazer and black framed glasses, led me into a well-decorated reception room in their 1800-square-meter office inside the building near Haibin Square in Futian District.Which their company designed and built in.Meanwhile, promoting and designing a different business model that is less office-centric and more home-based could help rebalance overall commercial and residential space usage.“With smaller.He is also a member of the Rojak United football team in Shenzhen which comprises both expatriates and locals.

2017-01-20

■ Patrick Low and his ‘vertical city’

A man with 28 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Low relocated to Futian CBD in 2014 after working as the vice president for sales and marketing in northern China for Shangri-La Hotel Group.The hotel was named the best business hotel in Shenzhen by the Business Travel Asia Pacific Awards—an Oscar-like award for the hospitality industry—for the fifth consecutive year.“All of our achievements are the result of our detail-oriented working style.It makes me concerned about whether a guest notices differences in the lights, the flowers or the music when stepping in the hotel.

2016-12-07

■ Woman opens door of WeChat to South Koreans

Kim Dae-Soon, who hails from South Korea and is now a successful businesswoman in Shenzhen, has just published her first book about China’s social media platform, WeChat.

2016-11-09

■ Spaniard encourages employees to speak out about mistakes

Ioan Gornic Schrob, general manager of Zobele Instrument (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. and a member of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, has been living in Shenzhen for nearly six years.

2016-10-31

■ Property market shows signs of cooling following new policies

China's red-hot property market in major cities has shown signs of cooling after authorities stepped in with a spate of measures to contain sky-high prices, an official survey showed Friday, citing fresh data for the first half of October.

2016-10-26

■ Life guardian in the air

Recalling his three-year career as chief medical officer for Deer Jet Medical in Shenzhen, which claims to be China’s largest air ambulance service provider, Steven Holt said the scenes of a mission to evacuate 16 injured Chinese nationals out of Vietnam in May 2014 amid anti-Chinese unrest is still etched in his memory.

2016-10-24

■ American shares opinion on internationalization of Futian

“Going global is not just about the GDP but also about culture, a permissive and diversified local culture, which serves as a magnet to attract more foreigners to settle down here,” Michael McGillicuddy from the United States said of the internationalization of Futian District.

2016-10-11

■ A cross-culture communicator

Erna Chou, director of the business operations for Mentor Media, a supply chain company in the Futian Free Trade Zone, has been working in Shenzhen for over 10 years now. Apart from her daily job, she has volunteered as the Indonesian contact for the SMI (Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia) community in Shenzhen.

2016-09-04

■ Colombian wants to empower and bring joy to salary workers

Ricardo Jose Cortes Pena,whose nickname is Ricky, claims to have the power to help stressed salariats become happier and discover their potential.

2016-08-22

■ Trouble Maker solves trouble for makers

Robert Mevatne took out several circuit boards from a sealed plastic bag, and placed them on a table in his work space in Futian District. The circuit boards are components of an industrial sensor he helped a Norway-based startup develop over the past two years. “This is one of my babies,” he said.

2016-08-17

■ Huaqiangbei rebranding: a new beginning or too late?

Sitting in his vacant camera shop on the first floor of the Wanshang Computer City, an idle Xiao Xiongbin said he misses the days when Huaqiangbei Road in front of his store was lined with huge palm trees and teeming with people.It takes time for a tree to grow as well as a business.”.

2016-07-21

■ Frenchman brings in organic European brands

Want to have a taste of water extracted from birch trees? An e-commerce website founded by two French entrepreneurs might be your choice for finding exclusive and original brands from Europe.

2016-07-11

■ English teacher overcomes race barrier

After teaching 12 classes, Kenyan David Jim showed no sign of fatigue at 9 p.m. June 22. Clad in a red T-shirt and carrying a black backpack, he said he was as energetic as he was at 4 a.m., when he usually gets up.

2016-07-04

■ Sociology teacher sees potential in students

Sociology has long been a marginal and unpopular subject in Chinese education, possibly due to low graduate employment. Richard Driscoll, a sociology teacher from England, however, sees a different picture in Shenzhen.

2016-06-15
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