Interesting information i learned about China
Through talking with the folks i am working with in China, i learned the following interesting things:
- If you are single and you are working for a state-owned business, you get to take up to 40 days a year off to visit your parents/family. If, however, you are married, then you get up to 40 days a year every 4 years.
- Homes in cities north of the Yangzi river are supplied with heat from the state during the cold months of winter. Homes in cities south of the river are not. A soldier standing guard on the north end of the bridge spanning the Yangzi river is supplied with thick winter clothing but a soldier guarding the south end of the bridge is not. (Update 12/17/2005: Turned out this may not have been true.)
- By law, a doctor is not allowed to reveal the sex of the baby to the expecting parents.
- You can pretty much forget about doing business in China during three weeks around the Chinese New Year. No one will be at work.
