Forums > Living in Kunming > Filing 2014 Taxes @Xiefei: Thanks. I do have a bit to read :-)
A couple of points:
1) My quote above ("Individual Income Tax shall be paid on their world wide income by the individuals who have domicile in China...) is from a book by Liu and Liu. At least one of the Liu guys works(ed) for the SAT. They published two bilingual books on China's taxation system.
2) Other than in the three tax bureaus I repeatedly visited, I rarely meet any Chinese that knew or understood the Chinese system. Only at YUFE did I observe Accounting students had taken a class on taxation. I was also repeatedly told it was impossible for a Westerner to understand the complex Chinese tax system.
3) A 2006 book "Taxation in China" by Liu Zuo mentions "world-wide" taxes several times. It is a Kindle ebook.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Filing 2014 Taxes @Xiefei: I agree with you on the American taxation.
As for Chins IIT, my focus was on the tax exposure of expats living in China. I did not look into how Chinese citizens are taxed so I never verified how Chinese are treated.
Recently, there was an article on the SAT, using info sharing agreements with other countries, hunting Chinese citizens living abroad for many years and not paying Chinese IIT. I did a quick review of documents I have and cannot find any source to support or contradict your statement.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Filing 2014 Taxes HFCAMPO: Your disclose.tv link is to video that has factual error:
China also requires income tax be income tax on worldwide income:
"Individual Income Tax shall be paid on their world wide income by the individuals who have domicile in China (refer to individuals who by reason of their family registration administration, family or economic interests habitually reside in China) or who, though without domicile in China, have resided in China for one 1 year or more."
The first US income tax law was during the War of 1812. Constitutional issues delayed imposition of an income tax until the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.
BS is what it is. I did not watch the entire video.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Huayang School ? I will defend KCEL. Having taught a few years, I feel what you get out of any class depends on the effort you put in. That said, KECL teachers were OK to Excellent, and that worked for me.
The big bitch with KCEL seems to be with the management. The student pays, gets the visa, then wants to study somewhere else. Somehow, because KCEL resists, it KCEL's fault.
Full disclosure: I do not like KCEL's owner and have told him so to his face. But I was always treated well and received what we had contracted for and more. I do recommend KCEL as a good school.
Study: Air pollution causes loss of intelligence
发布者This study is extremely interesting, The researchers are primarily Chinese and the subjects were all Chinese. I tried to read the report but decided not to spend the $10 USD to download it.
One concern is the study is an "interdisciplinary collaboration" which in China can mean a pile on of names in search of published works. Also I could find many reports of the study being published but no mention of peer review.
An NPR article says "New paper finds that air pollution affects cognitive performance. A person with an average score under Chinese pollution levels would outperform 13% more test-takers under US air quality standards." Additionally, there is some skepticism by a scientist who studies brain damage.
I tend to be skeptical of Chinese research although this study adds to my concerns about the level of China's pollution, For several years I tracked birth defect rates in China but the information stopped being published when the birth defect rate in Beijing reached nearly 2%
NPR article: www.npr.org/[...]
China-South Asia Expo takes over Kunming
发布者China and Afghanistan share a short border on an ancient trade route. China has closed the border and is resisting Afghanistan's requests to reopen it. Related to the Uighur problem it is said.
China-South Asia Expo takes over Kunming
发布者Not yet anyway. China seems to prefer the Talban.
thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-military-base-in-afghanistan/
How to cook a spicy Yunnan specialty: Ghost chicken
发布者Try Yingjiang Daiweiyuan, 盈江傣味园.
昆明翠湖北路66号 66 Cuihu N Rd,
This was my favorite Dai place in the Green Lake area, in the north side of the street across from the park. The place fills up quickly for dinner so go early. Never had Ghost Chicken there but everything was excellent.
In interview, Yunnan Party chief stresses ending poverty
发布者My guess is that lowering poverty to zero is asymptotical because people are involved. As long as China maintains a $1 per day poverty line, the statistical eradication of poverty will always be impressive. If China adopts The World Bank $1.90 per day there would be a whole lot more people in poverty. Clearly that statistic would not be welcome.
I am not sure what "economic justice" is. Perhaps everyone that has less than someone else is a victim of unfair "economic justice." I suspect, however, that there is no such thing as quantifiable "economic justice" and the term will become an arrow in the social justice warrior's quiver in the struggle for equaity.
A recent tweet on twitter (complete and unedited):
"white women also owe women of color money. this is part of economic justice and justice in general. seeking the economic liberation of all women and the end of capitalism and patriarchy demands white women's accountability. this is possible. not neat or simple, but possible."