Kyle Mullin's picture Kyle Mullin Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/19/2017 - 16:08

freedm88 wrote:

I'm not a very high maintainance guy. Short on the sides, long on the top, push it back, no biggie. I went in expecting some degree of familiarity with this kind of style, since these guys advertise themselves as a 'barber' style salon. No. Not even close. They literally shaved a ring around my head, like with a bowl, then used a STRAIGHT RAZOR to shave a LINE INTO MY HEAD! I have no clue what they were going for. I literally had to go somewhere else to get a professional to try to fix it. DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE! They charge 260 for a complete amateur experience of incompetence. 

-Pissed off guy.

Is that why you don't have a profile photo here? You're still waitng for it to grow back?

freedm88's picture freedm88 Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/19/2017 - 14:46

I'm not a very high maintainance guy. Short on the sides, long on the top, push it back, no biggie. I went in expecting some degree of familiarity with this kind of style, since these guys advertise themselves as a 'barber' style salon. No. Not even close. They literally shaved a ring around my head, like with a bowl, then used a STRAIGHT RAZOR to shave a LINE INTO MY HEAD! I have no clue what they were going for. I literally had to go somewhere else to get a professional to try to fix it. DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE! They charge 260 for a complete amateur experience of incompetence.

-Pissed off guy.

jimmy19911029's picture jimmy19911029 Submitted by Guest on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 03:37

Thanks Andrew Killeen for posting such a useful article for expats living in China on regards of healthcare issues.

One more thing maybe I would like to elaborate, is regarding the understanding of specific coverage in an insurance contract in China. It is very important to understand the coverage terms because if you go to the wrong hospital or your bill exceeds your coverage limit, you will end up paying from your own pocket.

Here are some of the major hospitals/clinics in Beijing with international departments or private institutions:

Public Hospitals:

1、中日友好医院国际医疗部 (International Department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital)

2、北京协和医院国际医疗部 (Peking Union Medical College Hospital International Medical Services)

3、首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院国际医疗中心 (Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University International Medical Centre)

4、中国中医科学院广安门医院国际医疗部 (Guang'Anmen Hospital,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences International Medical Department)

Private Hospitals:

1、北京天坛普华医院 (Beijing Puhua International Hospital)

2、北京港澳国际医务诊所 (Hong Kong International Medical Clinic, Beijing)

3、北京美中宜和妇儿医院 (AMCARE Women's and Children's Specialized Health)

4、庇利积臣北京医疗中心 (Bayley & Jackson Medical Center)

5、北京国际医疗中心 (International Medical Center, a.k.a. IMC)

6、维世达诊所 (Vista Medical Center)

7、北京和睦家医院 (United Family Care Beijing) Note: One of the most well known private hospitals, have various clinics located in Chaoyang District

8、北京维特奥医院 (Vitup Healthcare)

9、北京明德国际医院 (OASIS International Hospital)

10、北京耀东门诊部 (Beijing Eaton Medical Centre)

On top of that, all hospitals mentioned above accept direct billing from selected insurance companies, so make sure if you have your own medical insurance locally, check with the hospitals whether they accept your insurance company's direct billing or not.

I worked as an insurance advisor in Singapore, then relocated to Beijing as an insurance broker, specializing in medical insurance (for foreigners). If you would like to enquire on foreigners insurance in China, please message.

LysanderWrites's picture LysanderWrites Submitted by Guest on Sat, 09/09/2017 - 19:57

One would hope that this will lead to perhaps a little bit more quality control. Maybe they go around and recycle some of the more FUBAR or used bikes and focus on how to integrate them more with the streets. The set square areas are right, but it's nothing if you masses of bikes three rows deep that take up two-thirds of a sidewalk.

But, most likely the larger companies shall instead focus on flooding the smaller tier cities and breaking into more foreign markets.

Pity the man too dense for satire.

All accents are equal, except some accents are more equal than others.

LysanderWrites's picture LysanderWrites Submitted by Guest on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 19:04

So, where do you think they will go next for the next 'renovation' project? It might be interesting to try and list the places that have been visited this year, closed down and changed. An 'end of the year' type thing.

Pity the man too dense for satire.

All accents are equal, except some accents are more equal than others.

tomarnstein's picture tomarnstein Submitted by Guest on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 18:13

The construction continues to wind its way westwards, down that little street that we can never remember the name of and towards Xindong Lu/Heaven Supermarket. This round seems to be purely for underground electricity cables, which may or may not indicate that the whole place is soon to get a facelift, as we have seen previously in Gulou and Nanluogu Xiang.

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