@jado
I was gonna include some rants, but a short answer is probably more helpful.
AUTHENTICATIONS
Technically, ALL authenticated documents must go through notarization>city>state>federal authentications, so you can see, the cost adds up quickly, not to mention waiting times. My problem - my office was feeding these things to me linearly (one at a time) as opposed to all at once. SEVERAL things could have been done simultaneously - I can multitask - such as health checks (as opposed to waiting 3-4 months deep into process to tell me something that could have been done 3-4 months earlier).
College Diploma
TEFL (I don't need this - so don't know what it looks like and whether the document needs to be authenticated, but...probably/maybe).
OTHER THINGS
Criminal Background Check. I had mine issued by the California Justice Department - and didn't bother to get it authenticated by the US State Department, although it was initially requested, then after I complained - retracted.
Health Check - again - they'd requested the full authentication process on these tests - but I complained and this authentication request was also retracted. You can read my earlier rant on this issue, in case they ask you to get your health check authenticated.
WORK HISTORY
I was asked to supply authenticated letters of employment from ALL my employers since graduating college. In lieu of this - they asked me to supply former paystubs (minus the authentication, I'm sure they forgot to ask), to which I declined as impossible (leaving out the other denigrating opinions) and somewhat arbitrary and ludicrous.
You can "TRY" to do the TEFL, minus the other authentications, but I suspect you'll be hitting the amateurish HR wall with your employer. The "old" way doesn't work anymore - so you MAY want to have them send a list of visa requirements. Also - if you're a Foreign Expert - they have additional requirements, which I believe is the source of ludicrous-ity. As per my last rant - the Chinese Consulate has NO health check requirement (their words) for work or tourist visas.
And this is the short version of my reply...hope it helps...
Bringing a taste of Italy to Yunnan: An interview with Diego Triboli
Posted byRay
Great pictures!
I was first introduced to Cantina through a YFBC meeting (Jeff - thanks for the invite). Great place - great reminder to go find this place again! Phenomenal wine bar!
With 2017 CITM, Yunnan stakes its future to tourism industry
Posted byGo Yereth!
China's foreign minister shelves trade concerns, turns to Myanmar's Rohingya crisis
Posted byBurma has had several ethnic cleansings a la Bhutan over the last century.
@Alien
Rohingya are a minority in Burma. Of course it's not the solution they want but it's most definitely the solution the current diverse majority of Burma want, otherwise the west's former darling of democracy SKY would've immediately denounced the cleansing as opposed to her deafening silence.
It's a big issue now simply because it's a political pawn between the USA's Obama era China containment strategy and China's strategy for direct land access to the Indian Ocean, to support it's OBOR strategy.
Terrible - yes.
But how many of us REALLY know the religious politics of that area?
China's foreign minister shelves trade concerns, turns to Myanmar's Rohingya crisis
Posted byChina typically does not interfere in the sovereign operations of other countries on the scale of say other superpowers.
That said - Burma basically missed their window of opportunity to provide energy to power starved China. Yunnan now has a significant surplus of renewable energy that required a Beijing policy to remediate.
We only know about the Rohingya based on rather biased western media coverage. Remember the "Arab Spring" which the media initially gushed over - not so gushy now that we're in the "Arab Winter", eh?
Best solution is probably to try to help the Rohingya settle in a sustainable and humane manner in Bangladesh because Myanmar seriously doesn't want them back. Perhaps POTUS Trump can outsourcing the Great Wall of the USA to Myanmar also...
This article also apparently neglected to mention that Myanmar is or was an Obama era pivot to "contain" China (an utterly moronic, unsustainable, and irresponsible global policy).
China considering plan to make Xinjiang desert a new California
Posted bySeems China can also use water resources in addition to economic resources to balance the relationships with India and Bangladesh.
Not a pleasant thought for water-strapped India - but a future reality.