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China Flexpat
by Francis Kremer & Patrick Frick
The China Flexpat podcast interviews professionals in China to help people from all over the world find the best jobs in China.We uncover myths and show the truth about challenges and opportunities when looking for a life in the Middle Kingdom.Flexpats are like expats, but flexible. Highly interested in China's business world, culture, people and language but without the backing of a multinational company that provides large salary packages.We want to show you how you can become a well paid and happy China flexpat with the right skills and mindset.
Episodes
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#178 How Chinese professionals can be international
Chinese professionals can be international and take flexpat jobs, but how? What can flexpats do to add value to the growth of Chinese professionals? James Hsu is a bilingual executive coach and trainer with a solid academic background including a Computer Science bachelor’s degree and an…
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#177 Digital Transformation
Learn about blue collar empowerment and automation in China. Clear communication is the most important factor in AI/digital transformation. Empower workers and create a smooth transition so everyone gradually comes on board. Blue-collar workers can be upskilled with simple interfaces and…
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#176 China Author
China book author shares insights into his book. What makes China so strong today? How did China build the engineering ability in its workforce? How does production capacity affect the consumer behavior? Who earns money in an over-capacity model? Book title: "Enduring Frameworks: Nine Lenses for...
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#175 B2B Marketing
Sell your B2B products in China: Deep dive into: Value/ Branding / Pricing Local R&D Local Marketing execution Branding vs. Guanxi (Relationships) Support your Chinese Sales team to succeed in the Chinese market! Dr. Daniel Frerichs is an expert on B2B marketing in China due to his extensive...
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#174 Work Smarter – With AI
How can professionals — not just tech experts or big corporations — use AI to work smarter and think more creatively? What are some underrated AI tools that save hours in each work week? How does AI change the way we work, lead, learn, and connect? What can Chinese professionals teach the world...
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#173 Intercultural Value Conflicts
Understand why our values are so important to how we interact with our environment. Why is an expat assignment so hard for the spouse? The true value of intercultural trainings? Preparing local teams for global roles. Andreas Bastian has worked in various senior management positions at several...
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#172 Overseas Chinese Students
Get to know the challenges of Overseas Chinese students and professionals How can they integrate in other cultures and create value in their home country? Contact Adam Sevcik (Find on LinkedIn) Wechat: AdamSev_01 Contact Francis Wechat: Flexpat2020
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#171 Increase Your Value Through Confident Communication
Confident communication drives career success. Speaking with confidence is a skill that can be trained and strengthened. Practical strategies to recognize and avoid common communication mistakes. Build powerful new habits to express your ideas effectively in every conversation. Corinna…
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#170 Learn Chinese
Learn Chinese. Finally be able to speak fluently. It is possible. Alla is the founder and manager of Sino.Sphere an online Chinese school which delivers media-based courses to students from all around the world. Sino.Sphere offers a fresh alternative to traditional rote-learning based approaches,...
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#169 The Wild 80s - Bringing Art to China
Learn from an Artist who started working in China 1987. What is the role of your own skills and your relationships? Is this still valid today? Find Daniel: instagram link @danielmkrause Wechat T4PHAGE
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#168 Work for Chinese companies: High Context Culture
Learn to work in a Chinese environment. What does it take? Which value is the Chinese company looking for? How can you influence and change the Chinese team? What is low and high context culture? Read the book: "Culture Map" from Erin Meyer to learn more about low and high context culture.…
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#167 Bridging German & Chinese Business Cultures: The Human Factor
Learn to communicate between German and Chinese teams. What it takes to be strategic and reach your goal. Unlock effective communication and bridge cultural gaps between German and Chinese teams by mastering strategic clarity, cultural empathy, and the human factor; learn to leverage practical...
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#166 Build your own Flexpat career
Prepare for an internal transfer to China. Build your China-focused career in your home country. Learn about the e-commerce system in China and how a flexpat can provide value. Why is Chinese so important for your flexpat career? Contact Marvin: Wechat: MarvinFreericks
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#165 Luxury Travel in China
Leave your preconceptions behind and travel into an unexpected China. Individually. Luxury. Unscripted. Contact Rene & Andrea: Email: [email protected] Website: www.chinaserendipity.com Wechat: bolinxiatian2016
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#164 Flexpat Health Insurance
Health insurance need-to-know - understand the Chinese hospital system - save cost on insurance - key risks to insure - prepare to return back home Find Le'An Insurance Wechat_ID: k522621972 Official Wechat Account: LEAN MEMBER SERVICE Official Website: www.lean-insurance.com Contact Francis on...
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#163 Relocate to your home country
Sometimes a flexpat career ends - and then? Learn about how to get ready for the next step for your career and your family. Contact Tim: [email protected] Wechat: tdoe123
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#162 Flexpat Job Search
Job Search Realities in 2025 What's actually happening in the job market right now? Where to look - how to handle in-house recruiters, headhunters, career coaches and your network? Why mindset matters more than ever? Smart ways to handle interviews and explain career gaps Miriam Wickertsheim…
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#161 Real Estate Entrepreneur
Learn about Real Estate in China and how to build your business - Start, build and grow a business - Integrate as a flexpat in a complex market - Insights into Real Estate in Shanghai - Why is transparency such a key value? - Advice for flexpats and founders Bjarne Bauer is the Managing Partner…
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#160 Trade War
How will the Trade War affect you? Why has China been so competitive in the past as a sourcing location? How does South East Asia compare to China? Why do the US and China trade so much? What can be alternative countries to source from? What does it take to be competitive today? Sebastian Maling...
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#159 Restart your Flexpat Career Today
Learn about what has changed for flexpats in the past 5 years Why are flexpats still searched for? Which skills are required for a flexpat career? What does it take to build a flexpat career from scratch? How to prepare for a flexpat career? How can flexpats differentiate on the job market? How…
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#158 Retirement Planning for Flexpats
Building the Life You Want in China: Are you a flexpat looking to build a secure financial future while still enjoying your life abroad? In this episode, we talk with Dan, an experienced financial advisor specializing in expat financial planning. We explore key tactics for balancing current...
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#157 Enter APAC through Hong Kong
Enter APAC through Hong Kong - Learn to be a strategy advisor - Recent development in Hong Kong - Advantages of Hong Kong as APAC hub - HR and talent pool in Hong Kong - Opportunities for flexpats today Florian Braunsteiner supports companies wanting to grow their APAC business. Please also tune…
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#156 Flexpat Job Market
Flexpat Job Market summary - Current (and future) developments of Foreign Talent in China - Changes to expectation of foreign executive profiles - Strategic approach to Flexpat Job Search - Flexpats: Why Are They So Valuable to Companies - GM Salaries in China: How Have They Evolved Over the Last...
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#155 Greencard for flexpats
All you need to know about the greencard - how the community helps us to learn from each other - where to find more information - Prepare for the biggest challenge in the application process - Future of the greencard - Benefit for employer Dave came to China 20 years ago during university and…
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#154 From Firefighter to real CEO
Feel the entrepreneurial flexpat life. Building a business in China, becoming a CEO, adapting to new challenges and finally a business expansion and personal relocation. Highlights: Deep dive in an entrepreneurial journey in the F&B industry Speaking Chinese as an add-on to people skills Changing...
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#153 The Lettuce Diaries - Leadership Lessons
Flexpat leadership lessons by an experienced entrepreneur and international leadership advisor - Build a company in China as a flexpat - Be prepared for the long game, dont give up - Create a strong company culture and clear differentiation - Ask your Chinese team for help, keep learning - Find...
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#152 Make it in and with China - Lessons learned
Make it in and with China - Lessons learned 1 Enter the Chinese market with smart marketing at low cost 2 Win international markets for Chinese companies 3 Create an international culture in Chinese teams 4 Build your own personal brand and business 5 Add value to communities, support each other...
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#151 Relocating from China to Vietnam
Relocate to Vietnam 1 Preparing to leave China 2 Financing the transition 3 Networking and Job Hunting 4 Defining a suitable salary and role 5 Understand your new surrounding 6 Integrate and Settle down and look to the future Barry Kirkwood is now based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam after a decade...
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#150 Mental Preparation for Your Family Relocation
Relocating your family involves many decisions, they have to be prepared. 1. Which problems arise when relocating? 2. Prepare and Prevent 3. Start early to engage with your future environment 4. Deal with child behaviour issues 5. Prepare to leave your location 6. Ask for help, accept help Jovana...
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#149 University Entrepreneur
Start your academic career in China. Learn from a real expert of both international and Chinese academic ecosystems. 1. Study/get your PhD in China 2. Find academic jobs 3. Compare international vs. Chinese university system 4. Start and scale your own company 5. Work in Chinese vs. English 6.…
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#148 Retirement in China
Learn about a complete engineering and commercial flexpat career. What is important to plan your flexpat retirement in China? 1. Challenges of the Chinese healthcare system 2. Pick the right industry to work in 3. Qualify for your job, develop your skillset 4. Integrate in China 5. Prepare for...
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#147 Corporate Startup for Successful Market Entry
Build your own corporate startup in an international company in China. Lessons Learned. 1. When/Why a Corporate Startup makes sense 2. How can corporate and startup work together 3. What is the role of the Startup Founder? 4. How to be successful with a Corporate Startup in China 5. Value of...
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#146 China's rally against climate change
Learn about climate change and China's effort to stop it. 1. What is ESG and why is it important 2. How has China developed since the last 20 years and where does it stand now in terms of environmental protection 3. Which challenges do companies face to understand and act upon environmental...
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#145 Riding your business to success 101
Build a successful horse riding business in Shanghai. Learn what it takes to transform your passion into a profitable business. Highlights 1. Sigrid provides her highlights of choosing and maintaining a business partner * Find someone you can trust * Both your skills and knowledge need to be...
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#144 Flexpats add value to Chinese teams
Summary of the added value flexpats can bring into Chinese teams, and how Chinese professionals can be international. • Enter the flexpat job market after graduation • Importance of learning Chinese • Key added value of flexpats • Soft skills are very important • Fit into a Chinese team • Start...
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#143 How can German and Chinese values fit together?
How can you return to China after 9 years abroad and then fit into the Chinese economy? What are the key international values you can bring, and what are key Chinese skills you need to master? • Reasons to go abroad for Chinese professionals • Reasons to return to China • Challenges for Chinese...
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#142 Build your own Flexpat business in China
You can also start your own business in China. Learn from Deano who has worked with many Flexpat entrepreneurs to achieve their dream. • Bring additional value to China • Master special challenges • Differentiate from Chinese entrepreneurs • Insprire Chinese professionals • Integrate in China •...
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#141 How Chinese Flexpats Can Integrate in Luxembourg
Chinese are also flexpats. So why would they work in Luxembourg? For its vibrant Chinese community? Or maybe its mix of flexpats from 140 nations? What's Luxembourg like? How can Chinese professionals integrate this culturally complex country? What is Luxembourg doing to attract and retain...
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#140 Making Bilingual Education Work in China with Luc Pauwels
How can Chinese kids develop themselves as global citizens? Learn from Luc who has been thinking about this challenge for the past 24 years. How did bilingual education start in China? What is the role of flexpats? Parent`s evolving expectations How to work with Chinese school principals? How to...
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#139 Master situational leadership with Coach Terry (20+ years China experience)
Learn to be a coach to your international and Chinese team. Coach Terry shares the shortcut to years of learning and practice in situational leadership. What are current challenges for flexpats and Chinese professionals? What exactly is coaching and training? How does it add value to individuals,...
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#138 Attract and retain Chinese young professionals in China with European values
Learn cross-culture communication in order to attract and retain Chinese young professionals with European values. What is the value of an open mindset and independence? How can Chinese young professionals learn European values if they did not grow up using them? How can Chinese professionals…
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#137 China’s digital ecosystems, home grown brands and the role of Flexpats in building the future of retail with Ashley Dudarenok
Learn about Chinese digital ecosystems and brands from Ashley Dudarenok, a “guru on digital marketing and fast-evolving trends in China” as hailed by Thinkers50. We dive into topics such as China’s digitalisation, naturalising as a Chinese national, domestic and global brand competition in the...
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#136 Prepare for an increasingly China-facing future in business
"Dragon Suit" is the best book for flexpats in 2023. Learn all you need to know about flexpat careers in one single episode. · How China became a key market for global firms · Current challenges for China expats and flexpats in 2023 · How new expats can prepare for their China challenge · Reasons...
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#135 Radically Relevant China Marketing for Brand Success with Mike Golden
Learn from a real Marketing expert with 25 years experience in and with Japan and China. • Current B2C marketing environment in China • Market entry for international brands • Market barriers for international brands • About Chinese upcoming brands • Chinese brands going international • Job...
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#134 Understand the education ecosystem in China with Brantley Turner
Understand the education ecosystem in China. Learn from a real China education expert with 30 years of experience in various career positions in and with China. • What are the key differences between the Chinese and the US education system, and what can they learn from each other? • How do…
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#133 From interim manager to entrepreneur in China with Kai-Marcel Dodel
Kai held several top management positions in China for many years before he decided to start his own business. In this episode, you will learn what it is like living in the same neighborhood as Tesla in Shanghai and what that means for daily life. You`ll understand several reasons why it is...
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#132 From 9-5 to entrepreneurship with Aladin Farré
Quit your nine-to-five job and start your own company in China. Aladin shares his journey from a typical 9-5 job into his own business within the Film and TV industry in China. Highlights * What motivated him to come to China in the first place * Why does it matter in which city you set up your...
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#131 How to build a sustainable Flexpat lifestyle with your family
Reduce your cost of living to the bare minimum in order to build a sustainable Flexpat lifestyle. - What are the easiest ways to reduce the cost of living? - How can international children attend public school? - Why should children attend Chinese kindergarten and school? - How do you deal with...
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#130 How to prepare for a return to China
Prepare for a smooth return to China. Tobias lived in China for a while before the pandemic ended his challenge sooner than he actually wanted. He will guide us through the learnings of his first China stay, the motivation to come back and all the preparational tasks he is undertaking right now....
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#129 Expats leave China – How to maintain an international company culture in China
Many expats have left China and international companies struggle to replace them with experienced professionals from HQs. What does this mean for the company both in China and in the corporate office? - What is the main reason why expats return home and new expats are not coming here? - What...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The China Flexpat podcast interviews professionals in China to help people from all over the world find the best jobs in China.We uncover myths and show the truth about challenges and opportunities when looking for a life in the Middle Kingdom.Flexpats are like expats, but flexible. Highly interested in China's business world, culture, people and language but without the backing of a multinational company that provides large salary packages.We want to show you how you can become a well paid and happy China flexpat with the right skills and mindset.
HOSTED BY
Francis Kremer & Patrick Frick
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