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Suzhou News

Woman Fired for Refusing to be Her Boss’ Son’s Girlfriend

She received some flowers. Then a rather threatening message. But she still did not go out with her boss’ son. Then she was fired for “not adapting to the company’s culture”. It’s the unfair-dismissal case today gathering the headlines...

HR Representative Stabbed to Death for “Getting Man a Job”

Think of them as job centres. The landscape of cities in China is dotted with such “labour service companies”, “HR centres” or “talent shops”. But the service provided by one may well have led directly to an employee’s death,...

Costco Chaos in Suzhou; Big Boxes on their Way to Nanjing

Giant American wholesaler Costco has opened its sprawling warehouse in not-so-distant Suzhou, making the city the first other than Shanghai with a Costco in China. The discounted-bulk-buying brand is also on its way to Nanjing, with an even bigger...

Design a Qipao Contest; Be Inspired in Suzhou’s Cheongsam Town

A new competition is realising an opportunity to allow individuals to use influences from their own historic heritage of creativity, manifesting their inspiration through a recently launched event in Suzhou’s “Cheongsam Town”. In a nutshell, the contest is a chance...

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