And so it begins...
Jan 24th 2017, 7:53 am
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Jan 24th 2017, 9:10 am
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Re: And so it begins...
Mental story....
Jan 24th 2017, 10:02 am
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Re: And so it begins...
Not easy to deal with the Chinese though. A contract with them isn't really worth the paper its written on.
Jan 24th 2017, 10:07 am
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Jan 24th 2017, 10:39 am
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Jan 24th 2017, 12:34 pm
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Re: And so it begins...
Some of the best transactions done with Chinese in the UAE do not require paperwork. Well, not till afterwards, anyway ...
Jan 24th 2017, 1:24 pm
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no. Contracts to purchase steel. approx 50pct of our contracts with Chinese steel mills were cancelled by the mills recently when the market price went up. They could sell better on the spot market so contracts were just ignored. Arbitration in China so no chance of wining.
Jan 24th 2017, 1:38 pm
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no. Contracts to purchase steel. approx 50pct of our contracts with Chinese steel mills were cancelled by the mills recently when the market price went up. They could sell better on the spot market so contracts were just ignored. Arbitration in China so no chance of wining.
As for the contracting here...... run for the hills. They're awful!
Jan 24th 2017, 2:59 pm
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Jan 24th 2017, 7:51 pm
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Jan 25th 2017, 4:07 am
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Re: And so it begins...
Speaking of the Chinese I do like their grub (mostly, well, mainly, ok, some of it).
A few weeks ago I was in a taxi through Deira and saw a number of Chinese chophouses near Al Ghurair Centre and one or two looked new. One advertised itself as Hong Kong / Cantonese. Anyone have any experience with these places? From a culinary perspective it's good to see more properly Chinese places open compared to all the Chinglish or Indo-Chinese crap. And I suppose it reflects the growing Chinese presence in Dubai
A few weeks ago I was in a taxi through Deira and saw a number of Chinese chophouses near Al Ghurair Centre and one or two looked new. One advertised itself as Hong Kong / Cantonese. Anyone have any experience with these places? From a culinary perspective it's good to see more properly Chinese places open compared to all the Chinglish or Indo-Chinese crap. And I suppose it reflects the growing Chinese presence in Dubai
Jan 25th 2017, 4:39 am
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Speaking of the Chinese I do like their grub (mostly, well, mainly, ok, some of it).
A few weeks ago I was in a taxi through Deira and saw a number of Chinese chophouses near Al Ghurair Centre and one or two looked new. One advertised itself as Hong Kong / Cantonese. Anyone have any experience with these places? From a culinary perspective it's good to see more properly Chinese places open compared to all the Chinglish or Indo-Chinese crap. And I suppose it reflects the growing Chinese presence in Dubai
A few weeks ago I was in a taxi through Deira and saw a number of Chinese chophouses near Al Ghurair Centre and one or two looked new. One advertised itself as Hong Kong / Cantonese. Anyone have any experience with these places? From a culinary perspective it's good to see more properly Chinese places open compared to all the Chinglish or Indo-Chinese crap. And I suppose it reflects the growing Chinese presence in Dubai
Jan 25th 2017, 5:09 am
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Re: And so it begins...
China Sea near Clock House Roundabout, they have sea anemones and all sorts.
Takes a brave soul to try out some of the stuff - but if you want authentic...