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greatghoul/remote-working

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TLDR

A curated reference list of remote work resources for Chinese workers, articles, remote-friendly company listings, tools, podcasts, and books, mostly in Chinese or accessible within China.

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    Content
      Articles
      Company listings
      Tools
      Podcasts and books
    Audience
      Chinese workers
      Remote job seekers
    Channels
      Telegram
      WeChat
      Douban
    Use Cases
      Job search
      Career advice
      Tool discovery
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USE CASE 1

Browse a maintained list of Chinese companies known to hire remotely across e-commerce, gaming, and developer tools.

USE CASE 2

Find Chinese-language articles and podcasts about landing remote contracts and building a remote career.

USE CASE 3

Discover collaboration tools like Notion, Trello, and Tower that are commonly used by remote teams in China.

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In plain English

This repository is a curated collection of remote work resources aimed primarily at Chinese workers and job seekers. The maintainer and contributors have gathered articles, discussion threads, team listings, videos, podcasts, books, tools, and other reference materials related to working outside a traditional office, with a focus on resources that are either in Chinese or are known to be accessible and relevant within China. The collection is organized into named sections. The articles section links to first-person accounts and opinion pieces about topics like landing a first remote contract, career development outside an office, and what remote work is actually like day to day. The teams section lists companies based in China or known to hire remotely from China, spanning fields like e-commerce, education, gaming, and developer tools. There are also sections for video channels and podcasts hosted in Chinese on platforms like Bilibili and Xiaoyuzhoufm. The tools section points to productivity and collaboration software commonly used for remote coordination, including Notion, Trello, Tower, and Teambition. The books section includes both Chinese-language titles and the classic English-language remote work book from the 37signals team. Updates are announced through several channels: a Telegram channel, a WeChat public account, a Douban group, and a paid knowledge community. The README notes that this list is focused on resources available to or well-suited for people in China, though it does include some international resources that are friendly to that audience. Contributions come from a group of named GitHub users. The project has no code to speak of, it is purely a maintained reference list.

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Prompt 1
I'm a Chinese developer looking for remote work. What categories of companies are in the greatghoul/remote-working list and how are they organized?
Prompt 2
Summarize the key themes from the remote working articles in greatghoul/remote-working about building a career outside a traditional office in China.
Prompt 3
What project management and collaboration tools does the greatghoul/remote-working list recommend for async work on distributed teams?
Prompt 4
I want to add a remote-friendly company to the greatghoul/remote-working list. What format should the entry follow and where in the README does it belong?
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