Doing business in Asia, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Russia.

The World's Most Expensive Cities  List for expatriates is out.

Seoul came out on top, or bottom depending on your perspective, in Asia at number 7. 

Tokyo fell to number 13.

Taipei fell to #94, 6th in Asia and Hong Kong was number 5 in Asia.

Singapore was 122nd in the world and 10th in Asia. 

The surveywas conducted by ECA International and measured:

1. the cost of food,

2. cost of basic items including drink and tobacco, a

3. other costs such as clothing and electrical goods.

The top ten cities. 

City                Country                  Previous Rank
Luanda            Angola                          2
Oslo                Norway                         3
Moscow           Russia                           4 
Stavanger        Norway                         6
Copenhagen     Denmark                        7
Kinshasa          Congo Democratic Rep.    5
Seoul              Korea Republic                8
Libreville          Gabon                           9
Geneva           Switzerland                   11
London            U.K.                            17

How is it where you live? 

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