Originally Posted by Unregistered

The best strategy I have discovered so far is, look for companies that do not know the market, and mark up your current/previous salary by whatever you want your new salary to be, then tell them that's your current salary.

What kind of companies do not know the market?

1) Basically, it's a MNC that's hiring its first employees in the region.
2) Companies that want to expand its base in China, and are looking for bilingual people. In this case, one is actually the bridge between non-Chinese and Chinese, since one can speak both English and Mandarin fluently.

Based on my previous experiences, this worked.

On my first try, I got 54% increment. Few years later, I left.
On my second try, I got 57% increment. I'm now waiting to start the new job.