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Beijing to set up free-speech zones several miles away from Olympics

A Chinese girl poses near a replica of the Capital Building in the United States seen at the World Park in Beijing, China, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The World Park is one of three parks designated for protesters during next month
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India hopeful of clearing IAEA board despite Pakistani objection

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) India is hopeful that despite Pakistan
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Michaela stuffer31 Power Sharing Pact Eludes Zimbabwe Ruling Party.

ETA attack team arrested in Spain media. Links by People in the News. Preliminary Power Sharing Pact Eludes Zimbabwe Ruling Party. Is Madonna having a major meltdown. Journal of American Medical Oregano or candida subscription. Video Paulson talks up mortgage plan. I loved being able to easily associate photos and map locations with people on my contacts list, to save photos received via e mail directly into my photo albums, and to see who left me voice mails. WASHINGTON, July Reuters The US C
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David Paterson signed a law Tuesday that he said will lead to restrictions on video game violence and help families better monitor grisly games. One of the leading makers of sophisticated remote controlled aircraft. If You Don
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Hotel Arrest Is Nice, but Not Worth Expired Visa Trouble

Hotel Arrest Is Nice, but Not Worth Expired Visa Trouble Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 5:59 pm By Matt Hotel arrest is pretty nice in Beijing. Jail isn
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SALVOR

Exectuive Secretary Eduardo Ermita:
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Sir Mark admitted in court that he had paid the money

Their daughter, Amanda, then, wrote to President George Bush asking for clemency over entry into the country. Baby picture pretty ricky to The Sunday Times Rich List of, his fortune is estimated at pound. I am afraid everything one hears and reads about him is true, one simply cannot trust him. Why couldn
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REVIEW: AsianIdeas.com

AsianIdeas.com is an online gift store that sells Asian gifts from kimonos and Chinese dresses to paper lanterns and party supplies. The items are very reasonably priced and shipping was super fast. AsianIdeas.com accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, AmEx, money orders, and personal checks. Returns are accepted within 20 days of purchase. We bought 48 mini frosted take-out boxes for approximately $0.83 each. We placed the order on a Thursday and chose standard shipping for $8.50. We received t
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Sports on Stephany - In Praise of Sporting Men

By Stephany Ericson - stephany.ericson@hotmail.com The male of our species commonly, and even sometimes rightly, gets a bad rap in our little half of the world. After all, they are slightly more lascivious, are possessed of at least a tiny bit more avarice, and quite frankly are influence whores well above and beyond that of any lady I know, present company excluded, of course. But in the last few decades of Western Civilization, we women folk have made great strides toward being equal with
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In Beijing, Cash is Still King

In Beijing, Cash is Still King Posted by Donald Morrison in Beijing, Practical, Shopping Leave a Comment If you look at Beijing
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Today's Links: Kendra Zanotto, Dashan and Tsering Woeser

The state-owned asset regulators are now considering a merger of China Eastern and Shanghai Airlines, broke the Caijing magazine yesterday, saying the discussion was only among government agencies so far, while spokesmen with the two airlines pled ignorance of any such plans. Great hopes ahead for improved competitiveness in China's aviation sector.2004 bronze medalist Kendra Zanotto, who was set to work as an expert synchronized swimming reporter for the Olympic News Service, an official arm o
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Olympic Broadcasters Still At Odds With Chinese Government

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Alex Pasternack: Beijing Says It Will Allow Protests During Olympics in Certain Areas

BEIJING -- After months of insisting on a non-politicized Olympics, a jittery Beijing has agreed to allow protests during the Games in three public parks with prior approval, a top official said Wednesday. Unspecified forms of protest would be allowed under Beijing's overall security plan, which includes stringent efforts to maintain public order, Liu Shaowu, director of security for the Beijing organizing committee, told reporters. It was unclear exactly how or when protesters would need to r
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The Yankee and Cowboy War: Chapter 4 (pt. 1)

In my ongoing project to make available online the entire text of Carl Oglesby's book on the JFK assassination, Watergate and the various elements that influenced the events -The Yankee and Cowboy War - I am not going to present the first part of Chapter Four. This chapter is a very long one and full of important details on what happened that dark day in Dealey Plaza and the characters and subplots involved in both the highly-coordinated takedown of President Kennedy as well as the cover-up that
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Olympics ads pushing global, unified themes

Olympics ads pushing global, unified themes July 22nd, 2008 MILWAUKEE
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Chinese Regulations Threaten Kosher Food at Olympics

(IsraelNN.com) British-born Rabbi Levi Brackman. now living in the United States, has said that Chinese regulations on imports and strict visa requirements may prohibit kosher food from being available at the Beijing Olympics that begin next month. Writing in his weekly syndicated column, he quoted Rabbi David Moskowitz, in charge of importing kosher food into China, that "there is a severe shortage of kosher food" because of tighter regulations. At least one and possibly two kosher restaur
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Chinese TyCoon Says Africa's Inefficiency Major Obstacle to Business Success

Citing inefficiency as the major impediment to business success in Africa, Li Jinyuan, one of the richest men from mainland China, and president of the Tiens Group, said the continent needs to get its act together if it wants to go forward. Li Jinyuan sees a lot of potential in Africa, but lists several things it needs to correct in order to make it easier, safer and more productive to do business there.
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Guaranteed teaching position across China

The end of the school year draws near and schools are preparing to recruit new teachers for the coming semester. We have more than 300 full-time positions across China ALL YEAR- ROUND; China Global Education Service continues to offer foreign teachers its services as one of the best ESL agencies in China. - Do you want your stay in China to be relaxed and hassle-free? - Do you want to feel supported from the moment you arrive till the moment you leave? Come to China Global Education Service, Ch
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Money Update After Six Months on the Road

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1959 Animation: The progress of Man is the progress of steel

In my last post, I gave a long list of the myriad metal objects from manhole covers to parts of electrical transmission towers to art that are being stolen for the scrap metal. Scrap metal is going for good money these days in part due to the construction boom in China and India. Along the way, I found this 1959 animated film called
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Time for a Tuesday Transvestite Break - Jesus, Please..

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Knockoff News 80

A periodic collection of news about counterfeits, fakes, knockoffs, replicas, imitations, and the culture of copying in general around the globe:Counterfeits on Capitol Hill:RICO 2.0: New bill links online auction sites to organized retail crimePartnership law: Feds open new National IPR Coordination CenterGrumpy Old Party: Republicans threaten CafePress over political teesFakes and the famous:Sunk: Shanghai media catch Celine Dion shopping for fakesPriorities: Actress Jennifer Hudson won't wea
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Teachers

High Salary & Best Position are waiting for you!!! China is one of the world`s fastest growing economies. In this environment, the demands of foreigner teachers are arising. We are looking for foreign English teachers. We engage foreign teachers for all year around, if you interested in it, welcome to zhengzhou and our amicable office, you are going to join an interesting collectivity. The positions require dynamic enthusiastic teachers. We hire foreign teachers for full-time teaching posit
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China Visa Problems: One World, One Dream, but No Visa

By now we all know that a visa extension is no longer a matter of bringing the right identity photos to the Public Security Bureau. What used to be a routine process is now a dangerous lottery, made all the more confusing because different PSBs seem to be following completely different application procedures and demanding different requirements, and the rules may change again next week. My boyfriend, Chris, is one of the unlucky ones unable to stay in China. He is not a protester or an agitato
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My Experience at a Chinese Hospital

The ceiling above my outstretched body was just a blur as my stretcher was rushed down a long dark corridor.
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CNMI Federalization News

July 20, 2008 Meeting with Irene Tantiado Irene Tantiado, president of the Coalition of United Workers (NMI), met with the visiting federal officials last week to discuss concerns of the guest workers. The Saipan Tribune reported that Ms. Tantiado raised the following concerns:A more permanent immigration status, expedited processing of temporary worker visas for qualified guest workers, and a limited amnesty for overstaying alien workers are some of the provisions that the Coalition of United
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You Don't Say?

Last day in Handan and I'm part of a crowd watching five uniformed guys dressed in light green uniforms use grappling hooks and a limp lasso to gently hook a head-down floater out of the canal. I can't help wondering how long it takes for a body to decompose and somewhat irrationally whether we're going to witness a body part tear away from the torso. It'll be no surprise to you that the crowd drew me here, and tapping on the motorbike driver's shoulder we slowed to a halt, dismounted and
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Salmonella Saintpual Update: Tomato Growers Throw Massive Tantrum, FDA Wilts Like Spinach

pairings in NYC. Featured at legendary toy store FAO Schwartz: The Madame Alexander Green Eggs and Ham Doll. Madame Al dolls are perhaps the most collectible American doll there is; the 8-inch-tall, dour-faced little girls in fetching, incredibly detailed Couture outfits have been made, since early in the Twentieth Century, in every imaginable trope possible: Equestrian, Sailing, Tennis, Ballet, Spring Flowers, Christmas, Easter, Scarlett O'Hara, Mary Queen of Scots, Channukah, Ethnic, etc. e
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Student Drops Out to Create Tourist Guide

Japan Times: Jane Fong quit Sophia University in March last year, changed her student visa to a working visa and established GI Jane Inc., a comprehensive Akihabara information company, that July. She and seven others invested
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pictures of krabi thailand pictures of krabi thailand If you are searching for a good tourist destination to travel to this summer then one place you are likely to have overlooked is Asia. Taking up a quarter of the Earth, Asia is a beautiful and exotic location which has something to suit everyone, no matter what their tastes. The Best Asian Places to Visit There are a number of places in Asia which seem to be more popular than others. So when you are planning your Asian journey so
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BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS, HONESTY LACKING IN OLYMPIC HOST

Tibetan envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen speaks to reporters at the European Parliament in Brussels, July 15, 2008. Photo: John Thys / AFPI s the Chinese government sincere about addressing the Tibet issue? A better question might be, "Is the Chinese government ever sincere about anything?" After half a century of misrule in Tibet, the total failure of Chinese policy is evident to all but the holders of that policy. After major uprisings in 1959, 1987-89 and 2008 (with innumerable less known events affir
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San Francisco Table Tennis Athlete Going to Beijing

San Francisco 22-year-old local Jackie Lee just barely missed making it on the U.S. Women
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Mix-Mix :|

Yesterday was a stupid-dumb Thursday. Datin said I dont look like a pure-Chinese. Onn told her Im an CINDIA (Cina + Indian) and she was like so suprised. " Betul keh ? Kamu Cindia keh ? " She believed what Onn said ? LOL And of course I denied ! DISTRESS Venue : Tapak perhimpunan Everytime I see her swollen reddish eyes I felt like crying. Dont ask Why. I knew she was trying to show everyone that she's okay - but actually Not. MunYee & I were talking about that case, I didnt know my tears s
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Nepal Police detain 100 Tibetan separatists in Kathmandu after anti-China rally

Nepal Police detain 100 Tibetan separatists in Kathmandu after anti-China rally Posted July 19th, 2008 by Mohit Joshi Kathmandu Nepal Kathmandu, July 19 : Nepali Police have detained about 100 Tibetan separatists who were involved in anti-China activities in Kathmandu. The separatists were apprehended after they tried to throng the Chinese Embassy''s visa office. In the process of doing so, they blocked a street that was already choked with heavy traffic. Login or register to post com
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Beijing Begins Massive Olympic Shutdown

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Blacks banned fron Bars in China

Africans in Beijing harassed as Olympics approach GEOFFREY YORK From Saturday's Globe and Mail July 18, 2008 at 7:10 PM EDT BEIJING
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'No cap on alien workers during transition period'

Local Sunday, July 20, 2008 By Ferdie de la Torre, Reporter FORUM FOR ALIEN WORKERS Under the federalization law, the CNMI can bring in as many alien workers as employers need under H1-B and H2-B visa categories during the transition period, according to federal Labor Ombudsman Jim Benedetto.
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So How Are These Olympics Different From Berlin in

Well, at least the Germans didn
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China more unfriendly towards foreigners - Beijing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China The Washington Post ran this story today, charting the mood of China - or its government - in the lead up to the Games. Meanwhile, various governments around the world are issuing warnings to their fellow countrymen and women heading to the Games. Below this story is an email I received from on Foreign Affairs section. 1. China Is Growing Unfriendly to Foreigners, Visitors Say By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Foreign Service Sa
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Foz, my kingdon for a foz - Foz de Iguacu, State of Parana, Brazil

Jump to the full entry & travel map Foz de Iguacu, State of Parana, Brazil Entering Brazil: June 21 2008 We woke up this morning, finally ready to enter Brazil after fiddling about in Iguazu and Viejo Americano camping place. It was an interesting experience, thinking about heading into this huge, foreboding country for the first time. Firstly we need a visa, and finding that it is only a 30 day visa that is issued in Iguazu was the first shock, the second shock was how much it cost. Th
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Africans in Beijing harassed as Olympics approach

Africans in Beijing harassed as Olympics approach GEOFFREY YORK globeandmail.com: Africans in Beijing harassed as Olympics approach From Saturday's Globe and Mail July 18, 2008 at 7:10 PM EDT BEIJING
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China Food Industry Ready For The Olympics

Chef Shake n' Bake heads off to Beijing in a few weeks, where she will be a featured performer in the Opening Ceremonies at the Summer Olympics. We've watched with interest over the past few years as the Chinese government has tried to drag the country into at least the Twentieth Century with a mass purge of bad national practices (such as, y'know, human rights abuses). Most recently, China has taken the revolutionary steps of prohibiting public defecation (squatting in the street to relieve on
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China Asks Japan for Information on Falun Gong Members Ahead of Olympics

By: iStockAnalyst (web page) Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:54 AM Email Comments (0) Post Comment Bookmark It Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Beijing, July 17 Kyodo - Chinese public security authorities have asked Japan to provide information on Japan-based members of the Falun Gong, a spiritual group banned in China, ahead of the Beijing Olympics, sources close to Japan-China ties said Thursday. The Japanese government has rejected the request,
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6600-7300RMB Monthly salary, Teach in Beautiful Grassland

Excellent opportunity for native englsiht teachers .Start ASAP 1.one year contract starts from 2008 to 2009. 2.6600rmb monthly salary for 18hours per week; 7300rmb monthly salary for 20hours per week. 3.18hours total teaching workload per week,work 5 days per week; 4.90rmb for each extra hour(overtime not compulsary); 5.one way air ticket reimbursed;(4200RMB) 6.22 days paid leave including school and national holidays per year.5 days for May holiday:5 days for natioal holiday; 1day for Christma
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Tight security, visa restrictions and high fares deter Olympic tourists

Chinese government is not very enthused with the response from tourist for Olympic games.Main deterrents are strict China visa regime and tight security restrictions. Expensive cost is hampering even domestic tourist in China. Fewer people are going to Beijing... read more
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Looking to Save $$$? This is IT!! Great School in Taiwan Offering housing, Great Pay, and Bonuses Too! WOW!!! PERFECT FOR A COUPLE!!!

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Tomorrow

Yes we shall, and it shall be done! Dot Com Pho is no longer a prisoner to Ricmond! We heard the cries of the people and we
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Olympic Readings

For those keeping up on coverage of the Olympics and China, the new issue of Foreign Policy has a piece by John Hoberman, professor of German Studies at UT-Austin. In FP
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Selected Articles :: Thursday, July 17, 2008

Articles from the Saipan Tribune Talks end with no promisesNMI, Guam bat for visa waivers for Russian, Chinese touristsMan dies after being hit by carCO's last Saipan-Manila flight departs3 engines at Power Plant1 operational, all six at PP2 down New JGPO officials meet with NMI officialsKalabera Cave will be closed for about a yearTwo brothers sentenced for January riotArgument leads to domestic fight'CNMI could benefit from energy crisis' Power outage in Sadog Tasi on FridayFlashback July
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Finding Flow

With a week's worth of home and contextual visits under our belts and an ongoing exploration of the local ecosystem we've reached that point of turning design insights into something a little more tangible. Or maybe visual - our hardware wizards are still in LA thanks to a normally swiftly issued visa applied for in trying times (state Olympic paranoia) and the general tardiness of DHL. Team members are sorely missed. It takes time to become sufficiently comfortable with data to be able to
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Beijing: Ain

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Inside the Beijing Olympics center

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Shandong English School

Guaranteed university teaching job offered in Anhui

China in the headlines

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Published in Wan Bao

Photo by Yan Yan This is one of the photo which I took in the studio the other day. It was published in yesterday's paper, under the article I wrote for technology page. Oh yes.. Heard from my coursemate that the trip to China has been pushed back a week due to Visa problem. Whatever it is, I hope to come back before Chinese New Year starts.
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For Some Beijingers, the Olympics are Costly

Reuters Jul 15, 2008 Chinese police inspect a vehicle at a checkpoint in Beijing, causing great bankups of traffic. (Guang Niu/Getty Images) st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } BEIJING
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How "China Dolls" Make Money In Malaysia

We can learn a lot about doing business in Malaysia from China Dolls. This is like learning Business 101 from China Dolls. These Chinese nationals or "China Dolls" or "China Girls", as they are normally referred to locally, enter the country as tourists to work illegally as GROs in nightspots or masseuse in a massage parlors. These girls usually provide sexual services, commonly called "special" for additional fees. Usually they will work for a karaoke or massage parlor and earn a salary and c
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Is the British Museum afraid?

Kwame Opoku in his latest piece notices the same coincidence as I did with the current burst of over-zealous publicity for the British Museum. From: Afrikanet Written by Dr. Kwame Opoku Tuesday, 15 July 2008 Panic and Panegyrics:Comments on
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Foreign tourists are staying home

In August 2007, Beijing received 420,000 overseas visitors. For this August, one would reasonably think the figure would go way up because of the Olympic Games Aug 8-24. In fact, it may not bump up at all. At a press conference this morning, Xiong Yumei, a deputy director of the Beijing Tourism Administration, said,
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quick travel update and chinese nationalism

quick travel update and chinese nationalism Published by T Chow under China, Personal, Society I just wanted to write a quick post as I
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Advertising Agency Whores to Chi-Coms . . . & Chi-Coms' Enemies

By Debbie Schlussel I've long said on this site that it's not just Hollywood that whores America out for the almighty dollar, but also Madison Avenue--the advertising industry. Now, there's quite a stark example, as advertising agency Omnicom Group Inc.'s TBWA Worldwide does ads both promoting and attacking the Chi-Coms on the occasion of the upcoming Beijing Summer Olympic Games. The story exposes not just the whoredom of the morally bereft ad industry, but also the cowardice of Amnesty Int
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The Great Mascot Conspiracy

The Great Mascot Conspiracy Sunday, 13 July 2008 The Great Mascot Conspiracy The Great Mascot Conspiracy? In 2005, and to a great fanfare, China unveiled the Five Friendlies (Now the Five Fuwa). 5 garishly colored characters which were to be the official mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. At the time it appeared obvious to all that Beijing had picked five mascots: rather than the usual one, as part of a scheme to make 5 times the royalties of a single mascot, and to e
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Thoughts on China- a professional writer repost - China, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map China, China Found this on Amazon.com and thought I would repost it: Maarten Troost's Travel Tips for China 1. Food can be classified as meat, poultry, grain, fish, fruit, vegetable and Chinese. Embrace the Chinese. If you love it, it will love you back. True, you may find yourself perplexed by what resides on your plate. You may even be appalled. The Chinese have an expression: We eat everything with four legs except the table, and anything with
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Critique: Ken Silverstein on China

If anyone has a chance to pick up the August issue of Harper's, be sure to check out Ken Silverstein's piece entitled The Mandarins: American foreign policy, brought to you by China*. Though I pretty seriously disagree with the major thrust of the article, it's always worth considering a point of view that doesn't relentlessly hug the center of mainstream foreign policy discourse. Silverstein, who is the Washington editor for Harper's, has written a slew of interesting pieces lately that tend t
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Confessions of a P&S Shooter

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Job in China

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Teach in Anhui province

A couple of teacher wanted in Tourist Anhui college. South of China Our University is situated in the political and cultural center of the city of Anhui province a large city in China. With the Huaihe River to the north and Shungeng Hill to the south, the college has nice and beautiful surroundings. It enjoys convenient transportation and a quiet environment. http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_map/2003-09/24/content_21669.htm * direct rail links to Beijing, Shanghai, Xi
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A couple of teacher wanted in Tourist Anhui college

Rejected Schengen Visa Applicants Get No Refund

Jenny just got her Schengen visa to go to Spain next week. Hurray! The Schengen agreement allows visitors to travel around continental Europe without requiring a separate visa for each country, although the UK has a separate protocol. This means Chinese visitors need to get a visa for the UK and a Schengen visa for the rest of Europe. Our fears and worries were explored in my post from two weeks ago when the Spanish Visa Office refused to accept the legality of our notarised marriage certific
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Global Communications Conflicts

Over on his blog, James Fallows has been providing good perspective about the Olympics in China, and in particular some of the communications challenges, both communications in the country and the impact the communications flow from the rest of the world in and China out is having. It's super interesting. Blogs and online communications qre playing a big part in the communications flow both ways, with some unpredictable results. Today in the Journal, a look at some advertising controversy. I
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A Lesson in Finance, Kids Style

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Ilka-Erika Szasz-Fabian Dayana Yochim has a fun article this week at Motley Fool about teaching a friend's 6-year-old daughter about credit after the girl received a credit card solicitation in the mail. My favorite parts: "When you go to the store to buy Barbie a friend, if you pay for her with your new Visa, her friend will cost $1,087 and won't be paid for in full until you're 43." And a little existential angst that every child is sure to understand: "So now y
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Advertising Conflict: TBWA Worldwide

Omnicom Group Inc.'s TBWA Worldwide is discovering just how difficult it can to be a global company without a consistent message. Two of its offices produced two different advertising campaigns for the Olympic games. As covered by The Wall Street Journal, its Beijing office is running a campaign on Chinese pride for Adidas while its Paris office worked on another for Amnesty International that showed Chinese athletes being tortured by Chinese authorities. According to the story, Chinese blog
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Coke reunites the Olympics and the world

The Opening Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is less than one month away as Coca-Cola unveils its new advertising that celebrates how the Olympic Games and Coca-Cola bring people together like nothing else. The three new ads are part of the global
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Elephants in the Middle of the Room: Immigration and Education Policy

Elephants in the Middle of the Room: Immigration and Education Policy In a recent email discussion with Winfield Myers, Director of Democracy Project, I mentioned that rather than searching for topics, issues seem to find me. Recently the issue of immigration reform has been pursuing me, and it dovetails with the critical issue of the failure of American schools to prepare our students to compete in an international marketplace. The issue came up as a result of my firsthand empathy with the d
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Nepal detains about 300 Tibetan separatists

Nepal detains about 300 Tibetan separatists Posted by barunroy on July 13, 2008 FROM PEOPLE
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A jittery China awaits the Olympics

IHT: AP / BEIJING: With a month to go before the Olympics
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Next Great Travel Writer: The Real Mongolia

This week, Traveler editor in chief Keith Bellows and the "Next Great Travel Writer" contest winner Suzanne Roberts are visiting China and Mongolia, and they're writing about their experiences for Intelligent Travel. Today's post is the first from Suzanne, and she writes of her search for the "Real Mongolia." I began thinking about what it means to find the 'real' Mongolia when I realized a couple of days ago in Beijing that the 'real' Beijing is both the glass windowed high-rises and stylish
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Making Jack cafferty to a bully only makes things worse as we have

In fact, if you look at the Chinese around you, they mostly have only one or two kids in the States, rarely having or. One of the main reasons was my husband loved to get visas for me from those foreign embassies which he doesn
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Skeldon factory set to roll Aug 2 -Guysuco management contract for international tender

By Miranda La Rose The Booker Tate management team is to stay on board at the Guyana Sugar Corporation for six months following the commissioning of the new Skeldon sugar factory, after which an international tender for management is to be put out. Meanwhile, the new date for the completion of the Skeldon project is August 2, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud told the meeting of the Economic Services Committee at Parliament Buildings yesterday. Responding to questions about provisions
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Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project for August 8 handover

Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, along with the senior functionaries of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), yesterday met with the Economic Services Committee to clarify several outstanding issues pertaining to the Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Plant (SSMP). The GuySuCo team included Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ronald Alli, and Chief Executive Officer Nick Jackson. One issue raised was the delay in the projected start-up date, given that that date was supposed to have been i
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UK-born Tibetan Dechen Pemba deported out of China

Trouble with visa renewal is one thing, but forced deportation is quite another. Foreigners whining about the former should take a look at the recent case of Dechen Pemba, a Brit of Tibetan descent who was detained, driven to the airport, and expelled from the PRC for five years when she walked out of her Beijing apartment last Tuesday. The seven plain clothes policemen who escorted Pemba allowed her only time to pack a bag, refusing to let her call her family or the British embassy until she w
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Quarterly Forecast: Third Quarter 2008 - Outside the Box Special Edition

Contact John Mauldin Print Version Volume 4 - Special Edition July 10, 2008 Quarterly Forecast: Third Quarter 2008 By George Friedman As we begin the new quarter, now is an excellent time to take stock of your basic investment thesis. Ask yourself if your allocations still reflect what you think the world is going to look like over the next several months. And as part of that process, I'm here to tell you that making "financial" decisions based s
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Excellent middle school teaching job offered in Sichuan province. Far away from earthquake zone

Our school is located in the southwest of China. The big city nearby is 50km,and Chongqing ,200km,2.5 hours far from seismic belt, just closed to Guizhou province .It is not only famous for food, fruits and vegetables but also for the relaxed life and courteous people. It is rich of tradtional culture. Here it is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer. It is easier and cheaper to travel around this area, especially travelling in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Tibet. People said this is
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Anti-Aging Skin Care Tips

Anti-Aging Skin Care Tips 10.07.08 Filed Under: Health with 0 Comments by Kyle Richey Isn't it interesting how young people can't wait to get older and older people want nothing more than to be younger - or least to look younger! Anti-aging skincare products are a billion dollar a year industry as people, both men and women, strive for that youthful appearance. There is of course no miracle cream or pill that can make a senior citizen look like a teenager again, but there are definitely a
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Get A Prepaid Credit Cards For Your Kids Kids are getting more independent. Parents then have to be more aware of what their kids are doing. Such includes who they hang around with and how they spend their money. Money usually sparks heated conversation between the kids and their parents. The kids will want complete freedom on how they spend their money and their parents want to be sure that they do not anyhow spend their money. A great way to educate their kid is through prepaid credit cards. Many of us adults think of credit cards are carried by working and well paid adults. This card is actually different and it caters to teen very well. The cards are prepaid and there is a limit for the spending. The card can be use as monthly allowance tool. Most of these cards are Visa or Mastercards and are therefore widely accepted. The main benefit of such card is that it helps the kid to plan their budget. Since the card has a maximum limit, the kid will very quickly learn to control their spending. Kid with such card tend to be more frugal with their money. These cards are not going to build the kid

Get A Prepaid Credit Cards For Your Kids Kids are getting more independent. Parents then have to be more aware of what their kids are doing. Such includes who they hang around with and how they spend their money. Money usually sparks heated conversation between the kids and their parents. The kids will want complete freedom on how they spend their money and their parents want to be sure that they do not anyhow spend their money. A great way to educate their kid is through prepaid credit cards. M
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How to Quit Alcohol

How to Quit Alcohol 10.07.08 Filed Under: Health with 0 Comments by Ed Philips You can take steps today to stop drinking. Your first step might be to see your doctor, contact a support group, or set a date in the near future to stop. While some people can stop drinking on their own, others need medical help to manage the physical process of withdrawal. If you believe you have an addiction to alcohol, consult your doctor on if you need to detoxify from alcohol while under medical supervisi
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A Home Business That Actually Works: How To Choose One

A Home Business That Actually Works: How To Choose One 10.07.08 Filed Under: Business with 0 Comments by David Gates Through the advent of the Internet, one person can now reach out to millions of people instantly. This advancement in technology has opened the doors to a myriad of home businesses. While get rich quick schemes abound, you can generate legitimate income from the Internet and your home. If you were walking in to an office to apply for a job, you would take special care to po
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Steps to Start A Small Internet Business

Steps to Start A Small Internet Business 10.07.08 Filed Under: Business with 0 Comments by Ade Carone When it comes to taking the appropriate steps to start a small internet business, one must have a plan in front of them. You are going to have to decide what kind of business you want to run. If you want to sell products that other people own, you will be getting into what is called affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is actually one of the most popular ways of getting started with a
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What is Kale and How to Use it in Cooking

What is Kale and How to Use it in Cooking 11.07.08 Filed Under: Food with 0 Comments by KC Kudra This is something that many cooks of all levels of experience ask themselves, but if you do a little bit of investigation, you'll find that there are plenty of things that you can do with this highly versatile leafy green. When you eat kale, you are in good company. Kale was the most commonly eaten green vegetable in Europe until the seventeenth century. There is actually evidence that kale wa
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China deports British woman for having links with Tibetan youth congress

New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed the recent deportation of a British citizen, and said that the case was not necessarily linked to Olympic-related changes to visa policies and security measures. The expelled British citizen, Dechen Pemba, is a key member of the ethnic separatist organization the Tibetan Youth Congress, Foreign [...]
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Protecting the nest

China has been pulling out all the stops to make next month's Olympics in Beijing
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Pictures Of The Day, July 11

Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski is welcomed by his friends and relatives upon his arrival at Skopje airport July 11, 2008. The U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday cleared Boskovski of responsibility for the murder of seven ethnic Albanians during a rebel insurgency in the country in 2001.Reuters Pictures A woman sells milk at an open air market in Moyale town in northeastern Kenya, some 800km (500 miles) from Nairobi, July 11, 2008. Moyale is a border town split betwe
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12 July SWJ Blog Roundup

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BC/EFA Auction: The Ultimate LES MISERABLES VIP Experience at the Hollywood Bowl!

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE BID? ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME VIP PACKAGE FOR THE LES MISERABLES HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT AUCTIONED TO BENEFIT BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (July 11, 2008, New York , NY ) A special once-in-a-lifetime four day VIP package to the upcoming
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VISA RUNAROUND: Confused over change in rules

I WENT to the Chinese embassy recently to obtain a visa for a visit to Shanghai at the end of this month, only to be told that I must go back to my own country to obtain a visa now as it was no longer possible to obtain a visa in Malaysia. I pointed out that I have a temporary work permit, just renewed for another year, but this was rejected. I was told that I must hold a proper work permit, not temporary, or a residence permit, and though I have been through this process many times, it made
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Qingdao 2008

Beijing was not the only city in the People
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6600-7300RMB Monthly salary offered in Shandong

Almost 200 Teaching job across China, teachers wanted

The Wall

Immigrant, tourist, visitor, citizen, foreign worker
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Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike

By TIM JOHNSONMcClatchy Newspapers When Dechen Pemba, a British citizen, walked out of her Beijing apartment at 8:55 one morning this week, she found seven to eight security agents milling about waiting for her. They allowed her to throw some clothes in a rucksack, then took her in a whizzing convoy to the airport, ordering her deportation on a flight to London. The expulsion of Pemba, who's of Tibetan descent, is part of a broader campaign to sweep away anyone deemed a potential troublemaker b
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Our school is located in the southwest of China. The big city nearby is 50km,and Chongqing ,200km,2.5 hours far from seismic belt, just closed to Guizhou province

China's puppet show

July 3rd was the first day after three month that the capital of Tibet opened for foreigners. In theory it is possible to visit this spiritual city, but being in Kathmandu and asking around here learns that the Chinese government doesn't give out any visa. The first estimated date might be the first of August. It would be a tour in a four-wheel-drive with three other people interested in the forbidden city on the roof of the world. Five days through the giants of Nepal and Tibet, two days in Lh
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One Month to Go - Beijing Prepares to Deliver

By Nick Mulvenney BEIJING (Reuters) - With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinized Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver on seven years of promises and billions of dollars spent. On July 13, 2001, the state news agency Xinhua hailed the decision to award the Olympic Games to Beijing as being a
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Update on China visa situation in Hong Kong - new - Beijing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China As you may know, the new rules for China visas has created a lot of confusion. From 1 July some new measures were supposed to come into place (but some proved to be just rumours), and now, less than a month out, most of the new rules and regulations and requirements have kicked in (but some haven't). The bottom line is, you need more documentation to come into China. And for those who have been on F visas - working, hanging out, trave
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Update on China visa situation in Hong Kong - new - Hong Kong, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Hong Kong, China As you may know, the new rules for China visas has created a lot of confusion. From 1 July some new measures were supposed to come into place (but some proved to be just rumours), and now, less than a month out, most of the new rules and regulations and requirements have kicked in (but some haven't). The bottom line is, you need more documentation to come into China. And for those who have been on F visas - working, hanging out, tra
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I made a big mistake - Taipei, Taiwan

Jump to the full entry & travel map Taipei, Taiwan Two years in Taiwan and I finally made my way to Taipei. I was expecting an enlarged version of Kaohsiung. I found another world. It was completely different than where I live in Taiwan. Much more cosmopolitan. No roaving packs of wild dogs or creepy betel-nut chewing guys. Wide boulevards and the sidewalks, oh the sidewalks, I could rave for days about the sidewalks (we don't have them here). If I lived in Taipei I could've r
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Olympic Information Center: links on 9 July

via WikipediaAll Olympic conversation, apart from the sport lonnie b hodge posted a message on Twitter
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Slave Labor at the UN?

For all the high minded nonsense that spews forth from the so called UN Human Rights Commission about conditions in the US, perhaps they need to turn inward and investigate the UN. Seems the UN has been looking the other way when they or member states use what amounts to slave labor. This past Tuesday the New York Sun, published an article, about the Ambassador from the Philippines enslaving some one. In the report, The Sun claims that Marichu Baoanan, a Filipino immigrant, had filed a lawsu
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Are you looking for something a little different? Join the best team of teachers in Changchun China!

Are you looking for something a little different? Are you looking for support and help in development of lesson plans? Are you tired of being lied to and treated poorly? Are you tired of the same old advertisements promising the world but delivering nothing? So are we! We are currently looking for Teachers for all age groups and language levels. SAT teachers are also needed! Eagle Language Center, Changchun China. We have an American Headmaster so you are able to discuss openly and honestly all
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Extremely Important!One is Simple of at Opportunity to Make Money in the Home

:)yesverygood Video Store Please visit: yesverygood We can supply large range of popular DVD,movie,and television show which are good quality and cheap price. All of our DVD are region free and support bothNTSC&PAL format which compatible with any DVD player in the world. If you are a beginner, We would like to share experience with you and good suggestions. If you are reseller, dropship service and good customer service will make your business expand quicker.(we also have US
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Day 717 - HONG KONG: Dwarfed by the city

// Gaze up. // Swallowed. // Jagged teeth of the city skyline surrounds. // Dizzy. // Humans, like ants. // Propel progress. // Push forward. // Power. // Consume. // Produce. // Live. // Be. // Subways smooth and chic. // Dazzle. // Cutting edge design. // Create. // Pushed away. // Out of sight. // Obsolete. // Waiting.
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Good News Suzhou

This is what Bill Begg shared in the thread SUZHOU WIC NO SHOW?; The big name South American skaters who could not attain Visa
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07.08.08: One month to go to until the Beijing Olympics

One month to go to until the big day. At eight minutes past eight on the eighth day of the eighth month of, yes, 2008, the Beijing Olympic Games will finally begin. Almost all of the facilities are ready and things appear to be on track
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Matthew 17:21

You can't see Phil's face here but he's got his faithful companion King David. If you push the button on the back King David says the 23rd Psalm and he and Phil and best friends. King David goes everywhere with Phil. This is my good friend Sis Emily. I love this girl! She is Bestman's sister. Sadly her husband died about one month ago leaving her and her three children. She comes and helps out at my house a few times a week. She thinks the same things are funny that I do. She's just a good lad
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Public School Teachers - China

High School teaching positions - August 2008 start Start Date: August-25-2008 Contract Duration: 1 Year Salary in local currency: Around 6,000 Chinese Yuan Renminbi (Salary approx. US$ 868) Bonus information: 10,000RMB contract completion bonus Housing: Single Furnished Housing Provided Airfare: Round-Trip Airfare Provided Health insurance: Ex-Pat Medical Insurance Provided Vacation days: 3 Weeks (up to 8 weeks paid vacation time if you re-sign for second year) Working hours/week: 24 - 28 hours
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Beijing to Drop Broadcast Delay

photo by Thomas Tribe SEOUL - BEIJING
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Mawrtyrs Organize to Protest China, Darfur

By Katherine Bakke You know that
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6600-7300 RMB Monthly salary offered in Shandong

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Teach and Join the Olympics in China

Teach and Join the Olympics in China Teaching English in China All year long Though the Olympics will be held in Beijing, other than that city, you can also see the country from other parts. There are many outstanding cities for you to choose to work and live .At this time, we are offering you Wonderful teaching positions throughout China. It is worth mentioning that we have been in this field for more than 6 years and placed thousands of native English speakers to excellent authorized ESL posi
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UN leader aims to get more aid in Myanmar. Attention initially focused on making the vehicle as light as. Federal funding of drug research robitussin. I want to start an bupropion. Give Me Five Days - And I?ll Give You the Secret of Antispyware software. The number of Chinese families that can afford a c. We also wonder how much carbon fiber and aluminum the production RC Z will see, as those materials can be quite expensive. Was said to have come close to death when she was rushed to hospita
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Pacquiao now official RP flag-bearer for Olympics

By ROY MEDINA It
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Visa Launches ATMs for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Visa today unveiled a new look for the ATM kiosks to be installed specially for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. According to Visa, "the artwork on the ATM kiosks has been inspired by Chinese culture and calligraphy. It uses blue and white brush strokes and traditional signature seal designs which are most recognizable on traditional Chinese porcelain vases."
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When it comes to being Chinese, what counts?

Blogging for China is holding a lively debate on the subject, spawned by a translated MITBBS post in which the writer lists three definitions of the classification: the official (you
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Small data points on the "are we ready?" Olympic front (Updated)

don't win China any good will. (Denying visas to visitors, limiting broadcast rights, tightening the vise on foreign and domestic journalists, etc.) Today's installment: public transport. I mentioned recently that two subway lines that are crucial to Olympic transport plans -- the airport express, to bring visitors in from PEK airport, and the special line to the Olympic venues themselves -- have had their opening delayed, along with another, Line 10, that is crucial to my own transport happin
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One month to go, Beijing prepares to deliver Olympics

With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinised Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver on seven years of promises and billions of dollars spent. More Olympics Aussie athletes primed for Beijing Australia
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China Exit and transportation - Dalian, Biejing, Nanjing, Qingdao, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Dalian, Biejing, Nanjing, Qingdao, China The China holiday is over. Some overachiever in the party decided that the place would be safer during the Olympics if they got rid of all extraneous foreigners, especially the lowlifes with my type of business visa. So they gave me the boot. Seems like a good time to share China's transportation methods. This week, ceremonies were held for the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin suburban high speed
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How I Celebrated 4th of July Weekend - Beijing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China We're still lacking Internet in our apartment, so it's been a few days since I had a chance to blog. Many blog-worthy things have happened, so I'll do my best to recount them. On Friday for lunch, Adam's students invited us to join them for a party to celebrate their graduation from their English language program. All the students were shy to meet me and giggly. I wondered if they thought it was funny I was their teacher's girlfriend or
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Visa Application Update

It has been widely reported that visa issuance policies in China have been tightened ahead of the Olympics. Visitors are recommended to make visa application arrangements in good time, and to have all supporting documentation (which may include travel and hotel documents) in place. UK readers may wish to note the recent introduction of online appointment bookings and the use of an agency to manage visa applications on behalf of the Chinese Embassy. Readers elsewhere should check local policie
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AUGUST MOON OVER BEIJING

BY PHILIP J CUNNINGHAM With all the political and natural upheavals that have taken place during the countdown to the Beijing Olympics, the August 8 opening date has an air of inevitability about it, being both a deadline and zero hour for a new era. The prominence of the start date is not just a matter of feverish anticipation of a long (all too long?) hoped for event, but it has practical ramifications as well. Hotel prices will jump up astronomically during this period, automotive traffic
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Welcome to the China Maul

Roy and I were walking in the Nippombashi area of Osaka when we stumbled across a suspicious-looking cigarette machine. The first thing we noticed was that it wasn
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We Proudly Accept Discover

A few years back, probably only Visa and Mastercard were in China. Today, the little "We Proudly Accept Discover" label can be seen from shopping malls to those street shops. Beijing, like most Chinese cities, have tons of mom-and-pop clothing shops. They are not big - about one or two rooms with usually one fitting space big enough for a skinny girl. You can bargain at those little shops, but you can hardly get any satisfying discounts that you would get at markets. I saw a cute canvas bag y
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China visa for Olympics - Beijing hits back - Beijing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China Amid mounting pressure and criticism about the stricter visa policies, effecting many foreign long-term residents, the Chinese government has hit back, saying they are in line with Olympics held previously, and getting a China visa for legitimate reasons is still easier than many other countries (admittedly, countries you might not want to visit). Here's the official hit-back: China rebuffs criticism over stricter visa policies * Re
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The opening and introduction to the cast - John O'Groats, Scotland, United Kingdom

Jump to the full entry & travel map John O'Groats, Scotland, United Kingdom How did we get into this? It all started back in Vang Vieng in Laos where I was sharing a bottle of vodka on a bamboo hut balcony with a group of South Africans, an Irish girl and a guy from London. A couple of lads appeared next door and they had loaded up mountain bikes on their balcony. In the bizarre way that British people speak to each other when abroad but ignore each other in the streets
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Is now a good time to visit China? Probably not. - Beijing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China If there was going to be year when folk from all over the world might visit China, to see how things are going behind the Bamboo Curtain, it was going to be 2008. The year of the Olympics. But, as this year's Games is pretty much a 'made for TV' production to booster Chinese nationalism and show off some flashy hardware to foreigners, the conditions for visitors means it probably best if you stayed at home - and watched the Games on a ch
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More Than Just Basketball Shoes

When you think of great rivalries, you generally think of sports first: Ohio State - Michigan, Army - Navy, Auburn - Alabama, USC - Notre Dame, Yankees - Red Sox and many others. However, the corporate world has more than its share: Coke - Pepsi, UPS - Fed-Ex, Apple - Microsoft, Visa - Mastercard, well, you get the picture. One of the most intense corporate rivalries of the last two decades has played out on the sporting fields and courts of the world: Adidas - Nike. Now the sporting goods
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Clean toilets for the Games? - Beijing, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Beijing, China There was a rumour going round recently that they had to rip out all the toilets installed in the Bird's Nest stadium, because, they were Chinese squatter toilets - and many foreign guests might not be used to using them. One wonders if they had any dividers between toilets, or if it was the traditional (and modern) squat with your fellow humans? For some reason, not many things can go down a Chinese toilet. For starters, you can't flush
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Hongkong baby! - Hongkong, Hong Kong

Jump to the full entry & travel map Hongkong, Hong Kong April 29th - and off I went on another trip - to Hongkong.. this time I went alone however one of our old trainers 'Mac' lives out there so I arranged it so that I would stay with him and also meet up with some of our students who live out there... Plus a friend from the UK who is also a Fairtex sponsored fighter was out there fighting in Hongkong (so it was another good excuse for my trip - to coincide with being able to go watch hi
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Day 711 - CHINA (GANSU): Organising and resting in Zhangye

I love cross cultural communication. What I thought I ordered was pork and cabbage. What I got, was pork, and cabbage. But when the mis-communication only costs you an extra 0.50 Euro, I
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Visa problems (part 2)

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Internet nanny tries to find a balance

via WikipediaThe latest: according to Danwei the Chinese edition of Wikipedia is no longer blocked in Beijing. This comes after a whole stream of stories suggesting that Facebook has been blocked, or is at least in parts of China very difficult to access. If the strategy of the internet censor was to confuse us, simple users, they would have been rather successful. There seems very little system in the way nanny if blocking or giving access to the internet. The official story is that during the
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Olympic Information Center: links on 3 July

Image by Getty Images via Daylife All Olympic conversation, apart from the sport Internet nanny tries to find a balance (China Herald) Rick Martin posted a message on Twitter
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Singapore Sling - Singapore, Singapore

Jump to the full entry & travel map Singapore, Singapore I went to Singapore mostly because I figured, why not, I'm in the neighbourhood and I was able to grab a flight from Phuket for $50 which turns into a hundred and twenty after taxes and fuel surcharge. Singapore. Culture shock. Clean and orderly. You can set your watch by the metro. How strange it was to get off at the station to find nobody there trying to sell me a tax
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Beijing photojournal

The usual smattering of amateur snaps, to accompany my piece on music in China. I'd first like to acknowledge Mr. Nick, who served as my guide in Beijing. If anyone in the journalism business needs expert help in Beijing, I'm more than happy to recommend him. I won't give out his last name, to avoid causing him visa complications. Joanna Lee, Ken Smith, and Eli Marshall were also extremely helpful. Watch out for forthcoming recordings by Marshall's Beijing New Music Ensemble on the Naxos labe
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Kwan, Farnworth pay Yang Baoying's visa fees

CIV - Two NDP MLAs are paying for the visa application for Yang Baoying, mother of Chinese student Amanda Zhao murdered in BC 6 years ago, in a very low key way, Ming Pao reports. Yang has written a few times to the Canadian minister of justice, asking for action on bringing the suspected killer of Amanda to justice. She has been hoping to come to Canada in person and meet with the justice minister (Amanda Zhao's series on CIV). Yang has not received any official response from the feds. Howeve
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Berlin ... We're still here! - Berlin, Germany

Jump to the full entry & travel map Berlin, Germany Today was our day for getting our Chinese visa sorted out. First we went to the courier to see if sending the info out early would get it there faster, but there was only one international shipment at 5:45pm. So next we went and found the Chinese Embassy to see one more time if we could get a Chinese visa in Germany. This time at least the lady spoke good English AND was very nice when she told us this was not possible.
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The fallout of the visa problems

Getty Images via Daylife Access Asia's latest weekly newsletter details some of the economic problems the current visa regime is causing. After making jokes about the staff of the Chamber of Commerce, who cannot get visas since outside Beijing they are technically illegal organizations: The real adverse effects of the visa crackdown will be felt and suffered by Chinese people and businesses. Consider the following problems we've encountered in the last couple of weeks: A number of bra
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South-East Asia travel

Going places This map shows where I have been in Asia so far. It is the travel pattern of a cautious man, sticking to the safe and the well-known. Maybe I should be more adventurous? The two red stars are for my next visa run. I bought the ticket to Jakarta. High oil prices? What high oil prices? The ticket was 3300 baht one way, including the plus plus. I ponder going by Kuching in East Malaysia on the way back to Bangkok. I haven
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American freedom? Thank China (this Friday)

American freedom? Thank China (this Friday) July 01st, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized While China is credited by some with edging out Ponce De Leon in discovering the land that would become the United States and is yet to get its dues for beating the Yanks in putting a man on the moon (I sense Gavin Menzies shall soon find remains of a gargantuan 5,000-year-old catapult in Gansu), it also deserves recognition for the founding of America itself - we
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Free Facebook!!

For the majority of Netizens in mainland China without proxy services Facebook has been blocked. Facebook lists some 180,000 registered mainland users. They a can iinterface with a handful of Facebook applications , but are unable to navigate to mail, profile pages or groups. One social media pundit jokingly surmised that a recent addition by SLIDE, creator of many applications (such as known to most Facebook users was one of the straw-breakers for cyber-censors in Beijing. The company ha
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My Own Personal Visa Hell

Ah, the pleasures of obtaining a new China visa just a month before the Olympics! I went into New York yesterday to drop off my application and paperwork for a Z (working) visa and was completely and utterly rejected. Seems that my working permit indicates that I'll be living in China for purposes of employment, while my invitation letter says I'll be participating in a vague-sounding "exchange program". My employer ensures me that this is the same phrasing they've used to obtain Z visas for
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Adventures along the Silk Road - Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Jump to the full entry & travel map Samarkand, Uzbekistan Deja vu - another Racing the Planet race; Gobi March 2008. I flew to Karachi on June 3rd to volunteer for yet another RTP race. This time I was the volunteer manager responsibl for training the volunteers and assigning them to checkpoints and campsites. We were a good group of people working together, though not as good as the group in Vietnam. I shouldn't say good or bad; the dynamics were just different. There were about 170 comp
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TheCramerReport.com's Mad Money Recap - June 30, 2008

TheCramerReport.com's Mad Money Recap - June 30, 2008 Submitted by just another Cramerholic on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 17:56. Segment 1: Second half of 2008 Forecast Cramer said that he is glad that he can put the first half of the year behind him, and that it is time to look ahead to see how to make some money. There is a Medicare bill making its way through Congress that you can profit from, despite the fact that it can be a waste of taxpayer money. He will spend one segment each day this w
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Visa Trouble Deepens

It is becoming clear that the tightening on entry visas by the Chinese authorities has been much wider than previously suspected. Austin is writing a story on the issue that will be out soon on the time.com website, but the point was forcefully brought home to me a couple of days ago when I was chatting with a senior person in the hospitality industry, who obviously didn't want their name mentioned. The situation is much worse than most people suspect, I was told, with hotel occupancy rates plum
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The Great Concrete Wall of China

Annual production of cement by country in billions of metric tons. Click to expand. Source: USGS 2006 report (PDF) and the USGS 2008 report (PDF). Former Mayor Bernie Vergara should apply for Chinese visa. They love concrete there the same way as he does.
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Olympic Information Center: links on 1 July

Getty Images via Daylife All Olympic conversation, apart from the sport Chinese police reopen investigation into girl's death after huge protests | World news | guardian.co.uk China bans polluting cars ahead of Olympics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) PLA joins battle against traffic | - SCMP Christine Lu posted a message on Twitter
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Shanghai's Disney at last a done deal

Hong Kong Disney via WikipediaThe Shanghai Daily reports that after years of negotiations the Shanghai Disneyland is a done deal at last. (h/t Shanghiist). You might forgive us for having thought a few times earlier the deal had been already in place. Main stumbling block has been the pending permission by the central government, and the Shanghai Daily suggests that lose end has not yet been closed: The official announcement is expected to be made after the Beijing Olympics in August. An exclus
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Day 708 - CHINA (GANSU): From Qingshui to Gaotai

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Open Minds: Open Education and Open Culture by David Thornburg

These are my notes from David Thornburg
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Taking the Mickey

More on the Mickey Tax, courtesy of a set of talking points forwarded by my person in the Travel Industry Association, which are (to put it mildly) quite unconvincing on the major points of contention. I
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Laos - Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep

Jump to the full entry & travel map Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep If someone asked me to describe Laos in one word I think that word would have to be slow. I don't mean that in any negative sort of way, though. Three days in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and I'm in love with this place. From the moment I stepped off the plane there was just a different feeling in the air -- a slowing down. Riding in a taxi out of the small airport I found myself marveling at how slowly everyone d
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This is normal in China?

From Yahoo! News: Fifty-two passengers on a Chinese airliner whose flight was cancelled due to bad weather refused to disembark and instead spent the night onboard before finally leaving to their destination, local media said on Friday. The passengers boarded for their 8 p.m. (1:00 a.m. EDT) flight from Beijing to the eastern coastal city of Yantai, but after more than three hours of sitting on the tarmac, the airline cancelled the flight, the Beijing Morning Post said. ... Chinese media fre
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Laos to Chiang Mai - Bangkok, Thailand

Jump to the full entry & travel map Bangkok, Thailand Hey folks, We've made it safely back to the polluted & frenzied Thailand. Back to Tesco-Lotus, Boots & Starbucks dominating street corners, back to the land were red traffic lights & pedestrians are ignored, where unrelenting tuk-tuk drivers take over from the mozzies, where snacks are roasted-salted green peas & mangoes whilst sitting next to the sex tourist on the long over-night sleeper train towards Bangk
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Stuck at the border - Yining, Xinjiang Uygur, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Yining, Xinjiang Uygur, China June 21, 2008 Driving to Urumqi was the longest week of my life, but the week I spent there went by incredibly fast. The weather was perfect on Saturday morning, but there could never be a good time to leave Urumqi. If I ever make a trip like this again, I will do it without a destination in mind. I thanked Shamsiya for making Urumqi feel like home and drove west. The road to Kazakhstan was&nbs
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Getting this off my chest about the Olympics

This is very long, but for-the-record: First, a reminder: I think that it will be best for China, the world, the athletes, the spectators, and the Olympic Movement itself if the Beijing games come off as a big success. No one will benefit if China feels disappointed or under-appreciated about how these years of work ultimately pay off. Also: as I can
Publication date: 2008-06-26 more

Salalah - City Of The Prophets

[IMG Tomb of the Prophet Imran [PBUH]] The first time I heard of Salalah was through a friend of mine in Dubai who, like me, is very found of exploring new places. When I saw the pictures of the place I was quite impressed with the greenery. Think of Middle East and images of desert and the date palm trees comes instantly to the mind. Salalah looked different with its virgin beaches, coconut and banana trees, and some stunning views of waterfalls. That was how I made up my mind to go to Salala
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Another UK attempt (with an Obama angle) to censor US investigators - here

H/T Larwyn and of course A Jacksonian blog, one of the best political, historical and counterintelligence blogs on the planet. This post - now under attack from lawyers in the UK, one of the highest forms of flattery - was originally posted March 14, 2008. Please repost this to show support for this excellent investigative piece, and for the courage, integrity and acumen of this investigative journalist. Attacks=viral distribution. If you doubted we need a national Rachel
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Preparing for trip to France

I have never been to France even though one of my sisters is married to a French guy. This is due to the fact that they are both Australians now. Anyway, sometime back we received a great offer from one of our friends to stay in her apartment in the beautiful city of La Rochelle in Western France. Of course we jumped at the chance. We met her today at the Coventry railway station before she left for her house in Paris and she handed over the keys to the apartment. Malaysian are lucky because t
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2008 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V, Part Two [Jalopnik Reviews]

Exterior Design: ** If someone ran over your mother with a 2008 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V right in front of you, you'd be unable to explain to the police what it was. It's a battle to the death between blandness (from the front it looks like a smaller and blander Altima) and gimmickry (the Sebring called, even they don't want their hood strakes back), with blandness taking the day. Interior Design: ** Gimmick gets its revenge in the interior, which looks as though it was designed by a 16-y
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Preparing - Copenhagen, Zealand, Denmark

Jump to the full entry & travel map Copenhagen, Zealand, Denmark Two days to go:-D When I got my exam schedule I did get a little nervous, as my last exam was on the 24th of June, and my departure was on the 27th - and my faculty is not know for its precision or consistency of plans, but fortunately the date was not changed. Yesterday I passed by Realia C exam on Global China, it was a presentation of Liang Qichao, a "famous" Chinese interlletual in the end of the 19th century, and his wo
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The Other Ethnic Tension

Not much time to write, as I'm off to the U.S. tomorrow for a visa run. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll finally be getting a working (Z) visa after three years of scrounging around for business (F) visas. I might have been able to get the new visa in Hong Kong rather than heading halfway across the world, but nobody can say for sure in these pre-Olympic times... and it'll be good to be home for the 4th of July. I'm looking forward to my first (and second and third, etc.) non-Uyghur su
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Random Things

Random Things Yeah, I
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It's growing on me.... - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jump to the full entry & travel map Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Haha, so I just finished gorging myself on some wonderful Indian cuisine, the first food I've had since I've been here, other than some raisins and pistachios. It was an interesting experience, and will be the first of many to come as I head to the Indian subcontinent. I have no idea what I ordered, but they set a large banana leaf out in front of me and placed all kinds of goodies on it: the only things I could
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map pin update - Bangkok, Thailand

I Was Gone For Three Days, So Of Course This Is Going to Be a Really Big Stack of Headlines

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Chinese Adoptee Hopes for Olympics in Beijing

Gymnast Corrie Dong Quan Lothrop is hoping to qualify for the Beijing Olympics this year. She group up in Danvers Massachusetts and is a Chinese Adoptee. Thanks to K@W for this article. -GS Corrie Dong Quan Lothrop
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Mailbag: Suzhou, home for cheats and liars?

Being that this blog has been around for a while now, and that it consistently lists at the top of the search results for many things
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Salalah - City of the Prophets

The first time I heard of Salalah was through a friend of mine in Dubai who, like me, is very found of exploring new places. When I saw the pictures of the place I was quite impressed with the greenery. Think of Middle East and images of desert and the date palm trees comes instantly to the mind. Salalah looked different with its virgin beaches, coconut and banana trees, and some stunning views of waterfalls. That was how I made up my mind to go to Salalah. The wait was finally over when I v
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Chinese chafe under tightened rules about (it seems) everything

Readers of this blog will probably already be familiar with the litany of complaints about the Olympics-related tightening of rules on visa issuance, among other things. I am not a security expert, but I can't disagree with the general notion...
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New Chinese visa policies explained, sort of

Chinese visa policies are something of a moving target these days - and the target itself is

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