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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

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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

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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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 in part well lit, in part camouflaged, and in part completely invisible. Here's a web site with some updated information, gathered from here...
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The 2nd Lowest Place on Earth - Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur, China When I arrived at Urumqui I found out that, even though it was quite a small town, there was a Kazak embassy.... this got mw thinking and even though it was even further west it would be a shame to come this close without exploring some of Central Asia. I headed down there and found out that I could get a visa without an invitation in about 2days and also a Kyrgyzstan visa in Kazakhstan so....I applied! Not wanting to hang
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Oympic Torch In Tibet Warms Chinese Hearts

Russia and Israel will be able to switch to a visa-free regime at the end of September, the Russian embassy in Israel said on Sunday. Get the full story... Oil Companies Negotiate Iraq Return International oil companies are negotiating their return to Iraq 36 years after their expulsion from the country by former dictator Saddam Hussein. On 30 June, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, BP and ExxonMobil will sign agreements with Baghdad about providing maintenance work and technical suppo
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Emoo on China

When I first started writing on the problems of getting a visa in China, it was in essence because an American friend of mine had called Emoo to extend their visa. When asked
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legal

legal June 20th, 2008 So I
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Parent teacher meeting

oh shit. i noe i didnt do as well as b4 but getting bottom 10. i dun think so dis is unacceptable. i hve 3 As.which are my humanities subjects like alwys. i gt 2 Cs n the rest r Bs. my grades r quite gd.its just because of my chinese. i gt an E8. i gt 60/100 for SA1 bt i gt a 0.0 for CA1. i guess dis is all my fault.i deserve it. i shldnt hve escape 1 mth of chinese classes and actuali miss the CA1 test. my mum was like complaining 2 ms uma. she was nt happy of the fact dat we had training tche
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Jake Adelstein defies Yakuza death threats

In a brave article in the Washington Post last month, a Japanese-based American journalist blew the lid on Yakuza activities in Japan and abroad. The article is remarkable for Jake Adelstein
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Your first job in Hong Kong

How did you get your first job in HongKong? Some of the most popular pages on our site are about finding work in Hong Kong. So if you didn't already have a permanent Hong Kong ID before you started working in Hong Kong, how did you find your first job and visa? We're hoping your stories will help others who are looking for ways to move to Hong Kong. MrB's story I arrived in 1989, and at that time UK passport holders didn't need a visa to work, so that was half the battle won. I was certain
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Time out for Time Out

It seems it's Time Out's moment for standing in the corner, hands on head, until it feels really, really sorry and can grovel suitably to the GAPP in China. According to the London Times, the June issue of the Beijing edition of the magazine has been pulped. We have to assume they won't be considered half sorry enough until at least after the Olympics, more sign of paranoia in Beijing about what constitutes a "successful" Games. Nothing to do with the June issue focusing on the environment, we'
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The Chinese Education and Training Market Presents Great Opportunities

Education and Training Overview As China continues to integrate with the global economy, Chinese enterprises need to recruit graduates with internationally recognized standards of education and maintain professional training for their employees to stay competitive. Since the United States' educational system has a solid reputation in China, U.S. colleges, universities, and other deliverers of training services are in a strong position to fulfill China's training needs. Short-term tra
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China lists Olympic Rules

BEIJING, China (AP) -- Foreigners attending the Beijing Olympics better behave -- or else. People are shown in late April walking past a sign in Beijing warning foreigners. The Beijing Olympic organizing committee issued a stern, nine-page document Monday that covers 57 topics. Written in Chinese only and posted on the official Web site, the guide covers everything from a ban on sleeping outdoors to the need for government permission to stage a protest. Visitors also should know this: T
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Another Era

Iris Robinson is in the news a lot these days for well publicised reasons, but Suzanne Breen had a revealing intimate portrait in the Sunday Tribune a while back to which I meant to draw attention at the time. Iris is very much a woman
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Olympic Fever in Xinjiang

Two vaguely related news items today, both of which tie into the whole pre-Olympic security craziness we've been living through in China lately... First, the Olympic torch is heading to Xinjiang on Wednesday... probably. Surprised? So is everybody else, because the festivities have suddenly been moved forward a week. The torch relay was kinda maybe sorta supposed to go through Tibet this week, but those plans are up in the air and very hush hush. (Translation: nobody know what the f#%! is goi
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Looking At Yesterday Today

She: "It is against your visa contract, not to report immediately for work after your arrival in the U.S." Her: "I arrived at midnight and I had jet lag." She: "You have been here for two weeks. You have to report to duty or we will report you to immigration." Her: "I still have jet lag and I have not made up my mind. I am not sure if I want to stay here and work. I may go back home. I did not realize this was a ghetto. I thought this was New England with such a beautiful name for a city. I e
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Random Ramblings

No time or engery for a full post, but instead a brain dump (to prove I'm not dead as much as anything else). 1) I hate the Visa Olympic commercial. I do not and will not say "Go World." I say Go USA. If Visa wants to be an American company, they should too. And yes, I still think we should boycott the Olympics due to the brutality of the murderous Chinese Communist government. 2) It rains a lot more in Tulsa than Tucson. 3) Cheering for the Braves is such a frustrating experience. I grew up
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Japan Exchange Q

Many people have been asking me about my 2006 exchange program to Japan as well as my up and coming 2008 exchange to Japan, so I've decided to compile some of the questions and just answer them here in one go. If you have anymore questions, you can comment or email me at beijingbaby11@gmail.com. Just a little background, I did my 2006 exchange to Numazu, Japan as a high school exchange student and I'm going to Keio University in Tokyo as a University exchange student in September this year.
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Time Out tangled in twisted web of Chinese regulations

I just got finished reading that Time Out Beijing, one of the city
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Poll: Who

Poll: Who
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Take A Time Out On Foreign Publishing In China

Nearly every month some non-Chinese company comes to my law firm seeking our help in navigating the legal issues involved in publishing some sort of magazine or website in China. Their initial questions nearly always focus on WFOEs versus Rep. Offices or about bringing on Chinese staff as part owners of their planned company. Not once have we ever been asked whether it is legal for foreign owned Chinese entities (be it a WFOE or a Representative Office) to own such a business in China. So when w
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Credit Card Market Welcomes Its Age In China

Credit Card Market Welcomes Its Age In China In China, it used to be a fact that only people with stable jobs and income gets credit cards. At that time, there weren
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My China visa woes

I have been in China for a few months now and since I last posted about getting a visa to stay here for the Olympics, I still haven
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First Chinese Tour Group To America Leaves On June 17

China will send the first tour group with an Approved Destination Status tour visa to the United States on June 17, 2008. The first batch of tourists will be from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. According to the memorandum of understanding on tourism signed between China and the U.S., China-organized tour groups to America will follow the grading [...]
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David

It has been a dream-like two years since I first encountered David DeGeest. I met him shortly after he volunteered to come to an exchange program
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A New Dream for Dawei

It has been a short two years since I first encountered David DeGeest. I met him shortly after he came to an exchange program
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If We Rally

I am long a lot of stocks right now about 40 percent invested. No short positions. I have a lot of money to put to work, but if we rally, there are going to be some new leaders quickly. I am eyeing a bunch of new stocks for sure. Right now, gun to my head, if I were to pick my five favorite stocks assuming a 1,000 point rally: 1. Interactive Brokers 2. Nintendo 3. Amazon 4. American Expree/Visa/Mastercard 5. Inflation plays like oil and metals. OIH, PAAS etc
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JULY VISA BULLETIN RELEASED

Little movement in the family numbers (except that the Family 2B date actually moved backwards by six weeks). On the employment side, no changes in the EB-1 and EB-2 numbers. Indian and Chinese nationals are still stuck at April 1, 2004 in the EB-2 category. The big news is in the EB-3 category for skilled workers which is now unavailable. In June, folks with priority dates earlier than March 2006 (except for China, India and Mexico) were being processed. For at least July and probably unti
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FB Closet Last Call + Link Love

FB Closet Okay everyone.. I may be switching cities pretty soon, so if you want ANYTHING AT ALL off FB Closet, I suggest you buy the items now. I'm starting to go through, itemizing everything and placing them carefully into big bags so that I can drop them off at the thrift store and ask for a tax receipt. SECOND LAST CALL! CONTESTS / GIVEAWAYS I have 2 contests going on right now - AminoGenesis Anti Aging Serum and 2 Old Oak Necklaces from SparkleThots. I am going to have another give
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University ESL Teaching: What you should be asking about!

Teaching ESL at a university in China is a good gig: low hours, long holidays, weekends and more than enough money to survive on. If you
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"Visa restrictions hitting critical mass"

Shanghai by night by PierrickBlons via FlickrRich Brubaker of AllroadsleadtoChina returns from a visit to Starbucks in Shanghai and realizes that the visa restrictions are hitting a critical mass in terms of the numbers of foreigners in China. Brubaker did not think the F-, Z-, X-visas would cause harm to the Chinese economy, but sees that the restrictions on tourists are getting very serious now. A quick read through Shanghaiist, China Briefing, and China Herald will provide some background a
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China's All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone

China's All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone - Via Rolling Stone: With the help of U.S. defense contractors, China is building the prototype for a high-tech police state. It is ready for export. Now, as China prepares to showcase its economic advances during the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, Shenzhen is once again serving as a laboratory, a testing ground for the next phase of this vast social experiment. Over the past two years, some 200,000 surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the
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Slight relaxation of visa policies noted

The Hague via WikipediaAt a Dutch forum of the Gele Draak, a leading website on China, commentors are sharing their experiences at the Chinese embassy in The Hague and they note a slight relaxation. For example, when supported by enough paperwork (flights in and out of the country, hotel bookings), 90-day visas are given out. They also noted that a person who had to fly out last night got a visa ("for this time only") on the spot. The last case was done by a professional visa service.
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Is it worth studying Chinese to remain in China? - Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Shanghai, Shanghai, China This is a blog at http://yolearnchinese.com/archives/is-it-still-worth-learning-chinese-with-the-current-visa-policy with discussion about the merits of becoming a student to stay in China, amid the visa crisis before the Olympics: Is it still worth learning Chinese with the current visa policy? April 29, 2008 - 5:26 am Recently I heard this this dialog: - Hey man, I want to invest in China, I want to settle here, can I do
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links for 2008-06-03

Chinese police officers pull parents away from protest over school construction - International Herald Tribune "An Associated Press reporter and two photographers covering the protest were forcibly dragged by the arms up the steps into the courthouse by police trying to prevent them from seeing the demonstration." (tags: china media journalism earthquake) Bill Clinton's Macaca Moment (Scripting News) Dave Winer: "I think we should get behind the facade presented by the comfortable relationsh
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Canada on black list of countries for tourism from India!

While a report released Monday says the Canadian tourism industry is on the verge of a crisis , Canada is also being black listed by many tour operators as a difficult to work with country for visa processing. The report said Canada is not doing a very good job of promoting itself in emerging markets such as India and Brazil. Guess what, those highly paid extremely intelligent Canadian visa officers sitting in New Delhi are telling, we don
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Restricted Media Coverage of the Olympics Already?

Quote: BEIJING - Television networks that will broadcast the Beijing Olympics to billions around the world are squaring off with local organizers over stringent security that threatens coverage of the games in two months. Differences over a wide range of issues
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Sex And The Olympics. Sex And China Visas. A Beijing Brothel And The Magic 8-Ball.

Josh Gartner over at Cup of Cha blog notes how a brothel near one of his favorite restaurants in Beijing recently closed, apparently as part of a governmental effort to clean things up before the Olympics. Josh assumes the brothel will be back after the Olympics, if not before, and I am guessing he will prove right on this. In addition to cracking down on houses of ill-repute, the Chinese government has both stepped up its pursuit of visa violators and greatly tightened the requirements for secu
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Olympic Security Tightening Further

Interesting AP report about a clash between Chinese officials concerned about security and foreign television executives trying to get their logistical ducks in a row for the Games. There's a matching piece at the Guardian that also comments on the effects on the International Olympic Committee and the Games of what seems to be a growing security mania. We have written before about the extreme measures Beijing is putting into place ahead of the Olympics to keep security tight. This reflects not
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FORGIVE THEM LORD,THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY'VE DONE

Elsewhere, on a 1-1-8 post, I asked of lurkers to answer these two questions if they had any concerns about the amount of private debt in the United States or to the Bush bankruptcy law to which 1-1-8 referred. (1) What is a "shy"? (2) Why do you send your monthly payments to massive corporations to these bizarre addresses in the United States? Nobody bothered. Not even so much as to flame. This bugs me for some reason a lot more that it does the boss but I understand. Nobody is required t
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Plenty of hotels rooms during Beijing Olympics

Beijing by koharupacifichighway via FlickrIndustry reports suggests that hotels in Beijing still have a massive number of rooms available during the Beijing Olympics and comming summer. From the Mercury News: Zhang Huiguang, director of Beijing's Tourism Bureau, says the crunch that was predicted doesn't seem to be happening. She said that about 500,000 foreigners were expected for the games, a figure Beijing officials have long been predicting. Although 77 percent of capacity at Beijing's f
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What Nonsense is This?

Five tourists from UK and US have been ordered to leave India because they took part in a Tibet peace rally. Obviously, this is because of arm twisting by the Chinese Communist Party of India (Marxist). But the reason given seems straight out of Yes Minister - The government insists that the five have violated visa rules. "On tourist visa, you cannot take part in a religious activity. If we allow that, you will have people coming here to propagate their religion. It's only for travelling and si
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Country for sale

Very depressing and long article--makes me want to get out of this place. I normally don't post entire articles but this one should be read by all. The real information comes halfway down so look out of it. Respect to writers Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark for succeeding in doing a really good investigative piece. The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/26/cambodia Saturday April 26 2008 Country for sale. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark Almost half of Cambodia has been s
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Fuming French return to France for one-day visas

be any change Kowloon: no easy visas anymore by Archangeli via FlickrI have no direct access to the Pearl TV station in Hong Kong, but my sources in Guangdong tell me they just broadcasted interviews with fuming French business people. They have been doing business with China for years and are now forced to return to France to obtain one-day visas. Figures on May are expected soon, but already in April, when the new visa routines came into full force, the number of visitors from Hong Kong and Ma
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Sights, sounds, scams and spectacular shows - Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Shanghai, Shanghai, China The Lonely Planet describe Shanghai as the 'Whore of the Orient, Paris of the East; city of quick riches, ill-gotten gains and fortunes lost on the tumble of dice; the domain of adventures, swindlers, gamblers, drug runners, tycoons, missionaries, gangsters and backstreet pimps'. Our first thoughts after arriving in Shanghai were that the city was polluted, gritty, bustling and filled with many strange spaceship like buildings.
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Gold Standard? Beijing 2008

For brands sponsoring the event, The Olympics is primarily about positioning themselves as leading players in their fields. Check out this month
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Why are Chinese airline companies cutting flights?

by caribb via FlickrAFP reports that two major Chinese airlines have been temporarily cutting down the number of flights, following similar cuts by other international carriers. The official reason: the high fuel prices. China Southern has the largest cuts: the state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday that the airline would cut flights from southern China's Guangzhou to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and Angkor, Cambodia from June to September. The company will also offer fewer flights between Guangzhou
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Chinese Government Lists What Not to Do During Olympics

With the Beijing Olympics just a couple of months away, the government's excitement and paranoia are almost tangible. This week, Reuters reported that the government has posted on its official Olympic website an extensive list of things that foreigners are not permitted to do if they come to visit. Among the things to not do are: Fail to register with police on arrival Fail to carry relevant documents Be "intent on subversion" Protest without permission Have a sexually transmitted disease Eng
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The Final Countdown - North Arlington, New Jersey, United States

Jump to the full entry & travel map North Arlington, New Jersey, United States It's now one week before I take off for Rome to begin my adventure. Yesterday, I was freaking out so much that I felt ill. I've been sorting through my clothes, stuffing packables into a box in the guest room, and stocking up on travel-sized everything! I still have a lot of laundry and cleaning to do, but I'm really not that concerned. I got my Russian Visa on Monday, and attempted to get my Chinese Visa
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(Poor) Student Memories and Proselytizing In China

Last quarter I had you watch The Tank Man. Most of you seemed to like the video. Many of you were understandably shocked by how today
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KLM offers cheapers flights to attract customers

pbo31 via FlickrDutch airline company KLM is now offering return flights to China for
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More visa trouble: no more L, F extentions

Less tourists by Mr_Stein via FlickrMore than once I have been asked over the past few weeks to give my take on the recent changes in the way China is issuing its visas. Since April desperate people are standing in front of China's visa offices wondering whether the country has gone crazy. Students, business people with F and L visas have to leave the country over the summer and for the business people it is very unclear whether they will be able to return, even though many have worked for almos
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Z-visas also coming under scrutiny

via WikipediaWe had the stories on the F, L and X (student) visas, but now also the workpermits or Z-visas have become under more stringent scrutiny, at least in Beijing, writes the Canadian paper Globe and Mail. Daniel Yeung is still trying to understand how it happened. After eight years of steady employment, the Canadian recruitment consultant is being kicked out of China, forced to join an exodus of foreigners streaming out of the host country ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Mr. Yeung is on
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The smart card olympics commence

The branding olympics are underway now. G&D announce they are supplying a commerative Olympic smart card for Chinese Banks. Smart Cards for Olympics The Bank of China and the China Everbright Bank are offering their customers special Visa Olympic-edition credit cards. China Mobile is marketing a gift box containing six prepaid telephone cards, which is the fourth set of commemorative cards for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games launched by China Mobile. The Olympic smart cards are supplied by Gi
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Taiwan's Excellent Relations with Japan

One of the most important DPP foreign policy successes was broadening and deepening Taiwan's relationship with Japan. Jason Miks has a nifty article over at World Politics Review on Taiwan's excellent relations with Japan: Indeed, while the relationship between China and Taiwan has only very recently begun to warm up, relations between Japan and Taiwan have been growing steadily stronger for years -- especially over the past decade. Sun points to the policies of former Taiwanese President Lee
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Lack of foreign volunteers hurts Olympic events

no party for many by dragonpreneur via FlickrEvery day a few new groups report problems related to the new visa policies in China - like for example the Heineken House. Today I get some feedback from an organization who had recruited foreign students as volunteers for corporate and sport events at the Beijing Olympics. Those students are now forced to leave, as X-visas are not being extended during the summer. In theory they could fly home (something they might have to do now anyway), fetch a vi
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Dude, Is That A Passport In Your Pants, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? (Citation: CLB)

Some of you have recently asked me what to do with your passports, particularly in China. Carry them on your person or other? I can
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Does a little power go to your head?

As Bo is getting married next month my wife and myself intend to visit the UK. To do this she needs a visa as she is Chinese. She can only apply for a visa in Beijing. The last Friday in May we both went to the visa application centre to do this. There are no English people or people of any authority working there, only processing clerks. We filled out the (often confusing) 26 page application form - yep, 26 pages folks. We also submitted, in support of the application, the following; Photoc
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Day 673 and Day 674 - CHINA (XINJIANG): Sandy Shanshan

I installed Google Earth on this computer the other day in order to scope out any alternative roads to my friend Mr. National Highway 312, and I didn
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We've left Thailand! - Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Jump to the full entry & travel map Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia At last,we have left Thailand. 58 days after entering from Laos, countless beaches, of which we returned to the same ones twice on two different islands. Bangkok three times, northern Thailand, two different sets of friends and lots of booze, i think it's fair to say we've "done" Thailand. As we've said before it was a extended holiday destination (this year doesn't really count as a holiday!) and
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Cool as!!! - Melbourne, Australia

Jump to the full entry & travel map Melbourne, Australia I arrived, late afternoon to a sunny Melbourne without a map and only an address to tell me where to drop off the car. I imagined the place would be right in the city centre, leaving me with that usual bewildering feeling you get from having to orienteer around the road system of a new city. The streets flowing into the CBD are attractive, wide, lined with trees and the cars share all of this with old-fashioned trams that add to the
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China Visas -- Just The Facts, Ma'am

The Beijinger does a stellar job setting forth the current state of China visas in its post, entitled, "China Visa
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The visa blacklist

An email circulating among expat managers in Peking names the countries whose citizens can no longer apply for Chinese visas in Hong Kong, but must do so in their home countries. These are: Afghanistan, Tunisia, Algeria, Bangladesh , Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Mali, Libya, South Africa, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Malaysia, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkey, Mauritania, Saudi Arab, Sierra Leone,
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This is the Army, Mr. Jones!: September 18, 2007

-ne September 18, 2007The night before we left for Kampala to pick up Dad and Mom Beute we got a call around 11:30pm. (This is her third baby in three years so they come quickly.) I was back at home praying for all of them and thankful I wasn
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