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It’s time to look beyond your usual favourite holiday destinations and explore China now.
Have a relaxing time playing golf at Haikou’s beautiful ace courses or simply trace your roots and be charmed by the rich Teochew culture in Shantou.
Jetstar now flies you direct to Haikou four times a week and Shantou three times a week with more affordable one way all inclusive fares from $78. [click to continue…]
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The new Best Eight, both natural and man-made, represent Shanghai’s culture, history and development. They were picked by more than 33,700 people from all walks of life.
More than 300 scenic areas were recommended. The administration released a bilingual book last month to introduce the eight spots and 100 other candidates that did not make the final cut.
(8 spots in Chinese: 外滩晨钟、豫园雅韵、摩天览胜、十里霓虹、佘山拾翠、枫泾寻画、淀湖环秀、旧里新辉)
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China National Day 2009 is a big celebration in China and people will celebrate 60 years of Communist Party rule tomorrow with a massive military parade passing by Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, where Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic on October 1, 1949.
This year, it will be more on hardware designed to show China’s modernization and military strength. Soldiers will march at an exact pace of 116 steps a minute in China’s National Day Parade and it will take each column one minute and six seconds to march past the top leaders at the main podium. Amazing, huh?
The government has issued nearly 1 million coupons to encourage people in the capital to watch patriotic films over the period to “create the proper atmosphere” for National Day. Beijing’s international airport will close for three hours on the morning of October 1 for security concerns.
If you are a stranger to China’s National Day Parade, you can watch the videos below.
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via TIME,
China performs about 13 million abortions every year, mostly for single young women who experts say know little about contraception, state media said Thursday in a rare disclosure of sensitive family planning statistics.
Singapore is among 54 countries – including US – where an abortion can be performed regardless of reason, according to the US-based non-profit group, Centre for Reproductive Rights. This site lists the number of abortions reported from 1970 to 2006; it’s going down. There were 12,032 abortions reported in year 2006.
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Via FT.com,
New Zealand on Tuesday became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to confirm cases of swine flu as Chinese authorities closed down a school in Shaanxi province and Japan tightened up visa requirements for Mexicans.
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This month, two winners each stand to win a 4D/3N stay in a Deluxe Room with daily breakfast for two persons at the Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel in Chengdu, China.
The hotel is located a mere 10 minutes from the Train Station, a 30-minute drive from Shuangliu International Airport and the New International Convention & Exposition Centre of Century City. It is also located close to Renmin Park and Tea Garden, Wenshu Temple, China Lane, Jinli Street, Government Offices, the City Stadium, Luomashi Commercial Centre, Tianfu Expo Centre, and Provincial Science & Technology Museum. [click to continue…]
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