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...Chinese speaker, and can't get around Hong Kong, Beijing or Shanghai without pocketfuls of paper slips bearing the names of destinations in Chinese characters, then the Taxi Guide series of books is for you. Available in a boxed[an error occurred while processing this directive] set or individually, the compact, hardback guides list both the English and Chinese addresses of hotels, tourist attractions, malls, markets, restaurants and bars in the three cities (the Hong Kong edition also includes locations in Macau). Separate listings cover main streets, government buildings, banks, office buildings, transport hubs, clubs, hospitals and more...
...publicity and student liaisons, Ritambhara Kumar ’09 said. Students will be washing down the turkey with Earl Grey tea and Cosmopolitans at the Woodbridge-sponsored movie and tea night on Friday, and a cocktail party on Saturday. Weiqi Zhang ’10, a native of Shanghai, said he hopes to engage in the festivities, but is worried about the amount of work he has to finish during the four-day weekend. “I will review for my classes, write papers, and do Expos,” Zhang said...
...Minimum net worth required for a male Chinese millionaire to join a singles cruise sailing Nov. 25 from Shanghai 30 Number of women-evaluated on attractiveness rather than their salaries-selected to board, out of the first 1,000 applicants
...have left galleries and dealers scrambling to keep up with the demand. Sotheby's held its first sale of purely Chinese contemporary art in New York City only last March. A dozen or so foreign galleries from New York, London and Hong Kong have opened branches in Beijing and Shanghai in the past 18 months. Meanwhile, scores of local galleries have sprung...
...executive power bestowed by authoritarian rule, Beijing'S doggedly dirty atmosphere may yet defeat the government's seemingly half hearted attempts to clean up. The capital remains a standout among Chinese cities in that it has no restrictions on the number of new cars hitting its streets. Shanghai for example limits new cars sales by charging for new license plates. In Beijing, there are no limits, and every day about 1,000 new vehicles boost the approximately 2.8 million total in the city...