Archive for the ‘2008 Olympics’ Category
Friday, May 9th, 2008
So after weeks of wild speculation surrounding visa rules, the Chinese foreign ministry finally broke its silence and acknowledged that the rules had been tightened.
"We have made some arrangements according to usual international practice. That is, in the approval process we are more strict and more serious with the procedure," ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Xinjiekou is all good, everyone thought I was crazy when I asked whether there was increased problems with the Olympics coming up. Though there did seem to be less DVD's than before.BG SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DVD's went somewhere update", url: "http://www.theyuanalsorises.com/index.php/2008/03/15/dvds-went-somewhere-update/" });
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
We are officially in the middle of a DVD crackdown. I've talked to 2 DVD shop owners, one has all their DVD's behind a secret door, they said because the police now come by every 1 or 2 months. Another shop which now keeps its DVDs in a secret closet ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
China’s 100m hurdler, Olympic gold medal prospect and all-round pin-up boy Liu Xiang has just had his legs insured for USD 13.3 million. The policy, which has been donated by insurance firm Ping An of China, sponsor of the Chinese athletics team, covers the hurdler’s legs in the event of ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Beijing Olympic tickets went on sale at 9am today, both online and at the Bank of China. My friend Rachel says that at her local Bank of China branch, the person with the number-one place in line had been waiting since 5am. It's looking like my only chances of making ...
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