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The Chinese saying is 一汾钱一汾货, “yi fen qian, yi fen huo” (pronounced ee fen chee-ahn, ee fen hoo-oh). This translates literally to one cent gives you one cent’s worth of merchandise. Makes sense, right?
There’s a whole industry of fake goods in China that lots of visitors to China go wild for when they arrive [...]

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26 Oct, 2009

Huiquan Dynasty Hotel 5 stars – Qingdao

Posted by: sunny In: China travel

Huiquan The hotel is a 5 star hotel situated on the seafront between the old part and the modern part of Qingdao. I generally avoid the 5 stars to use my travel budget on other more qualitative factors such as room but usually to 2200 RMB was more than RMB 508 and enjoyed a splendid [...]

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26 Oct, 2009

Security in China

Posted by: sunny In: China travel| china travel tips

Come to China, is you go to a country developing. So there are precautions safety following the place in China where you travel because security is not the same in Shanghai than it is deep in China or even in some major cities South as Shenzhen or Guangzhou (Canton).
Shanghai
In Shanghai you are in total security [...]

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26 Oct, 2009

Bank account & China

Posted by: sunny In: China travel| china travel tips

Starting in China requires not theoretically open a bank account since you can use your Visa or MasterCard …
But opening an account in China you will still some savings in bank charges and get paid in local currency if necessary. This will also allow you to manage withdrawals of large sums easier.
Indeed ticketing are capped [...]

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What is private tour?
By China private tour, you will enjoy 100% freedom and flexibility and you have own private tour guide and professional driver.No other tourists will join your private group.Not like the big group ,you have to wait for each other .We have some tour packages ,if these package can’t meet your demand, You [...]

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23 Oct, 2009

Chinese Currency

Posted by: susie In: China travel| china travel tips| chinese culture

Getting to Know the People’s Money or Renminbi
Currency
Mainland China uses Renminbi, which translates to “the People’s Money”. Other, common, terms for the Renminbi, RMB in shortened form, are yuan, pronounced “you-on”, or kuai, pronounced “kwhy”. It is common to see the Chinese currency noted as “CNY” in foreign exchange bureaus and banks. The abbreviation stands [...]

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The major Chinese universities have developed programs to accommodate foreigners. These programs teaching the Chinese language occupy on average 15 to 20 hours per week and are taught in English-Mandarin.
The course may be short (few weeks) or long (1 term to 2 years). In general the long courses begin in September and February. Groups of [...]

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23 Oct, 2009

China Population

Posted by: susie In: China travel| china travel tips| chinese culture

The Population Growth of the World’s Largest Country

With just over 1.3 billion people (1,330,044,605 as of mid-2008), China is the world’s largest and most populous country.
As the world’s population is approximately 6.7 billion, China represents a full 20% of the world’s population so one in every five people on the planet is a resident of [...]

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23 Oct, 2009

Beijing Taxi

Posted by: susie In: Beijing Tour| China travel| china travel tips

The cost of a taxi is based on the quality of the taxi and the distance traveled. At the time of my visit, there were three types of taxi and thus three different rates for a ride. This is a photo of the medium-rate taxi. Taxis are never difficult to locate but this photo shows [...]

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Overview:
Taxis are a good, inexpensive, easy way to get around in Chinese cities – and frankly sometimes to get between them – as long as you know a few guidelines so you won’t be caught off-guard. Read on so you’ll be prepared to use this convenient way to get yourself around in China.
Before You [...]

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