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Subway + Super Pass Users: Don't Let This Happen To You :: City Weekend Beijing Blog (Jul 4)
Date: Jul 4th 2008 7:47p.m. Contributed by: davidfeng Who This Is For: Subway people who do the Beijing Super Pass to get from A to B (like your Beijingologist) True story. Tragic story. Truly tragic story. Tragic true story. From the local Subway forums: Beijing has just started using the AFC system, and as a result, there is a sizeable percent of the population who are just getting used to the whole AFC thingy. (Your Beijingologist has gotten used to the whole system since Day One, but hey -- he excludes himself from this list.) As a result, we have cases where con artists take advantage of unsuspecting passengers who lemonize (as in freeze) in front of a faregate. A lady stood in front of an AFC faregate with a Super Pass (Yikatong) in hand. She had no idea how to do these faregates. (Simple: Just touch and go -- but hey, remember, this AFC thing is not even a month old!) At this moment, a guy came and said something to the lady (something along the lines of: "Don't ...


Michael Phelps’ Olympic program :: Beijing Olympics Blog (Jul 4)
Michael Phelps has had his Beijing Olympic program confirmed. He has entered enough events to beat Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at a single Olympic games. He withdrew the 200 meter backstroke at the United States Olympic trials. He has now qualified for the 400 individual medley, 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly and the 4×200 freestyle relay. He still has two more events to compete in, the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. If he can qualify for these events he will be in five individual events and three relays.


The sauna weather is here in Beijing :: Hotpoter (Jul 4)
The forecast said there will be a thunderstorm this afternoon, I just hope it get here soon.  My girlfriend told me it’s raining at Yonghe Temple which is 4 subway stations away.  WHY ISN’T IT RAINING HERE AT XIZHIMEN!  It’s so so so hot here in Beijing.  The so-called sauna weather is upon us, the [...]


Mr Iron :: Liuzhou Laowai (Jul 4)
It is not often a story with a title like "Liugang No 2 converter put into production" attracts my attention. Especially from India. But something caught my attention. Leave Comment Related Entries: Geez a Joab! Water Writing Man Lime Nonggang Babbler Liuzhou Flood Video Earthquake in Liuzhou Flood Statistics Conclusions on the Wall Watching the River Flow Still Raining Still Dreaming


Jeremy Wariner beats LaShawn Merritt in 400 meters :: Beijing Olympics Blog (Jul 4)
Jeremy Wariner beat rival LaShawn Merritt in the men’s 400 meter in 44.00 seconds. “I’m not surprised that I won,” said Merritt. “I train to win. That’s my motto. I didn’t feel like I was the underdog coming in. This is what I do. Just like this is what he does. It was down to a fight and I won. In my mind, I’m always the favorite.” Wariner also has his eyes on the world record, currently held by Michael Johnson in 1999 “I want to be on top, so I’ve got to train harder,” Wariner said last night. “I’ve got to move past my last loss. It’s great to have a rival. He’s going to make me work even harder. When I start getting down to the mid-43s, he’s going to have to start PR-ing to beat me. I’ve just got to keep running how I’ve been running.” Read more: Wariner eyes world record - and more gold


Powwow :: bizCult (Jul 4)
How Ronald McDonald Talks to Communists He’s still “lovin’ it” in translation, and is simple and direct with the party too, according to Gregory Gilligan, McDonald’s government man in China. Recorded at an AmCham-China event Download Podcast Download Podcast


Marketing and Selling to Chinese Businesses - Part 4 :: China Business Success Stories (Jul 4)
Most of this paper has talked about Western companies in general, and aims to provide recommendations on how Westerners should seek to market and sell themselves to Chinese businesses. It is worth, however, considering how companies from different Western nations are considered. Figure 9 summarises the main strengths and weaknesses of companies from the four largest Western economies, as perceived by Chinese buyers and business owners. Read the rest of “Marketing and Selling to Chinese Businesses - Part 4″ or post a comment>>


Celebrate Independence day at Block 8 :: Beijing Olympics Blog (Jul 4)
Beijing nightclub Block 8 is having a party tonight to celebrate Independence Day it starts at 9 pm and goes through to 3 am. Entrance cost is 100 yuan. Block 8 is located near the west gate of Chaoyang Park. Take an umbrella because it looks like we might be in for some heavy rain!


GTA IV in Hong Kong :: Misohoni - Web Designer in Hong Kong (Jul 4)
Grand Theft Auto 4 reached Hong Kong yesterday, especially with the huge publicity around the world and a mention on local news. So I thought I'd have no chance in getting the game, as a few days earlier Toys R Us mentioned they couldn't pre-order the game anymore...although yesterday I ...


Hong Kong Flu :: Misohoni - Web Designer in Hong Kong (Jul 4)
Seems like Hong Kong is taking no chances over the recent spate of flu outbreaks in schools, so they've been closed until after Easter. People over here are already wearing masks, which is confusing...do they have the flu or are they protecting themselves from the flu? I guess the solution would of ...