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...wonder if the arrest of Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou has anything to do with this. ??? I'm preparing to return to China this summer so I'm paying attention.

...don't know if there was a formal translation, but the Franciscans rattled to the pope that the Jesuits had changed the bible to make it easier to get converts. It started the rivalry between those orders. I believe that predates and Christian translation by many, many years. Historian John Fairbanks made a big deal of that tidbit in his history of China.

We're going to see if we can get the money in through Wells Fargo. Using WF eliminates one hop in the wire transfer instructions. I'll post details if it works.

Still no luck here... The paperwork was wrong twice even though all of the wire transfer info was correct. The Chinese bank tried to send directly from the NYC bank to her account without listing her bank info...just her bank account # without the bank routing number. I'll be talking with an attorney tomorrow about this. Xiaoyuan is beyond frustrated

Are there any updates to this topic? My wife tried to send a wire to her US bank account and both times the transfer failed. We had all of the transfer info listed in this thread, but no joy.

I've considered this matter and ruled out the risk of sudden deportation - unless the war started while she was there. However, I would be much more concerned about how the Missus would react to the situation. She loves China so if we started killing Chinese people my wife might react badly.

Does anyone know about FBAR taxes? TurboTax asked about foreign assets. I think that we are not required to file, but am not sure she understands the importance of my questions. Hoping to locate a Chinese CPA to discuss and file if necessary.

Knowing the varied ownership history, this is to be expected. However, what surprises me most is China's aggressive stance. Mao never sought to expand China beyond the map of China that he grew up with as a boy...or so the story goes. Now it seems that any soil touched by Zheng He, China is making claims to...next it will be America. What has changed? Is it just the need for oil?

The man is an admitted thief. "Too bad, so sad, ...." You know the rest. He got what he deserved for being both stupid and a thief.

I found a reasonable fare and timetable by flying into Beijing. Thanks for all of the suggestions. The wife knows how to get around China and will probably carry her official tour guide book and neck thingy I didn't believe her until she showed me her little red book on it, after all, all of the girls are tour guides don't you know

...that's total flight time w/layover 40+ hours...

My wife is spooked that her mom is close to the end & dad told her he is lonely, so she's heading back to China at the end of June for a visit. Airfare Kalispell to Nanning around $2500+/-... ...but what troubled me were the lay-overs with some flights being 40+hours. Would I be better off booking her to Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou and have the wife catch a flight from there rather than do the layovers? Suggestions of best prices, also appreciated. TIA

Guys with knives didn't bring down this plane POOF! Somehow they must have gotten a large bomb on the plane. That - or a missile - are the only way that I can imagine to make such a large plane go POOF! What a shame to lose all of those lives.

...ahhhh, but now the Chinese get my former Senator, Max "the drunk" Baucus. >>>He single-handedly made AQI known to ordinary Chinese people Really? The Chinese people I've known were very much aware of the poor air and water quality long, long ago. The ABC / banana thing, not knowing how to speak Chinese, and being a Dali Lama fan surely caused discord and could easily have been considered another insult to the Chinese government and the Chinese people by people like my brother-in-law. The newspaper's op-ed was uncharacteristically harsh for the China News Service. My first time to China was on a diplomatic mission (I wasn't one of the diplomats, but the Deng govt extended privilege to all of us). I was shocked and saddened by the ignorance of Chinese culture demonstrated by the liaison office entourage. While it is true, a representative of our government, is just that, sending an empty suit quite the insult. ...although sometimes they succeed luckily. As for Max, I'm not sure he has actually lived in Montana for the last dozen or so years... As he said in that YouTube video, he's "no expert on China." At least he knows it. Maybe he'll read Henry Kissinger's "On China" and "World Order" which comes out this fall. He might also read a couple of Kissinger articles, such as: The future of US-Chinese Relations; conflict is a choice, not a necessity and Avoiding a US-China Cold War. I've met several POTUS', countless senators & congressmen, governors, and an assortment of bureaucrats. Kissinger stands alone as the most brilliant and gracious of the bunch. In the two hours he gave me, I tried to pick a fight, but he bobbed and weaved in ways that would have made Ali say "Wow," yet he never insulted me or made me feel small (I later did that to myself). So, I guess my point is that we haven't done nearly as good a job with China as we might have done. I'll be surprised if Max improves our batting average, but maybe he'll surprise me. I hope so. We need to make China more than just a business partner. The global turn of events that we're seeing have the potential to become ugly and remaining on good terms is important.

There is no denying the bad of Mao's leadership, but what emerged from the good of it was a focused population ready to take advantage of the opportunities made available by Deng and his policies. Mao was probably a necessary step from a feudal society into what is very nearly a free society today. Having been an early visitor to Deng's China, I am happy for the people. But I must confess that I preferred the early Deng China to modern China, although modern China is better for the people. It is my opinion that China will become increasingly free in the years ahead because it will benefit China. That's not to say that China will ever be free as Americans think of it, but China will be free. Keep in mind that China's leadership is trying to maintain a harmonious society even as wealth and greater freedom is available. There is/will be considerable envy that comes with wealth for some which was less obvious in the older times. Achieving a harmonious society with 1.3 billion plus souls does require careful governance. With good fortune for the Chinese, the once heavy, often brutal hand will become simply a guiding hand. I frequently have greater faith in the good intentions of the Chinese government than our own - despite the well-known and widespread corruption. Never in history have the lives of so many improved so much in such a short time. Of course, the winds of change are highly variable. Hopefully the wind will continue flow gently in a positive direction.