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Thumbs up, stylish!
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Okay ex-pats in China, fess up, do you wear a mask to combat your inhalation of pollution?
Most people living in metropolitan cities want to protect themselves from dust and air particles, obnoxious gases and harmful chemicals being released in the air by the ever-growing number of automobiles and the pollutants ejected by chemical and other industries. No wonder why the demand for different types of respirators and masks such as N95 Respirator Mask keeps on growing rapidly. http://www.n95-mask.info/ -
Are there any other companies to get quotes from that could do the job? I'm dreading flying to NZ to repacking the boxes and weeding out the non-essentials (since I weeded out them twice now in the last year!).
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I need about 120kg of smaller boxes (personal effects) shipped from New Zealand to me in Wuhan. Unfortunately the boxes are at a place that will not help at all so I have to have the boxes picked up from the place. No box dimensions are known, just the general weight. I chatted with the company listed in the pinned thread here and they guesstimated Y11400 (OMG) for the service.
Any other ideas? I have to get some quotes so I can decide whether using a delivery company or flying there and retrieving them on a plane is the best idea.
TIA
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back on topic...
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Index to ensure safety, reduce pollutionA man buys fi reworks at a certifi ed store in Beijing in preparation for the upcoming Spring Festival. Sales of fi reworks started on Tuesday at 1,337 certifi ed stores across the city. [CAO BOYUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY]
Beijing weather authorities issued a firework index for the first time on Tuesday to ensure safety and reduce pollution, as sales of fireworks for Spring Festival started at 1,337 certified stores citywide.The index, which includes three grades, gives suggestions whether conditions outdoors are suitable for fireworks.
The public can check the index by calling a hotline run by the capital's meteorological department or reading its micro blog.
The Beijing Meteorological Bureau issued a "Grade 1" firework index on Tuesday, which means the weather conditions are suitable for setting off fireworks
The index will be released every day throughout the Lunar New Year holiday, according to the bureau.
Spring Festival is traditionally the most important festival in China and is the peak season for fireworks sales.
The index is based on a variety of weather conditions, including wind speed, humidity and precipitation, and is designed to ensure safety and reduce pollution caused by fireworks, said Ding Deping, an official at Beijing Metrological Bureau.
"Setting off fireworks or firecrackers will not be safe when there are strong winds or low humidity, because it can easily cause a fire," he told Beijing Times. "But when there is no wind at all, setting off fireworks is not appropriate either, as the pollutants released will not be dispersed quickly and can worsen smog."
In January, Beijing was hit by the worst hazy weather in decades. The city had only five smog-free days last month.
The prolonged haze has alerted the public, and many urged the government to limit or even ban setting off fireworks on hazy days.
Authorities have enhanced monitoring and inspections of fireworks distributors to ensure safety, according to the Beijing Administration of Work Safety.
At least 10 people died on Friday when a truck loaded with fireworks exploded and caused part of a highway bridge to collapse in Henan province.
"Safety is the biggest concern for us," said Xiao Hong, owner of a certified fireworks store in Beijing.
"Besides me, all my three assistants have finished a day's training organized by Beijing Administration of Work Safety and passed the test before opening the store," she said.
Xiao said she sold about 2,000 yuan ($321) worth of fireworks and firecrackers on Tuesday morning.
"Although sales were not bad, I am worried this year the total sales may go down because of air pollution reports and safety problems."
Li Zhiqiang, another shop owner in Beijing, said security inspections were more strict this year.
"About eight groups of inspection teams, including police officers, work safety officials and firefighters, came to my shop in the morning, and inspected every corner," he said, adding that he installed a real-time communication system, which includes a camera and two speakers, to link the store to Beijing Administration of Work Safety.
"In this way, the work safety department can monitor the store, and we can report to the department immediately if any danger occurs," Li said.
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Rode roundtrip on a train to Changsha yesterday, seat on the four hour ride there and standing on the way back. Everything completely packed and the biggest pieces of carry-on luggage/bags I have ever seen. Just the same old normal greatest migration of people on Earth and everyone is pretty accepting of it.
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超级碗
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Ended up watching it on the computer and I was happy to see many FCS stars get the ring lead by Joe Flacco, a player I covered in college...
Final: Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31Many Americans consider SUPER BOWL SUNDAY a defacto holiday
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What are the nationalities involved with you and your wife?
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silver bars and currency... might raise an eyebrow at security in a carry-on
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At least 14 bridges have collapsed across the country since 2007, caixin.com reported, raising public concerns over the quality of infrastructure and construction codes.
True enough fireworks going off together can be quite destructive. I know we always took great care setting up the 4th displays, but 14 bridges in little over 5 years? China's infrastructure is relatively young I'd be more concerned the bridge quality throughout the country.
Yes, infrastructure maintenance is key for every country.
According to the 2006 Bridge Inventory issued by "Better Roads", there are close to 600,000 bridges in the US. This includes all bridges of 20 foot or greater length that carry roadways open to the public. It does not include railroad bridges.Other interesting fact: according to the same report, close to 25% of all bridges are either Structurally Deficient (SD) or Functionally Obsolete (FO).
Per the Federal Highway Authority (FHWA): "An SD bridge is one that (1) has been restricted to light vehicles only, (2) is closed, or (3) requires immediate rehabilitation to remain open. An FO bridge is one in which the deck geometry, load carrying capacity (comparison of the original design load to the State legal load), clearance, or approach roadway alignment no longer meets the usual criteria for the system of which it is an integral part."
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... work on getting your head out of your rear, watching your mouth, and being less of a douche.
Very well put. Thank you.
Wow, "very well put" the moderator says to an uncalled for personal attack.
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Guys please, they aren't government handouts. YOU PAID FOR IT FOR JUST THESE KIND OF TIMES. Forget about others who you may think misuse it. It isn't about them, it is about you.
MY OPINION: You are being unnecessarily stubborn if you do not accept what you and your family are deserved. Maybe even preventing you and your family what is rightfully yours. We pay a lot to have this safety net so why deny your kin? For what reason? Pride? Prejudice?
As for being blessed with a child, if you are lucky enough to have children there is no perfect time. Think of it as "If not us, who? If not now, when?" If you are driven people then maybe the next big break is right around the corner and this time of need will be temporary. If you both are able to have children then you should do it when you can or perhaps you will regret it when you can't.
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I'll be on a train Tuesday, only a 4 hour ride so I probably won't be snoozing but I will be a part of the biggest migration on Earth.
Spring Festival travel is a must for most with the time and comfort far outweighed by the need to get home. For the vast majority, sleeping in tight, crammed spaces on overcrowded trains has become as synonymous with the holiday as firecrackers.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20130201/d4bed9d4d2201275d10f0e.jpgPassengers sleep anywhere on a train heading from southern Guangzhou to northeastern Changchun around 3 am on Jan 20, 2013. [Photo by Bai Shi/CFP]
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20130201/d4bed9d4d2201275d1070a.jpgA man walks through a crowded train heading from southern Guangzhou to northeastern Changchun around 2 am on Jan 20, 2013. [Photo by Bai Shi/CFP]
The journey home begins for millions
The world's largest migration of humanity starts..
Every year, at this time, millions of Chinese embark on the world's biggest travel rush - the trek home.
With joy, or possibly frustration after toiling for the past year, a huge proportion of the population will set out on a journey of reunion for the country's most important holiday - Spring Festival.
Possibly as many as a billion people will shuttle between the cities where they live and work and their hometowns for the holiday.
To ensure the smooth running of the world's largest annual migration, extra travel services are being organized from Jan 26 until March 6. A record 3.41 billion trips are expected to be made.
In addition to the railway system, which will bear the brunt of the pressure, airlines, road and shipping networks have all geared up to meet the surge in passenger numbers.
The rail network is expected to handle 225 million trips, while long-distance buses will transport up to 3.1 billion passengers. The combined figure accounts for 99 percent of China's rail and bus capacity, according to Xinhua News Agency.
Some 35.5 million journeys will be made by air during the festival's peak, a rise of 4.9 percent from the same period last year.
Obviously, such a huge number of travelers will stretch the country's transport network to its limits and pose challenges for each part of the system.
While some will enjoy the luxury of air travel, for many millions more the journey means being stuck in overcrowded train carriages for long, boring journeys that will take many hours.
China Daily asked five people, representative of different groups in society, to share their stories of the journey home. ...
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Step right up and try your luck...
By chinaculture.org ( chinaculture.org)
Do you know the date that the Spring Festival falls on in the 2013 Gregorian calendar and which animal represents 2013 in China? Do you want to share your story about Chinese culture with global web users?The 2013 global "Happy Chinese New Year" online quiz and essay contest is now open. We look forward to your participation! You can show off your knowledge about China and share your China stories, learn interesting things, and have the opportunity to win a special prize.
The activity is sponsored by the Bureau for External Cultural Relations of the Chinese Ministry of Culture, and is available on Chinaculture.org. As an important part of the "Happy Chinese New Year" branding initiative being undertaken by the Ministry of Culture, it will be the most authoritative online interactive activity about the Chinese Spring Festival in 2013.
Participants can take part in the online quiz or essay contest, or both. The competition will run until the end of April 2013.
The online quiz is presented in English and Spanish but participants can use any language for the essay contest.
The top 100 scorers will receive prizes. If more than 100 people get the perfect score, there will be a drawing. 20 winners and more participation award winners will be selected from the essay contest. The results will be announced in late May 2013 on Chinaculture.org, and prizes will be sent to the winners.
If you care about Chinese culture, please pay close attention to the upcoming "Happy Chinese New Year" online activities on:
http://www.chinaculture.org/focus/node_50008959.htm (English version)
http://www.chinaculture.org/focus/node_50008960.htm (Spanish version)
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Decision made... pretty please set off fewer fireworks... pretty please?
Air pollution prompts Beijing to limit fireworks
Updated: 2013-02-01 14:49 (Xinhua)
Air pollution concerns have prompted Beijing authorities to ask residents to set off fewer fireworks during the upcoming Spring Festival.
"To improve the air quality and create a favorable environment for you and your family members, please set off fewer fireworks or no fireworks, in order to reduce emissions of pollutants," an official with the Beijing Office on Fireworks and Firecrackers said Friday.
The official said the office has closely followed Beijing's air quality reports and issued the proposal to citizens via media.
Setting off firecrackers and fireworks during the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 10 this year, is an old tradition. To reduce accidents and the impact on citizens' lives, Beijing restricts fireworks within certain areas during a 16-day period around the Spring Festival.
Three fireworks retailers in Beijing have 750,000 cartons of fireworks in stock for this year's festival, down from 810,000 cartons in 2012. The number of shops approved to sell fireworks in Beijing has been reduced from 1,429 to 1,337, the official told Xinhua.
After an hours-long firework-ignition spree on the eve of the Lunar New Year in 2012, the density of PM2.5 increased sharply to hit 1,593 micrograms per cubic meter at the Chegongzhuang monitoring station, located downtown, or 1.5 times higher than the most polluted day so far this year in Beijing.
The prolonged smog that shrouded many parts of North and East China in January sparked debate over fireworks during the Spring Festival.
On Friday, the capital's air quality index was above 110, or Level III, indicating slight pollution in the downtown area, after rain and wind on Thursday dispersed the smog. The forecast for air quality over the weekend is positive.
From Jan 1 to 28, Beijing had 23 smoggy days, about 10 more than the same period over the past 10 years and the most since 1954, said Liang Xudong, head of the Beijing Urban Meteorology Institute.
The average density of PM2.5 in January was 180 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing, about 30 percent higher than the same period in the years from 2009 to 2011, according to meteorological monitoring data.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20130131/0013729e42ea1274496a4c.jpg
Chinese
multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao demonstrates how to use his canned
fresh air near a busy street in central Beijing, Jan 30, 2013. Chen, who
made his fortune in the recycling business and is a high-profile
philanthropist, on Wednesday handed out free soda pop-sized cans of air,
purportedly from far-flung and pristine regions of China.
[Photo/Agencies]
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20130131/0013729e42ea127449764d.jpgCans
of fresh air are seen piled up before being given away by Chinese
multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao, near a street on a hazy day in central
Beijing, Jan 30, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
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Did exactly this today and the Chinese guy right behind me helped finish the job!
You gotta be a little bold to live and function in China. If you get to the window and the clerk can't speak English and is impatient with you, and you can't seem to get what you want then,
Speak loudly to the crowd and ask whether someone speaks English and can help you. You'd be surprised to see how many willing young people will come to your aid.
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Government aid is made for people in your position. You pay for it so you should use it if needed. No shame in it at all.
Are you both US citizens?
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For practical information on the "Airpocalyse" overtaking Beijing and what you can do about it, check out: "Crazy Bad" Air Pollution - What To Do.
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Reduce fireworks in case of smoggy Spring Festival
(Xinhua)
Beijing's government should be prepared to control and even ban firecrackers if the city encounters heavy air pollution during Spring Festival, according to an article in the Beijing News.
Here are excerpts:
The country's capital has suffered from recurrent and days-long heavy smog and haze in January. As the Spring Festival is approaching, some are worrying that if the holiday were enshrouded in pollution, the city couldn't endure any more pollution caused by celebrating fireworks.
Such a worry is reasonable, given the dreadful experience that citywide fireworks in the lunar New Year's Eve last year helped to raise the density of PM2.5 –– air particles smaller than 2.5 microns and fatal to respiratory and blood systems –– to crazy high levels. The index around the Chegongzhuang monitoring station even reached an outrageous 1,593 micrograms per cubic meter, while the World Health Organization suggests only 25 micrograms per cubic meter as safe.
Thanks to strong winds, the heavy firework haze last year was quickly driven away, but it must be unimaginable if both the dirty smog and haze on windless days along with the firework pollution start to choke the air.
"Under the cover of haze, using fireworks is just like bombing ourselves with poisonous gas," as one resident said.
Firework pollution hasn't been taken into account by current emergency plans, and this loophole should be closed by introducing different levels of control over fireworks regarding different air pollution. For example, to advocate people to use fewer firecrackers when the air is lightly polluted, and a temporarily ban on fireworks in downtown areas in case of heavy pollution.
Technically, there's still a legislative problem, as the power to ban fireworks belongs to the Beijing Municipal People's Congress. To introduce the practice that the congress temporarily authorize the city's government to conduct special administrative measures during the 2008 Games, the latter can also be similarly authorized to impose a fireworks ban considering air conditions.
In a return to Chinese traditions, Beijing lifted the firework ban in 2005, but the environment has endured great changes since then, with rising air pollution, and people are also complaining more about noise.
As many people become more aware of their health, serious thinking should be taken in issuing and implementing better policies, as well as improving emergency mechanisms.
Of all the sources of deadly smog, fireworks has to be a small contributor. Seems like this is a "no fun" proposal while the big fish are left to carry on.
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Well this was supposed to be finished in places by now, anyone know if it's up and running?
China builds national network for marriage registration
(Xinhua)
Chinese authorities ended the practice of requiring manual marriage registration around the end of June this year by setting up a national network and database for marriage registration covering all of the country's 31 provincial regions.
A provincial marriage network and database has also been set up in each provincial region to allow local agencies to offer online marriage registration and verify individuals' marital status based on national data, an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs said at a news briefing on Tuesday.
"The national database will help to effectively prevent bigamy and improve the services offered by marriage registration agencies," said Yu Jianliang, director of the ministry's social affairs bureau.
Civil affairs bureaus are now working to update data for the national network, the ministry said.
The Beijing municipal civil affairs bureau has signed an agreement with the municipal archives bureau to share information regarding historical information on marriage registration.
The Beijing municipal civil affairs bureau plans to finish data regarding marriage registrations that took place after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 by the end of this year.
The ministry plans to exchange and share marital information with foreign affairs departments and relevant agencies in Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan in the future in order to set up a national marital status database for all of the country's citizens, according to Yu.
Related:
China vows to establish national database to prevent fraudulent marriages
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has urged its local organs to speed up the establishment of a standardized digital marriage registration system in each of the country's provinces, aiming to form a national database by end of this year to help prevent fraudulent multiple marriages.
Addressing a meeting regarding the establishment of the registration system in east China's city of Huangshan, Zhang Mingliang, director of the ministry's social affairs department, called for comprehensive efforts to connect provincial marriage databases with the ministry's national system.
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Big thinker:
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Valentine's Day is a sweet holiday
in The Middle Kingdom - 中国
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Personally I like this sweet holiday...