chinadave2001 Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 I just heard from a friend that GZ was closing for a week due to security threats related to the war. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Thanks, Dave Link to comment
Mick Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Dave, I haven't heard of this but as time permits (we are packing and tying up loose ends), I will try to call today and find out. Link to comment
Jatuke Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Nothing mentioned on their site. I'm still suscribed to the Beijing embassy mailing list, and they didn't mention anything about shutting down. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 I just heard from a friend that GZ was closing for a week due to security threats related to the war. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Thanks, DaveI doubt it very much. I get a daily worldwide security update ( very reliable )... No such words.And if GZ would close, so would all other posts, including the embassy in Beijing.Unlikely. Link to comment
tonado Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Mick or Owen or other people in China, Are there any anti-war demonstration in China now? In USA and other countries, people are rallying and demonstrating. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Mick or Owen or other people in China, Are there any anti-war demonstration in China now? In USA and other countries, people are rallying and demonstrating.Wouldn't be enough to close consulates/embassy... this ain't exactly Teheran, and in China demonstrations are kinda frown upon ( if not plain illegal ) when crowds are gathering... Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 I suspect that it is rumor. I am sure it was open yesterday (Thurs.), as my fiancée did pick up her visa then. Link to comment
Mick Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Mick or Owen or other people in China, Are there any anti-war demonstration in China now? In USA and other countries, people are rallying and demonstrating.So far no major demonstrations in China. Any demonstration would have to have government approval and control in advance. Nothing so far at least in the South, maybe Owen knows more about what's going on up north. Link to comment
danswayne Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Here in Changsha everything is the same, and this has been known as the hotbed for change in China for the last few decades. Example Mao in 1949, he started here and so did a few others. Anyway during the whole time the Chinese people have noto agreed with the war, but if you are not stupid and go through the s treets yelling good thing about America and bad things about China noone is gonna bother you. Government has too much to lose right now. Link to comment
owenkrout Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Mick or Owen or other people in China, Are there any anti-war demonstration in China now? In USA and other countries, people are rallying and demonstrating.So far no major demonstrations in China. Any demonstration would have to have government approval and control in advance. Nothing so far at least in the South, maybe Owen knows more about what's going on up north. Nothing up here. In fact not even a mention of it by any of my students. You wouldn't know that anything has happened at all. We will see after the weekend. Most students don't have TV or even a radio here. This weekend they will probably find out more by seeing TV at home or elsewhere over the weekend. (continuous coverage here on the FOX affiliate. In fact live report from Bagdad as I type this) Generally up here in the North-East, people are pretty friendly towards Americans. Japanese they still don't like at all, but Americans are viewed as OK. During the spy plane incident there were no demonstrations or such up here. The official line has been that China is not happy about the war, but is not making it an issue for public demonstrations or the like either. Link to comment
beishan4 Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Aloha from Beijing,For the other people on the other side of the Pacific Ocean things arepretty much normal here. The only change is the cancelation of some,not all, flights to the Middle East. Travel and everything else seems normal.Myles aka Annakuen'GG Link to comment
lori&dave Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 GOOD NEWS GZ CONSULATE STILL WORKS NORMALLY TODAY--WWW.SINA.COM.CN Link to comment
lori&dave Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Some gal on 001.com said " GZ consulate is closed, even the security guard doesn't know when it will open again" Another gal is going to pick up her visa on next Monday, she is suprised by the news coze she has booked the flight tickets . If GZ does close, the tickets are useless. Link to comment
Guest waterandfish Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 me too! i just bought the train ticket this morning nd will arrive at the sunday afternoon. i hate any rumor! Link to comment
Guest waterandfish Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 i just called xiao yang in xinhua hotel. he just came back fm the consulate. gz doesn't work today! my god! my god! Link to comment
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