7 August
2006 (Lunar July
14)
New
Railway from Tibet to Yunnan
The
chief engineer for Qinghai-Tibet railway
disclosed yesterday that a new railway to
link the Tibetan capital Lhasa and Yunnan
capital Hunming will be complete before
2020.
The
First Train from Shanghai to Tibet
A Qingdao
Man's Night Adventure
A
Qingdao man went out for a drink last
Sunday night and got drunk. He returned
home after midnight, and like what he
normally did, kicked open the door.
Without switching on the light, he
stumbled his way to the bedroom that he
shared with his wife and crashed down on
the bed. The woman lying next to him was
so shocked. So was a man next to the
woman. The man immediately dialled 110
and called police. The police arrived on
the scene and detained the drunken man.
Next morning when the drunkard became
sober, he was ordered to apologise to the
couple, because he went into the wrong
house and climbed onto the wrong bed.
Quality
of Living in China
8 August
2006 (Lunar July
15)
Disneyland in
Shanghai
US Walt Disney Co is
reportedly working to build a first
mainland Disneyland in Chuansha district,
a newly developed area in the east of
Shanghai, and the theme part is said will
be opened in 2010 to coincide with the
city’s World Expo 2010. Some local
residents claim they’ve already seen
the drawings of the land use,
transportation and infrastructure plans.
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Week
Welcome to
Visit Our Construction Site, Just Don’t
Forget to Purchase Your Entry Ticket!
According to a report by
Beijing’s Jing Bao newspaper, four
major tourist destinations in the city
are charging visitors full price (50 yan)
while the historical buildings currently
being closed for maintenance work. Mr Sun
travelled with his family to Beijing to
visit the Summer Palace, but what he saw
was the enclosure walls that blocked off
the views to the heart of the attraction:
The Terrace of Fragrant Buddha and The
Long Corridor.
Renewed
Summer Palace
Praise Fate
Upon Arrest
Ms Zhao Shunyi was the
chief director of China’s National
Children’s Centre, and had been
investigated for alleged bribery. On May
15, she was formally charged. When the
police went to her home and showed her
the warrant of arrest, she made a highly
excited exclamation, not cursing her ill
fate but praising a wonder pedant.
"So darn accurate! So darn accurate!
(真准！真准！)",
she kept saying. It turned out that she
visited a fortune-teller sometime earlier
and was given a blessed
pedant, on which an
inscription read: "If you can stay
safe beyond May 15, you’ll be all
right." She carried the pedant with
her day and night, and everything seemed
to be fine for a while. But on May 13,
when taking shower she accidentally
dropped the pendant in water, as the
result the inscription became rather
obscure. The next day she was arrested.
9 August
2006 (Lunar July
16)
The Best and
the Worst of Shanghai
According to a
local survey published yesterday, nearly
90 percent of overseas business people
rank Shanghai as the most desirable city
to invest and live in China. But at the
same time, one in two believes that the
rental price for office is too high, and
one in three thinks the property cost is
the biggest constrain hindering Shanghai’s
further development. Last year the
top-market office rents was around $0.84
per sqm, now it hits $1 sqm, that is 15
percent of annual increase.
Shanghai
Tourism Festival Kicked Off
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