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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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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