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Under a proposed rule published Feb. 9 in the Federal Register, passports will now cost $135, up from the current $100 to apply for one. It will cost $110 to renew one, up from $75. Interesting, looks like you can tell them what you think.
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Beijing’s total population has exceeded 22 million, a mark that is supposed to be surpassed a decade later, the China National Radio reported today.
-Article from China Daily
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about 1 month ago - 1 comment
The first Barbie Worldwide Flagship Store. Taken in Summer, 2009.
Yes, I went in with my students. It was so…pink. They even had a Vera Wang bride and groom Barbies and Juicy Couture Barbies. I think they even had a Barbie restaurant on the top floor.
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about 3 months ago - 2 comments
The vast majority (over 90%) of Chinese are Han Chinese. The remainder is distributed among 55 other ethnic groups. This diversity was displayed during the opening ceremonies of the last Olympic games where fifty-six children from the 56 Chinese ethnic groups clustered around the Chinese national flag supposedly represented the 56 ethnic groups. It was More >
about 3 months ago - 2 comments
Taken in Shanghai, China. 2009.
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about 4 months ago - 2 comments
I like how her Crocs are on backwards.
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China formally kicked off its mass celebrations of 60 years of communist rule with a 60-gun salute that rung out across Beijing’s historic Tiananmen Square on October 1. Hundreds of thousands of participants marched past Tiananmen Square in costume or uniform, with floats and dancers mingling with soldiers and military hardware. Collected are photographs of More >
about 5 months ago - 5 comments
This was taken while I was waiting for the students to tour the migrant children’s school. Yeah, I was bored.
Not sure if other people do this, but I keep a separate wardrobe for traveling. And I NEVER wear socks when I’m in Asia.
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Taken at a migrant children’s school in Shanghai, China.
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about 6 months ago - 1 comment
Thousands of people across China are getting married, believing that the date of 9 September 2009 will guarantee a long and happy union.
The date “nine, nine” sounds like the saying “jiu,jiu” in Chinese, which can be translated as “long lasting”.
The fact it is also 2009 has made the day even luckier for many Chinese, the More >
