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Internet Engineering Task Force T. Tsou
Internet-Draft Huawei Technologies (USA)
Intended status: Informational November 19, 2010
Expires: May 23, 2011
Discover a Real China in IETF 79
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Abstract
This document provides an introduction to your hosts in Beijing and
to some of the sights of China.
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Table of Contents
1. Some Companies In China's High-Tech Industry . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Baidu - Chinese Search Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Alibaba --Chinese E-Commerce Site . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3. China Telecom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4. China Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.5. Huawei Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.6. ZTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Odds and Ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1. CRH (China Railway High-speed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2. A Bit of Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3. Chinese Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4. Chinese Musical Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5. Peking Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.6. Chinese Kung-Fu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3. Food and Restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1. Restaurants for Muslim, Jewish, and Vegans
(Vegetarians) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1.1. American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1.2. Taiwanese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1.3. Thai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1.4. Tibetan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1.5. Vegetarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1.6. Vienamese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.7. Xinjiang & Muslim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.8. Middle Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.9. Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.10. Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1.11. Shandong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1.12. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1.13. Shanxi & Sha'anxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1.14. Sichuan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2. Healthy Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.3. The Famous Peking Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4. Chinese Restaurants Very Close To the Meeting Hotel . . . 19
4. Sightseeing and Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1. Beijing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.1. The Palace Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.1.2. The Great Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.1.3. The Temple of Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.1.4. Dingling Mausoleum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.1.5. The Summer Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.1.6. The Xiu Shui Street, if you love bargaining . . . . . 23
4.1.7. Stadiums of the 2008 Olympic Games . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.2. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3. Hong Kong and Macao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.4. Xi'an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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4.5. Guilin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5. 3G SIM card and wireless data card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.1. TD-CDMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2. WCDMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.3. CDMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6. Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8. informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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1. Some Companies In China's High-Tech Industry
1.1. Baidu - Chinese Search Provider
This is a quotation from the Baidu website:
Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. "Baidu" was
inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song
Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty
amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while
confronted by life's many obstacles. "... Hundreds and thousands
of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by
chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood."
Baidu, whose literal meaning is hundreds of times, represents
persistent search for the ideal.
Baidu chose a poetic Chinese name because it wants the world to
remember its heritage. As a native speaker of the Chinese
language and a talented engineer, Baidu focuses on what it knows
best - Chinese language search. Applying avant-garde technology
to the world's most ancient and complex language is as challenging
as it is exciting. At least people here at Baidu think so. As
having diligently disclosed in the Prospectus of our recent
Initial Public Offering, we believe there are at least 38 ways of
saying "I" in Chinese. It is important that we master all the
ways of addressing oneself in Chinese because our users depend on
us to address every one of their daily queries. And trust us, pin
pointing queries in the Chinese language is an art rather than a
science.
Our mission is to provide the best way for people to find
information. To do this we listen carefully to our users' needs
and wants. Have we collected all the Chinese web pages they want
to see? Are the pages current and up to date? Are the search
results closely related to their queries? Did we return those
search results instantly? To improve user experience, we
constantly make improvements to our products and services. For
example, we introduced "phonetic" or "pin-yin" search, which
allows our users to type in Chinese keywords using English
alphabets. This feature is designed to skip the switching from
English inputting to Chinese inputting and for when the user is
not sure of the written form of a keyword. Our users definitely
notice the many little things that we do differently to ensure a
simple and reliable search experience every time.
In addition to serving individual users, we also serve as a media
platform for online marketing customers. We not only provide our
customers easy access to one of the largest online audiences in
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China but also targeted groups with defined interests as indicated
by queries. Unlike traditional online advertising services, which
charge by flat fee, our marketing products and services are
performance based. Our Pay for Performance model has taken the
market by storm because it is cost effective and measurable.
We know that a lot of interesting things are going on in the
Internet space, but we don't want to lose focus. China's Internet
search industry is only a newly discovered territory. We see vast
untapped grounds in our home base and we believe there are still
plenty of prizes to be claimed by the best players.
Of course, for IETF engineers, what would be of most interest is
"what has Baidu done that is surprising". How does Baidu accommodate
scale in applications? How does Baidu build its datacenter network
infrastructure - off-the-shelf hardware, low end or high end, custom
very simple hardware with control in software (like Google)? What
are its IPv6 plans? Implementations? For background - how many
queries does it deal with per hour? How many independent users?
What is the size of datacenter and network?
Unfortunately the Baidu-owned facilities here have limited space. At
the current stage of organization they offer a 20 person group visit
from 6PM to 8PM on Monday night during IETF-79, with more visits
possible depending on interest. Go to the Wiki at
http://visitbaidu.wikispaces.com/ to sign up. No guarantee to get
answers to all those questions (thanks, Ralph), but it should be
interesting.
1.2. Alibaba --Chinese E-Commerce Site
Quotation from its website.
Alibaba.com (HKSE:1688), a member of the Alibaba Group of
companies, is one of the world's premier e-commerce brands and the
number one online marketplace for global and domestic China trade.
We provide an efficient, trusted platform connecting small and
medium-sized buyers and suppliers from around the world. Our
international marketplace (www.alibaba.com) focuses on global
importers and exporters and our China marketplace
(www.alibaba.com.cn) focuses on suppliers and buyers trading
domestically in China. Together our marketplaces form a community
of more than 24 million registered users from over 200 countries
and regions.
Our operational headquarters is based in Hangzhou in eastern
China. We have field sales and marketing offices in more than 30
cities in China, Hong Kong, Switzerland and the United States.
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The company had more than 4,400 full-time employees as of June 30,
2007.
1.3. China Telecom
China Telecom's official website is at
http://en.chinatelecom.com.cn/.
http://www.chinatelecom-h.com/eng/company/company_overview.htm
provides more information. China Telecommunications Corporation is
an extra-large State-owned telecom operator in China, Global Partner
of World Expo 2010 Shanghai, and was selected into the Top 500 Global
Corporations for many consecutive years. China Telecom provides
integrated information services including fixed-line telephone,
mobile, Internet connection and application services. By the end of
2009, China Telecom had 194 million fixed-line telephone subscribers,
62.36 million mobile (CDMA) subscribers, and 61.75 million fixed
broadband customers.
China Telecom is caught between the oncoming wave of potential new
subscribers and the wall of a limited and rapidly shrinking supply of
IPv4 addresses. Clearly China Telecom's network and services must
eventually migrate to IPv6. Along the way, we have done a lot of
experimenting for the SHANGHAI EXPO, plan more experiments for the
ShenZhen World University Games, and have other work in progress in
our current network. Out of all this we hope to determine the best
way for us to make the transition to IPv6.
1.4. China Mobile
China Mobile's main web site is at
http://www.chinamobileltd.com/?lang=en. IETF particpants will also
be interested in http://labs.chinamobile.com/.
China Mobile is a major mobile network operator, with 564 million
subscribers, currently growing at a rate in the order of 1% per
month. To assure continued revenue growth as market penetration
approaches its limit, China Mobile has been deploying 3GPP
technology. Currently about 2.38 percent of the operator's
subscribers use that technology. In August alone, China Mobile added
1,585,000 3GPP subscribers, bringing the current total to 13,419,000.
China Mobile is looking to mobile data services for future revenue
gains. Mobile data services currently include mobile payments, music
downloads, reading (book downloads), news, mailbox, Fetion (their
instant messaging brand) and broadcast video. They also provide
Internet search services in partnership with content providers such
as news agencies. By their nature, these services require
communication between the mobile subscriber and a third party
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application or content provider. Given the importance of these
services to China Mobile's business, their IPv6 transition plans have
to ensure continuity of service to the third party servers regardless
of the IP version they run.
At the subscriber end, mobile handsets are typically replaced within
two to three years after purchase, apparently putting an upper limit
on how long it will take to make IPv6 the preferred protocol for the
majority of subscribers. One factor that has to be considered is the
use of mobile data access to provide access for personal computers
tethered to the mobile terminal. China Mobile is expecting to
improve its deployment of this "tethering" service.
As a further complication for the migration to IPv6, the China Mobile
is facing a major upgrade of its access networks from the older 3GPP
technology to LTE ("Long Term Evolution"). LTE flattens out the
access network by bringing the IP edge closer to the user equipment.
LTE will provide higher data rates, opening up the possibilities for
improved services and increased revenue from them.
China Mobile has convened the first Conference on the Post-LTE Mobile
Internet Architectural Revolution (MIRACLE) on November 4th-5th 2010
in Beijing, just ahead of the first IETF meeting in China. As the
Mobile Internet is being deployed, the world needs time to sit down
and reflect on its evolution and architectural design. Whether and
how the Mobile Internet will be different from the current Internet
architecture, what are the major demands for its architectural
evolution, and what will be the enabling frameworks and technologies
for its evolution are all key questions that challenge us and
motivated us to initiate this meeting.
In this meeting, the industrial and academic world will have the
opportunity to discuss the requirements on the Mobile Internet
architecture, the start-of-the-art technologies for its
implementation, and future developments and trends for these
frameworks and technologies. The conference is composed of seven
sessions:
o Worldwide Architecture Research Progress,
o IPv6 and Mobility Architecture,
o Content/Data Oriented Networking,
o Mobile Internet Architecture Evolution,
o Global Internet Architecture Evolution,
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o PANEL Discussion and Debate between Internet and Mobile Networks,
and
o Workshop on Intelligent and Interoperable Objects.
Information about this conference can be found at
http://labs.chinamobile.com/wiise/meeting.
1.5. Huawei Technologies
Huawei's official website is at http://www.huawei.com/.
With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP
technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP
convergence age. Our products and solutions have been deployed in
over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom
operators, as well as one third of the world's population. Huawei's
sales revenue in 2009 exceeded USD 21.8 billion, a year-on-year
increase of 19%. Globally, Huawei is the number two telecom solution
provider. We are the only telecom supplier ranking in the top 3 for
all three of fixed, mobile and IP technologies.
Huawei is a leading telecom solutions innovator. Through continuous
focus on the customer, we have established end-to-end advantages in
Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software, Professional
Services and Devices. Fast Company has ranked Huawei the fifth most
innovative company in the world for 2010, behind only Facebook,
Amazon, Apple, and Google. Huawei was the only new entrant to the
list of the top five.
Huawei's vision is to enrich life through communication. By
leveraging our experience and expertise in the telecom sector, we
help bridge the digital divide and give people the opportunity to
join the information age, regardless of their geographic origin. In
order to tackle increasing climate challenges, Huawei has deployed a
wide range of green solutions that enable customers to reduce power
consumption and carbon emissions, contributing to the sustainable
development of the social economy and the environment. Huawei also
recognizes its responsibilities in others areas. For instance, it
gave $11.5 Mln to earthquake-hit regions in Sichuan, China, and $5.5
Mln to tsunami-affected countries in Southeast Asia.
The IP Technology Gala offers a learning and sharing platform for
global IP explorers, covering the cutting-edge IP technologies. It
brings top industry experts in IP/MPLS to dive deeply into IP
essentials. The annual event is arranged with a series of workshops,
technology symposiums, one-to-one meetings and bench-marking IP tour,
etc. Contacts for the "IP Gala" are Ms. Yan LU <luyan@huawei.com>
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and Mr. Feng-Cheng LIU <liufengcheng@huawei.com>.
1.6. ZTE
ZTE's official web site is at
http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/en/about/corporate_information/.
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and
network solutions. Founded in 1985, ZTE Corporation has been listed
as an A-share company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 1997. In
December 2004, ZTE was successfully listed on the Main Board of The
Stock Exchange in Hong Kong, becoming the first Chinese company to
hold both A shares and H shares. Currently, ZTE is the telecom
equipment provider with the most market capitalization and revenue in
China's A share market.
ZTE has the widest and most complete product range in the world,
covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless, service
and terminals markets. The company delivers innovative, custom-made
products and services to over 500 operators in more than 140
countries, helping them to achieve continued revenue growth and to
shape the future of the world's communications. Besides its
established cooperation with top Chinese telecoms players including
China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom in China, the company
also has developed long-term partnerships with industry-leading
operators including France Telecom, Vodafone, Telstra, Telefonica,
among others.
A company with sound corporate social responsibility (CSR)
initiatives, ZTE is a member of the UN Global Compact that strictly
adheres to the Ten Principles of the Global Compact in developing and
carrying out CSR programs. Over the years, ZTE has been actively
participating in public welfare activities worldwide, including
natural disaster relief and educational aid programs. For example,
during China's Sichuan earthquake in 2008, ZTE quickly set up an
Earthquake Relief Command Department to carry out communication
relief work. It also donated 10 million RMB to establish China's
largest Special Fund for Children Care aimed at helping children to
continue their education and undertaking reconstruction work in
disaster-stricken regions. In addition, it donated 20 million RMB in
cash and materials to aid victims of the Pacific tsunami and
earthquake in South Asia in 2004.
Moving forward, ZTE will continue its ongoing commitment in the
telecommunications field, aiming to be a world-class excellent
enterprise in the near future.
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2. Odds and Ends
2.1. CRH (China Railway High-speed)
An excerpt from
http://blog.hjenglish.com/shinsh/archive/2010/03/02/1542148.html:
"Beijing's newest train station looks like a modern airport and a
ride on its bullet train is nearly as fast as taking a plane.
China's high-speed trains have come a long way from the steam engines
that once chugged into the capital before economic reforms in the
1980s transformed long-distance transportation.
'This is how the majority of people travel across China. All
trains like this go as slow as 55 km/h. When it's crowded, it's
standing room only.' And the journey can take days.
"But that's no longer the only option. China is now home to the
world's fastest train, hurtling from Wuhan to Guangzhou at up to 200
km/h.
'This train is so fast. It's threatened airline tickets sales.
China's southern airlines are struggling to compete on this
particular route as high speed railways changed the way Chinese
people travel across this vast country.'
"China is spinning a web of high-speed railways with faster
connections than ever before. The government plans to extend 3,000
current km of high-speed track to 12,000 by 2012, estimated cost $360
billion or 60% of the stimulus package China enacted to combat the
financial crisis."
2.2. A Bit of Vocabulary
Here are a few words to help you survive in China:
o Hello: "Ni Hao" (pronounced "knee how")
o Thank you: "Xie Xie" (pronounced "shieh shieh")
o Please: "Qing" (pronounced "ching")
o Beer: "Pi jiu"
o Tea: "Cha"
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2.3. Chinese Culture
Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_China:
The culture of China is one of the world's oldest and most complex.
The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical
region in eastern Asia with customs and traditions varying greatly
between towns, cities and provinces. It is a global village
nowadays, so the culture of China is mixing with the global culture.
The following tables show the difference between "China" and "West"
cultures, though how much the difference shows depends on the
personalities involved.
+----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| China | West |
+----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Collectivism | Individualism |
| High power distance | Low power distance |
| Bureaucracy | Authority of law |
| Strong tendency to risk | Strong tendency to risk taking |
| avoidance | |
| High in long-term orientation | Low in long-term orientation |
| High-context communication | Low-context communication |
| Pursuit of moral accomplishments | Pursuit of objective being |
| Relationship-based culture | Transaction-based culture |
| Shame culture | Guilt culture |
+----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
Table 1
+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Chinese Networking | Western Networking |
+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Personal relationships and | Clear distinction between |
| organizational relationships | individual organization |
| are interrelated | relationships |
| Personal and trust-based | Contract-oriented |
| Symbiotic relationship | High independence of networked |
| between networked | organizations, motivated |
| organizations | primarily by economic concerns |
| Flexibility and informality | Formality and clearly defined |
| | roles |
+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
Table 2
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2.4. Chinese Musical Instruments
Citation from
http://www.visitourchina.com/guide/traditional_chinese_music.htm:
"In China, musical instruments are classified according to the
material, not according to the generated sound or the construction
method like in the West. Traditionally, there exist eight different
types of instruments. Already during the late Warring States period,
but especially during Han Dynasty, the theory of the Five Phases or
Elements (wuxing) and correlation of beings and appearances was very
popular. The correlation also includes music instruments. Bamboo
flutes are used when the spring begins, summer is the time of string
instruments (silk), bronze bells are the instruments of the autumn,
and in wintertime, drums are sounding."
The closest Chinese musical instruments shop to the hotel is in the
Xinjiekou Building. It is probably 15 minutes from the hotel to
Xinjiekou in driving distance.
2.5. Peking Opera
Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_opera.
"Beijing opera or Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese
theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and
acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully
developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was
extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be
regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China. Major
performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north,
and Shanghai in the south. The art form is also enjoyed in Taiwan,
where it is known as Guoju. It has also spread to other countries
such as the United States and Japan."
Starting from the meeting venue, Shangri-La Hotel, here is the
information to go and watch Peking Opera and other acrobatics:
World Theater
Place: Dongzhimen
North road, Second ring East
No. 10, Dongzhimen South Street
Dongcheng District
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7:10PM-8:30PM everyday
Tel: +86(10)51664621, +86(10)51662182
It will take 30 minutes by car departuring from the meeting venue.
2.6. Chinese Kung-Fu
The citation is from
http://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-kung-fu/.
"Kung-Fu, (also known as wushu or martial arts) is one of the most
well known examples of traditional Chinese culture. It is probably
one of the earliest and longest lasting sports which utilize both
brawn and brain. The theory of Kung-Fu is based upon classical
Chinese philosophy. Over its long history it has developed as a
unique combination of exercise, practical self-defense, self-
discipline and art. In sports like track and field, ball sports,
weightlifting, and boxing, an athlete typically has to retire from
full participation in his 30s. Injuries sustained during years of
active sport participation at a young age can affect a person's
health in later life. In Chinese Kung-Fu, however, a distinction is
made between 'external' and 'internal' Kung-Fu. It is said that: 'In
external Kung-Fu, you exercise your tendons, bones, and skin; in
internal Kung-Fu, you train your spirit, your qi, and your mind.'"
Starting from the meeting venue, Shangri-La Hotel, here is the
information to go and watch a display of Chinese Kung-Fu.
Red Theater
Place: Tiyuguan Road north, in South-east second ring,
No. 44, Happy Avenue, (west to the second ring east south's Bright
Bridge),
Chongwen District
It will take 40 minutes departing from the meeting venue by car.
3. Food and Restaurants
The philosophy of modern Chinese eating is to eat whatever and
whenever you would like to eat. There is no fixed sequence like one
starter, one or two main dishes, one dessert, one coffee. You could
have many main dishes in China!
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3.1. Restaurants for Muslim, Jewish, and Vegans (Vegetarians)
Here is a list of restaurants near the venue that cater to Muslim,
Jewish, and vegan (vegetarian) diets. The original information was
given by the concierge of the Shangri-la Hotel. Eric Osborne found
the following citations for you to follow up:
o http://beijingexpert.com/beijing-restaurants/thai-food-in-beijing/
o http://cityguide.china.org.cn/shop/
reviews.php?pcd=11&order=new&day=30&page=82
o http://beijingexpert.com/beijing-restaurants/
vegetarian-food-in-beijing/
3.1.1. American
Flamme International Grill
This stylish two-floor bar and grill features American steaks.
Lava chocolate cake is a special delight. Daily 11am-midnight,
S4-33, Sanlitun Village, 19 Sanlitun Lu, Chaoyang District (6417
8608).
3.1.2. Taiwanese
Bellagio
Moneyed hipsters satisfy their mid-night munchies at this hip
Taiwanese eatery. Don't miss the stunning shaved ice desserts.
Voted "Outstanding Kung Pao Chicken" in their 2010 Reader
Restaurant Awards.
1) Daily 11am-10pm. 6/F, Shin Kong Place, 87 Jianguo Lu, Chaoyang
District. (6530 5658);
2) Daily 11am-5am. 6 Gongti Xilu, south of the Gongti 100 Bowling
Alley, Chaoyang District (6551 3533);
3) Daily 11am-4am. 35 Xiaoyun Lu, besides Kiss Disco, Chaoyang
District. (8451 9988);
4) Daily 11am-2am, Bldg 4, Area 2 Anhui Beili, Yayuncun, Chaoyang
District. (6489 4300)
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3.1.3. Thai
Lan Na Thai
A suave Thai eastery decked out with a collection of authentic
Southeast Asian artifacts, serving good quality, classic Thai
dishes at expensive prices. Daily noon-2.30pm, 5.30-10.30pm. 26
Dongcaoyuan, Gongti Nanlu, Chaoyang District. (6551 6788)
3.1.4. Tibetan
Ganglamedo
Well-decorated branch of a Lhasa restaurant offers beautifully
presented traditional Tibetan food, with ingredients flown in from
the highlands. Try the "eight prosperity symbols", tsampa, momos
and yak steak. Daily 9am-2am.1/F, Great Hyatte Int'l Apartments,
38 Zaoying Beili, Chaoyang District. (6592 3159)
www.ganglademo.com
3.1.5. Vegetarian
Lotus in Moonlight
You can tell it's the real deal by the number of monks who dine
here. Hard to find, but worth the search.
1) Mon-Fri 11am-2pm and 5-9.30pm, Sat-Sun 11am-9.30pm. 12 Liufang
Nanli, Chaoyang District. (6465 3299);
2) Mon-Fri 11am-2pm and 5-9pm,Sat-Sun 11am-9pm.3/F, Disanji
Creative Space, 66 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District. (6268 0848/
1318)
Pure Lotus Vegetarian
Creative tofu dishes will leave you with a full stomach and a
clear conscience - and a considerably lightened wallet. Daily
11am-11pm.
1) Tongguang Bldg, 12 Nongzhanguan Nanlu, Chaoyang District. (6592
3627, 9703 6669);
2) 3/F, Holiday Inn Lido, Jiangtai Lu, Chaoyang District. (9702
6668, 6437 6288)
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3.1.6. Vienamese
Le Little Saigon
Cute colonial-style French-Vietnamese bistro in the midst of Gulou
hutongs. Daily 11.30-midnight. 141 Jiugulou Dajie, Dongcheng
District. (6401 8465)
3.1.7. Xinjiang & Muslim
Afunti
Over-hyped and over-priced, but busloads of tourists pack this
high-end Xinjiang style restaurant every night. Daily 10.30am-
11pm. 166 Chaoyangmennei Dajie, Dongcheng District. (6527 2288,
6525 1071)
Crescent Moon Muslim Restaurant
From the homemade yogurt and the all-Uygur staff to the king of
mutton chuan'r, this little gem is as good as it gets. Voted
"Outstanding Xinjiang" in the 2010 Reader Restaurant Awards.
Daily 10.30am-11pm. 16 Dongsi Liutiao (alley number six, 100m west
of Chaonet Beixiaojie), Dongcheng District. (6400 5281)
3.1.8. Middle Eastern
1001 Nights
Some of the best Middle Eastern food in Beijing plus nightly belly
dancing. Voted "Best Middle Eastern" in 2010 Reader Restaurant
Awards. Daily 11am-2am. Gongti Beilu (opposite Zhaolong Hotel),
Chaoyang District. (6532 2050) www.1001nights.cn
3.1.9. Pizza
Gung Ho! Gourmet Pizza Factory
Pizza delivery service offering ten "gourmet" toppings featuring
wine-soaked blackcurrants, fresh pesto and New Zealand mozzarella.
Daily 11am-midnight. Bldg. 3, China View, (rear side, opposite
City Hotel), Gongti Donglu, Chaoyang District. (8587 1404/1370)
www. Gunghopizza.com
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3.1.10. Russian
The Elephant
Good Russian food, especially the appetizers, like stuffed
mushroom caps. Daily noon-midnight. In a small alley off Yabaolu
(50m north of Yatai Dasha), Chaoyang District. (8561 4073)
3.1.11. Shandong
An Die An Niang
This no-frills Shandong eatery at Chaoyang Park West Gate makes
great down-home zhou (rice porridge), stuffed pies (xianbing) and
the biggest baozi in town.
1 )Daily 10am-3am. Chaoyang Park West Gate, Chaoyang District.
(6591 0231);
2) Daily 9.30am-midnight. 8A Nongzhangguan Beilu, Chaoyang
District. (6586 2390)
Tong he Ju
Ignore the drab facade, this bustling laozihao, whose original
branch was established in Xisi in 1822, is a great place to enjoy
the salty taste of traditional Shandong cuisine. Daily 10.30am-
1.30pm, 5-8pm. Bldg B, 71 Yueyun Nanjie, Sanlihe, Xicheng
District. (6852 2917)
3.1.12. Shanghai
Mei Mansion
Converted courtyard done up to look like a sophisticated circa-
1930s Shang-hai salon. Serves up delicate dishes with impressive
prices to match. Daily 11.30am-2pm, 5-10.30pm. 24 Daxiangfeng
Hutong (South bank of Houhai), Xicheng District. (6612 6847)
3.1.13. Shanxi & Sha'anxi
Jin Yang Restaurant
The first shanxi restaurant to open up in Beijing after the
revolution. The noodles are still very impressive but most people
come for the signature duck. Daily 10.30am-2pm, 5-9pm. 241
Zhushikou Xidajie, Xuanwu District. (6303 1669)
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3.1.14. Sichuan
Feiteng Yuxiang
Best shuizhuyu in town. Get a balcony seat, tuck in a bib, and
get messy. There are 5 in Beijing. The closest to the meeting
venue is at Mon-Fri 11am-2.30pm, 4.30-10pm, Sat-Sun 11am-10.30pm.
B1/F, Chengming Dasha, 2 Xizhimen Nandajie (northeast corner of
Xizhimen Qiao), Xicheng District. (5190 1778).
3.2. Healthy Food
There is a "healthy food" market near the venue.
Niujie Muslim, west of the north exit of the supermarket located in
the Niujie No. 1 commercial building, with the famous Niujie Mosque
in the distance, is a seller of Muslim staple foods and household
goods in a comprehensive supermarket. The supermarket is divided
into two, with a total area of 2,400 square meters. The basement
area is for the management of raw and cooked beef and mutton, fresh
daily, as well as non-staple table wine, snack foods, kitchen staple
foods, and pollution-free vegetables, more than 6,000 varieties.
The north side of the ground floor holds household goods and folk
items, the main business being the daily necessities of the Hui
people; the south side is the pastry and traditional snack area where
you can select among a collection of "rice cake money" and thirty or
forty other kinds of old Hui style food. Among these are rice cakes,
fried cake, the seasonal, festive food Lantern, dumplings, sugar,
fruit volume, both Pearl barley porridge, seasoned millet mush, tea
foods such as congee, also sugar burning, ear candy, fried red fruit,
candied fruit and other branded cooking fried food, there are Grilled
rice cake, soybean milk, coke ring of the old Beijing snacks. Food
shopping for the convenience of our customers in the snack area of
200 square meters has also set up 50 seats, to meet customer dining
needs.
The Sam, Wal-Mart, and Carrefour supermarkets are also nearby.
3.3. The Famous Peking Duck
Along with the grand view of the Great Wall, travelers to Peking
shouldn't miss trying the Peking Roasted Duck. To enjoy the famous
duck, the restaurant QuanJu De is your best choice. It has multiple
outlets in Peking (Beijing). The old restaurant first opened in
1860. The duck here is said to be the best in Peking, and the
service is very good as well.
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3.4. Chinese Restaurants Very Close To the Meeting Hotel
Xiang E Qing
Hunan and Hubei style. Place: Si Ji Qing (opposite the Century
Gold Mine (Shi Ji Jin Yuan) Hotel), Ban-jin road, Haidian
district, North road, Fourth ring west.
Tel: +86(10)88436888, +86(10)88451919, +86(10)88111166
Ding-Ding Xiang
It means the tripod with two handles tripod with two handles is
fragrant. Place: No. 7 building, Guo-Xing Jia-Yuan, Capital
Stadium South Road, Gan Jia Kou, Haidian District, Outside north
road of second ring west.
Tel: +86(10)88357778
Mansion Gate (Da Zhai Men)
Place: 1st floor, No. 15, Che Gong Zhuang West Road, Gan Jia Kou,
Haidian Disrict, (North to the Guo Xing Building, and in the east
of capital stadium south Road), outside of north road of 2nd ring
west
Tel: +86(10)88356687, +86(10)88356689
Bay Yard (Bai Jia Da Yuan)
Place: No. 15, Su Zhou Street, Dan leng street West Exit, In Happy
Family (Le Jia) garden, Haidian District, in West road of fourth
ring north, in Zhongguan Village.
Tel: +86(10)62658851, +86(10)62654186
Street food
There is a Dong Hua Men snack street in Beijing's Wangfujin. It
is well known. You may want to go there and enjoy the street
food. The driving distance is about 30 minutes.
There is another Nine Men street food street in Hou Hai. It is
also a very good place. Driving distance 25 minutes, departing
from the meeting venue.
MacDonald's
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The closest MacDonald's to the meeting venue locates in the 1st
layer of Hua Tang shopping mall beside the Beijing Zoo. It takes
10 minutes by taxi going there.
4. Sightseeing and Fun
There are things we must not miss!
4.1. Beijing
For complete information, you can go to
o http://www.beijingpage.com/
o http://english.visitbeijing.com.cn/
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_attractions_of_Beijing
and skip the following subsection, which is the author's personal
selection. Section 4.1.2 provides information how to go to the Great
Wall from the meeting venue.
4.1.1. The Palace Museum
What strikes one first in a bird's eye view of Beijing proper is a
vast tract of golden roofs flashing brilliantly in the sun with
purple walls occasionally emerging amid them and a stretch of
luxuriant tree leaves flanking on each side. That is the former
Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Forbidden City, from which
twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China for
some 500 years - from 1420 to 1911. The Ming Emperor Yong Le, who
usurped the throne from his nephew and made Beijing the capital,
ordered its construction, on which approximately 10,000 artists and a
million workmen toiled for 14 years from 1406 to 1420. At present,
the Palace is an elaborate museum that presents the largest and most
complete ensemble of traditional architecture and more than 900,000
pieces of court treasures from all of China's dynasties.
Notes:
1. the Meridian Gate
2. the Five-Phoenix Towers
3. benevolence, righteousness, rites, intelligence, and fidelity
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4. the Hall of Supreme Harmony
5. the Hall of Complete Harmony
6. the Hall of Preserving Harmony
7. the Palace of Heavenly Purity
8. the Hall of Union
9. the Palace of Earthly Tranquility
4.1.2. The Great Wall
The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the TajMahal in India and
the Hanging Garden of Babylon, is one of the great wonders of the
world.
Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yalu River in Liaoning
Province, the Wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to
Jiayuguan in the Gobi desert, and is thus known as the Ten Thousand
Li Wall in China. The Wall climbs up and downs, twists and turns
along the ridges of the Yanshan and Yinshan Mountain Chains through
five provinces - Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu - and
two autonomous regions - Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, spanning all of
the northern China.
In Beijing, two regular Great Wall scenic sites (Badaling and Mutian
Valley) are secure, also very famous.
The following information of journey is supplied by the Shangri-La
Hotel.
1. Hotel vehicle: Audi vehicle holding 3 passengers, RMB2000/round
trip. Buick vehicle holding 6 passengers, RMB2800/round trip.
Costner holding 20 passengers, RMB2800/round trip. Hotel
vehicle's expense may enter to the room account.
2. Travel agency chartered car: Red flag vehicle holding 3
passengers, RMB900/round trip. Mercedes-Benz van holding 12
passengers, RMB1500/round trip. The travel agency chartered car
needs payment in cash.
The above prices do not include a tour guide. An English-speaking
tour guide costs RMB100/every hour (cash), plus the cost of
transportation as given above.
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4.1.3. The Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is located in southern Beijing. It was included
in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1998. With an area of 2.7
million square meters, it is the largest of its kind in the country.
Built in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of Ming Emperor Yong Le,
the temple was where emperors went to worship heaven for good
harvests.
Notes:
1. the Imperial Vault of Heaven
2. the Circular Mound Altar
3. the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
4. the Hall of Imperial Zenith
5. the Hall of Abstinence
6. the Echo Wall
4.1.4. Dingling Mausoleum
Dingling, the underground mausoleum of Emperor Wan Li, is one of the
thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Emperor Wan
Li (1573-1620) ordered the construction of his own tomb when he was
22 and it took a year's land taxes of the entire empire. The Emperor
gave a party in his own funeral chamber, so the chronicles say, to
mark its completion, and thirty years later he was buried in it amid
a splendid ceremony.
Notes:
1. Heavenly Longevity Mountains
2. Generals, civil mandarins, and courtiers
3. Everlasting lamp
4.1.5. The Summer Palace
Situated in western outskirts of Beijing, the Summer Palace is 10
kilometers from the central city. It is China's leading classical
garden which enjoys a worldwide reputation. The Summer Palace was
opened to the public in 1924 and included in the UNESCO world
heritage list in 1998. A whole day is needed to view it in detail.
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4.1.6. The Xiu Shui Street, if you love bargaining
On 19 March 2005, Beijing Silk Street High-Rise, which draws lots of
attention, officially opened for business. After more than 20 years
of development, the two characters "Xiu Shui" have become a famous
brand in the world of Beijing commerce. The Silk Street High-Rise is
close by the Central Business District, the total floor space
amounting to 28,000 square meters, currently occupied by 1,500
stalls. The main commodities sold in Silk Street are shoes, bags and
cases, leather, famous brands, casual wear, fashion clothing, cowboy
series, sports leisure attire, knitted dresses, kids' clothing, ties,
silk handkerchiefs, silk wax printing, craft table cloths,
handicraft, jewelry, antique, calligraphy and painting, Beijing roast
duck and characteristic snacks, etc.
The construction of Silk Street began on 6 June 2004, and was
completed on 6 January 2005. The market is well served with public
transport. The entrance of the subway comes through the inner
building. Highways radiate in all directions. Several decades of
station wagons can park around the square. Meanwhile there is ample
parking space underground. The operating facilities include a fire
protection monitoring and control system; a monitoring and control
system to ensure public security, infrared ray monitoring system,
broadcasting system, mobile phone beaconage system and digital
network system. All these systems can help to guarantee the full and
safe operation of Silk Street. The central air conditioning and
indoor illumination provide the customers with a comfortable shopping
environment. Moreover, we have an infirmary, a reception room for
foreign guests, and 24 hour ATM, bank and post office.
Silk Street engaged a well-known domestic real property management
company - Guibinlou Real Property - to manage the whole shopping
mall. Silk Street has made great effort to organize the management
group. They engaged talents to make sure the management is
harmonious and viewed as legitimate. The establishment of the
Merchant Management Committee has built up a whole system including
quality, service and communication. In fact, the committee
standardized and monitored the operation of the market.
Silk Street also made great effort to cooperate with many other
companies, including national and international enterprises, travel
agencies etc. We have a nice hope to build a perfect market for all
the guests.
Silk Street will join hands with its merchants and the whole society,
undertaking the new task of fashion-esteem, culture-spread, brand-
establishment, and building a "Century-Old Shop", achieving a
century's brilliance in an international shopping mall!
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Bon voyage to a bargaining tour! Keep sober and careful.
4.1.7. Stadiums of the 2008 Olympic Games
The main assembly hall of the 29th Olympics sports games is located
inside Peking Olympic park. Hundreds of millions of people have seen
it on television, and you have the chance to see it "face-to-face".
The national swimming center is also located inside the Peking
Olympic park and is just one of the wonderful buildings erected in
2008 for the Olympics. The swimming center covers 62950 square
meters on the ground. Inside, the total building area is 65000-80000
square meters, depending how you count the underground part of the
building.
4.2. Shanghai
Shanghai is in the east of China.
World Expositions are galleries of human inspirations and thoughts.
Since 1851 when the Great Exhibition of Industries of All Nations was
held in London, the World Expositions have attained increasing
prominence as grand events for economic, scientific, technological
and cultural exchanges, serving as an important platform for
displaying historical experience, exchanging innovative ideas,
demonstrating esprit de corps and looking to the future.
With a long civilization, China favors international exchange and
loves world peace. China owes its successful bid for the World
Exposition in 2010 to the international community's support for and
confidence in its reform and opening-up. The Exposition will be the
first registered World Exposition in a developing country, giving
expression to the expectations that the world's people place on
China's future development.
So what will Expo 2010 Shanghai China deliver to the world? There is
no doubt the Chinese people will present to the world a successful,
splendid and unforgettable exposition.
Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be a great event to explore the full
potential of urban life in the 21st century and a significant period
in urban evolution. Fifty-five percent of the world population is
expected to live in cities by the year 2010. The prospect of future
urban life, a subject of global interest, concerns all nations,
developed or less developed, and their people. Being the first World
Exposition on the theme of city, Exposition 2010 will attract
governments and people from across the world, focusing on the theme
"Better City, Better Life." For its 184 days, participants will
display urban civilization to the full extent, exchange their
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experiences of urban development, disseminate advanced notions on
cities and explore new approaches to human habitat, lifestyle and
working conditions in the new century. They will learn how to create
an eco-friendly society and maintain the sustainable development of
human beings.
Expo 2010 Shanghai China will centre on innovation and interaction.
Innovation is the soul, while cultural interaction is an important
mission of the World Expositions. In the new era, Expo 2010 Shanghai
China will contribute to human-centred development, scientific and
technological innovation, cultural diversity and win-win cooperation
for a better future, thus composing a melody with the key notes of
highlighting innovation and interaction in the new century.
Expo 2010 Shanghai China will also be a grand international
gathering. On the one hand, we shall endeavor to attract about 200
nations and international organizations to take part in the
exhibition as well as 70 million visitors from home and abroad,
ensuring the widest possible participation in the history of the
World Expositions. On the other hand, we will put Expo 2010 Shanghai
China in a global perspective and do our best to encourage the
participation and gain the understanding and support of various
countries and peoples, in order to turn Expo 2010 Shanghai China into
a happy reunion of people from all over the world.
In addition, Expo 2010 Shanghai China will offer a wonderful
opportunity for cross-culture dialogues. Before the conclusion of
the Exposition, a "Shanghai Declaration" will be issued. This
declaration, hopefully a milestone in the history of the World
Expositions, will epitomize the insights to be offered by the
participants and embody people's ideas for future cooperation and
development and extensive common aspirations, thereby leaving a rich
spiritual legacy of urban development to people throughout the world.
4.3. Hong Kong and Macao
If you want to experience the mixture eastern and western sightseeing
and cultures, you can go to Hong Kong and Macao in the south of
China.
Hong Kong has something for everyone. You can join the gastronomes
at ritzy restaurants or slurp noodles at neighborhood food-stands;
marvel at the bright lights on a harbor ferry cruise or explore the
higgledy-piggledy laneways where the locals hang out.
If you go to Macao, don't forget to go to the Mazu Temple and the
biggest casino.
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4.4. Xi'an
Xi'an is in the west of China.
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant
archeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at
this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi
Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi province. It is a sight
not to be missed by any visitor to China.
The museum covers an area of 16,300 square meters, divided into three
sections: No. 1 Pit, No. 2 Pit, and No. 3 Pit respectively. They
were tagged in the order of their discoveries. No. 1 Pit is the
largest, first opened to the public on China's National Day, 1979.
There are columns of soldiers at the front, followed by war chariots
at the back.
No. 2 Pit, found in 1976, is 20 meters northeast of No. 1 Pit. It
contained over a thousand warriors and 90 chariots of wood. It was
unveiled to the public in 1994.Archeologists came upon No. 3 Pit also
in 1976, 25 meters northwest of No. 1 Pit. It looked like to be the
command center of the armed forces. It went on display in 1989, with
68 warriors, a war chariot and four horses.
Altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even
weapons have been unearthed from these pits. Most of them have been
restored to their former grandeur. The Terracotta Warriors and
Horses is a sensational archeological find of all times. It has put
Xian on the map for tourists. It was listed by UNESCO in 1987 as one
of the world cultural heritages.
4.5. Guilin
Guilin is in the south of China. It is also the birth place of the
mother of the author.
The mountain and the water in GL top the world.
Guilin is a key tourist city of well-known culture and history in
China. Its tourism develops rapidly. Either comprehensive
recipience, scale of tourist industry, quality of tourist service or
infrastructure, subsidiary facilities, leading function come to a
higher level and grade. From 1980 to 1997, 60 million tourists from
more than 150 countries and areas and tens of state leaders came to
Guilin for a visit, deeply impressed and giving sincere praises.
Guilin has developed into one of the well-known and first chosen
tourist resorts.
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Be careful with your heart :) I know from TV that an American guy
decided to marry a girl from Yangshuo, Guilin and live there when he
came to visit Guilin, due to the beautiful mountain, water and the
girl.
5. 3G SIM card and wireless data card
You can contact your local operator to check whether you have already
opened an international roaming feature. If yes, you can 'endure' 3G
in China with the international fee.
A passport is needed for the purchase of a Chinese 3G SIM card or
wireless data card.
5.1. TD-CDMA
If your cell phone can run on TD-CDMA, for example, is Motorola
MT810, Samsung i7680, S3930C, C5530C, Nokia X5, C5, and your laptop
is any type of laptop, your service provider is China Mobile. I
think most of you don't have these types of cell phones, so you don't
have to look at the below paragraphs of this section.
For a 3G SIM card, you can buy the Chang Ting card of The Divine Land
Travel in any business station of China Mobile. It takes 10RMB.
Additionally you need to buy pre-paid card to deposit money into your
new SIM card. You call 13800138000 to correlate your SIM card and
pre-paid card. The rate is 0.2RMB/min calling, 0.1RMB/min called in
the 1st month.
The closest China Mobile business station to the Shangri-la Hotel,
named "ZiZhuQiao", is in ZiZhuYuan Road 1st, it is walkable. It is
located in the first level of Building D, Ren Ji Shan Zhuang, which
is an open community. It is open 9AM-7PM every day.
For 3G Wireless Data Card, 560RMB includes 7 months, 70G Internet
traffic.
China Mobile's customer service hotline is +86 10086.
5.2. WCDMA
If your cell phone can run on WCDMA, for example, is iPhone, or
Google's HTC Nexus One etc, and your laptop is iPad and other Apple
laptop, your service provider is China Unicom.
For 3G SIM card, you can buy a 98RMB product set of 186- 3G cell
phone number card from China Union business station. It includes a
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SIM card and a 66RMB pre-paid menu. It includes 200min national
calls, 60M Internet traffic, national video call 10min, called free
nationally. It will charge 0.2RMB/min, 0.6RMB national video calls,
0.0003RMB/KB Internet traffic, calling if you exceed the contracted
amount.
For 3G Wireless Data Card, 598RMB includes data service and SMS
service. More reasonable solution is 36RMB pure data service, 150M
data traffic. It will cost 0.0003RMB/KB Internet traffic, calling if
you exceed the contracted amount.
The closest China Unicom business station to Shangri-la Hotel is
below.
1. "ZiZhuYuan" business station, west side of Hao Bai Building, east
south side of ZiZhu Bridge, No.1, Chang Yun Gong Road, West 3rd
Ring north road.
2. "LianHuaQiao" (Lotus Bridge) business station, Jia No. 3, Shi
Fang Yuan, North side of Jing Du Xin Yuan Hotel, Hai Dian
District.
China Unicom's customer service hotline is +86 18618610010.
5.3. CDMA
If your cell phone can run on CDMA, your ISP is China Telecom. If
you want to use the mobile phone number from China Telecom, you have
to check whether your phone supports 800MHZ and whether your phone
and SIM card can be separated. If you need to use your phone in
China, you have to get the US operator to unlock it.
I've had good experience with the unlocking services provided by
http://www.cellunlocker.net/ -- Tom Taylor
For 3G SIM card, if you want to buy a SIM card in Beijing, you can
buy the Chang Liao Card 49RMB/month; you have to un-register before
you leave. 0.19RMB/min calling, 0RMB/min called in Beijing.
For 3G Wireless Data Card, service plan "EVDO" 200RMB/month, includes
120 hours, 15G Internet traffic. 0.1RMB/min, if you exceed the
contracted amount. Service plan "EVDO" 300RMB/month, includes 200
hours, 15G Internet traffic.
The closest business station is at 1st floor of Wan Fa Buiding, No18,
Middle Road of West 3rd ring, Haidian District. It opens 9AM-8PM,
every day.
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China Telecom's customer service hotline is +86 18918910000.
6. Security considerations
Keep yourself safe when you travelling all over the world. Beijing
is the capital of China. It is quite safe. Not every Chinese is a
ping-pong champion. Not every Chinese plays Chinese kung fu (gong
fu).
Gong fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with
Chinese martial arts. However, the Chinese term kung fu and wushu
have very distinct connotations. Each term can describe different
martial arts traditions and can also be used in a context without
referencing martial arts. Colloquially, kung fu (or gong fu) alludes
to any individual accomplishment or cultivated skill. In contrast,
wushu is a more precise term that refers to general martial
activities. The term wushu has also become the name for a modern
sport similar to gymnastics involving the performance of adapted
Chinese bare-handed and weapons combat forms judged to a set of
contemporary aesthetic criteria for points.
7. Acknowledgements
Thanks to Fred Baker for providing comments about the interesting
part for IETF participants. Thanks to Ralph Droms for providing
requirement to visit Baidu. Thanks to Tom Taylor for the language
polishing. Thanks to Tao Qin, Victor, Xue-Cheng Mi, Chant, Feng Liu
et al from Concierge of Shangri-la Hotel. Thanks to Christopher
Holmberg, Huub van Helvoort, and Randy Bush providing comments about
the culture. Thanks to Eric Osborne for commenting on the citations.
8. informative References
[I-D.dummy]
China, "Reference to make XML2RFC happy.", May 110.
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Author's Address
Tina Tsou
Huawei Technologies (USA)
2330 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95050
USA
Phone: +1 (408) 859-4996 (Mobile)
Email: tena@huawei.com
URI: http://tinatsou.weebly.com
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