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Chinese Consumer Prices Rose 2.7 Percent
New York Times - Mar 11, 2010
BEIJING — Consumer prices in China rose 2.7 percent in February over the year-earlier period, according to data released on Thursday, ...
 
China: Exports and imports rise sharply, inflations follows
Spero News - Mar 11, 2010
By Asia News Beijing – Chinese export jumped 45.7 per cent in February from a year earlier, whilst imports surged 44.7 per cent, the General Administration ...
 
Dalai Lama Voices Support for Uighurs
New York Times - Mar 11, 2010
... on Wednesday for Uighurs, an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang Province, risking further worsening his fraught relations with Beijing. ...
 

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Beijing books


Beijing (City Guide)


by: Damian Harper, David Eimer
I bought this book for the Olympics and was disappointed. It didn't have the full subway maps updated and the Olympics section was sparse. It needs an update as Beijing is changing rapidly
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Frommer's Beijing (Frommer's Complete)


by: Jen Lin-Liu
Out of several books I purchased from Amazon, I found this compact and most informative for touring BJ. It was indispensable on my recent independent travel in BJ, although a few sites described were closed. It would be more helpful if there's a crossed reference between attractions on the maps and their respective pages in the book. Like Lonely Planet's books on China, this book is somewhat political and judgmental on the Chinese Government. I oftened detect an air of disdain and many unnecessary disparaging words unrelated to travel.
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Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing: The Ultimate Guide for People Who Love to Shop


by: Suzy Gershman
  • Suzy shops the world -- with dachshund Toffee in tow -- to find the world's best shopping buys, and passes her discoveries along to you!
  • This is the 24th year of this series, and with a new cover and interior design -- including Shop Talk industry gossip, Best Bets picks, Shopping Adventure travel tips, and more -- it has never looked better. Suzy even personalizes her maps with "hand-written" notes, as if she were writing tips on a napkin for you.
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    Frommer's China (Frommer's Complete)


    by: Simon Foster, Jen Lin-Liu, Sherisse Pham, Sharon Owyang, Beth Reiber, Lee Wing-sze, Christopher D. Winnan
    I took this travel guide to China in November 2008. I chose it because it because they'd been updated for the Olympics that year. That, as far as I was able to tell, was an outright lie. Non-existent phone numbers, and restaurants that had been closed for 2 or 3 years; no Chinese characters on maps or in place names. Don't use this book to help you plan anything. I certainly won't be choosing Frommer's for any travel guide from now on...
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