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Beijing Temple Fair

  • Photos Taken at the Changdian Temple Fair in Beijing, February 2007.

November in Ningxia

  • Photos taken on my trip to Yinchuan and Guyuan, November 2006.

Guyuan, China

  • Check it Out
    These are photos taken on my recent trip to Guyuan, Ningxia.

Cherry Blossom Festival

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    A park near my house had a cherry blossom festival today. I spent an hour or so there this afternoon with my camera. Enjoy.

Terra-cotta Warriors

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    Photos taken of the Terra-cotta Warriors, near Xi'an, China. These figures were cast and buried around 200BC, and were undiscoverd until 1974.

Saturday in the Park

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    Photos taken in and around a Beijing park on an early spring Saturday.

Cambodia 2006

  • Looking Out to Sea
    Photos taken during my visit to Cambodia in January.

Kashgar

  • Double Wide Yurt
    An album of photos taken in and around Kashgar.

To Xanadu

  • Recitation
    A selection of photos taken on our trip from Beijing to Xanadu, October 4-6, 2005.

Neighborhood Stroll

  • Pensive Child
    This is an album of photos of various people and scenes that I pass daily as I walk or ride my bike between where I live and where I work.

National Day 2005

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    These pictures were taken in an old "Hutong" section of Beijing, and on Beijing's main shopping street on National Day 2005 (October 1).
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December 19, 2007

Sniveling Forms Scrapped

Last year I wrote about the quarantine forms that visitors are required to fill out upon entering China: 

Upon entering China, there are many forms that need to be filled out.  An Immigration Entry Form.  A customs Form.   A Health Form.  On this form, the arriving traveler is asked to list all the diseases from which they currently suffer, along with various symptoms that might be present.  Of course there are the usual things, like fever, coughing, and mysterious rashes.  But recently a new one has been added: snivelling.  I presume that both idiots and non-idiots alike are supposed to report their snivelling.
So, if you're coming to China anytime soon, remember, NO SNIVELING!!

Today the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the General Administration of Civil Aviation issued a joint statement that these forms will be scrapped. Instead of filling out the forms, travelers will have to make an oral declaration to the border officers if they are sick......or sniveling!

In the run-up to the Olympics I suppose they thought it was easier to scrap the forms than it was to change the spelling!