The Grand 9th Guilin Dragon Boat Race to be celebrated on June 10th

Date: by iris; Tags: Guilin Dragon Boat Race

2008 the Ninth Guilin Dragon Boat Race will be celebrated on June 10th. This year is the tenth year after last Dragon Boat Festival held in Guilin. As custom of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival: a small competition held every five years and a grand competition held every ten years, and moreover, for welcoming Beijing Olympic Games, this years Guilin Dragon Boat Festival will be exceptiona ... View Details

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Visa procedures not made difficult

Date: by chinatravel; Tags: Visa

The Foreign Ministry has dismissed news reports and rumors claiming the country had stopped issuing multiple-entry visas and had tightened visa restrictions. A senior official of the ministry's consular department called such reports unfounded, adding that Chinese diplomatic missions have been issuing multiple-entry visas to foreigners who meet the requirements. We have not cut down the numb ... View Details

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Foreigners get Games' guide to dos and don'ts

Date: by chinatravel; Tags: Beijing Olympic

Foreigners suspected of having the potential to carry out terrorist or violent attacks, or indulge in subversive activities will be denied entry into China during the Olympic Games. A legal guide posted on the Beijing Olympic Games organizers' (BOCOG) website Monday says: Foreigners must respect Chinese laws while in China and must not harm China's national security or damage the social order. T ... View Details

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Olympic torch burns brightly in Jingzhou

Date: by david; Tags: Torch Relay

JINGZHOU, Central China, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay started its Jingzhou leg on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on Monday, the last segment in central China's Hubei province. The 18.6-kilometer relay of 208 torchbearers kicked off at 8:13 a.m. at the Golden Phoenix Square and will pass through the Ancient Jingzhou Town and end at Shalongda Square. Zheng Lihui, who ... View Details

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Torch relay in quake-hit Sichuan likely to be shortened

Date: by cactus; Tags: Torch Relay

Olympic torch relay in quake-hit Sichuan province might be shortened as the Olympics organizers are mulling to remove the badly stricken cities of Mianyang, Guanghan and Dujiangyan off the schedule. The Sichuan leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay had been cut by a day and postponed to the week before the Games' opening ceremony to allow for relief work in the quake-torn province. The torch re ... View Details

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