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Having trouble finding a hotel in China Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates why... NO FOREIGNERS ALLOWED By TOM CARTERAnyone who has spent time in the People's Republic of China is obviously aware of the sheer number of hotels and sundry boardinghouses located in even the smallest city.What patronizing Western travelers frequently encounter at the front desk however is a sudden expulsion by the proprietor conveying in Chinese that NO FOREIGNERS ARE ALLOWED What would compel a vacant guesthouse to turn away a paying guest into the night The answer is found in a longstanding police statute that prohibits the majority of these establishments from accepting non Chinese guests or risk the penalty of a fine only guests with Chinese identification may patron an independently run boardinghouse called luguan.Considering no Westerner could meet such a requirement what this restrictive policy translates into is a concerted effort to urge foreign travelers to stay at more expensive government designated hotels.Following the nation's accession into the World Trade Organization metropolitan cities such as Beijing and Shanghai along with the country's most popular holiday destinations have eased their lodging restrictions to accommodate greater numbers of overseas tourists. But anyone intent on regional travel will be hard...
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Was it calamity or capitalism that caused the telecommunications blackout of an entire nation Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates. The Chinese Internet Crash of 2007 by Tom CarterIn late December of last year a 7.1 earthquake off the coast of Taiwan severely damaged Asias undersea fiber optic cables disrupting telecommunication circuits across the continent.China and Southeast Asia saw their communications capacity fall to between 2 and 10 percent and though a portion of service has since been rerouted to alternative fixed lines and suicidally slow satellite transmissions the P.R.C. has yet to fully recover from the technological aftershocks what Mainlanders are now referring to as the World Wide Wait.Repair status is conflicting with Chinese telecom officials publicly alternating between evasive the work is slow because of complicated conditions blameful the repairs are done by other companies we commissioned and unrealistically optimistic a few more days as quoted in the state run media.International news sources cite a more likely and longer completion date of early March for a return to full capacity perhaps due to what global news service AFP disturbingly reports as China relying on 19th century technology to fix a 21st century problem.In an effort to downplay the crisis China...
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Having trouble finding a hotel in China Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates why... NO FOREIGNERS ALLOWED By TOM CARTERAnyone who has spent time in the People's Republic of China is obviously aware of the sheer number of hotels and sundry boardinghouses located in even the smallest city.What patronizing Western travelers frequently encounter at the front desk however is a sudden expulsion by the proprietor conveying in Chinese that NO FOREIGNERS ARE ALLOWED What would compel a vacant guesthouse to turn away a paying guest into the night The answer is found in a longstanding police statute that prohibits the majority of...
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Was it calamity or capitalism that caused the telecommunications blackout of an entire nation Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates. The Chinese Internet Crash of 2007 by Tom CarterIn late December of last year a 7.1 earthquake off the coast of Taiwan severely damaged Asias undersea fiber optic cables disrupting telecommunication circuits across the continent.China and Southeast Asia saw their communications capacity fall to between 2 and 10 percent and though a portion of service has since been rerouted to alternative fixed lines and suicidally slow satellite transmissions the P.R.C. has yet to fully recover from the technological aftershocks what Mainlanders are...
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