Monthly Archives: April 2009

Guiyang travelogue

Posted on April 29, 2009 by kchew

Guizhou is the last of the five provinces in China that I am visiting during this trip. It has been described as one of the poorest province, with much of it mountainous and hilly, amd majority of the people from the … Continue reading →

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Zhuhai and Why the Export Slump Won’t Doom China’s Economy

Posted on April 25, 2009 by kchew

I have been staying in different locations every night, for the past few days. On Friday night, we slept in the night train that took us from Longyan to Guangzhou. We then took a bus ride to Zhuhai.   Zhuhai … Continue reading →

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Longyang and Yongding travelogue

Posted on April 25, 2009 by kchew

Thursday:  23 April Longyan (龙岩) is a rather large city.  Yongding (永定）happens to be a town under Longyan city administration and is about an hour drive away. There has been a lot of development in this part of Fujian that … Continue reading →

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Xiamen and Longyan travelogue

Posted on April 22, 2009 by kchew

One of the main tourist attraction in Xiamen is Gulangyu. It is a little island that is 5 minutes ferry ride away from Xiamen island. There is nothing of special interest for me in that island. It is the former … Continue reading →

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Xiamen – day 1

Posted on April 21, 2009 by kchew

Took a 45 minute taxi trip to Hangzhou airport from our hotel. The cost is 100 yuan. Flight arrangement at Hangzhou airport is efficient and easy – we just displayed our passport for boarding pass. Flight was about an hour long, … Continue reading →

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