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Besides whiskey, Ireland exporting its pubs
The sky is performing its usual routine — an ever-changing mix of clouds and sunshine — as I catch up with a couple of friends at a pub a few miles south of Dublin.
The sun pouring through the leaded-glass windows warms our souls nearly as...Tags: Italy, Hotels and Accommodations, Dublin (Ireland), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Bars and Clubs
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Understanding China begins with a look at Mao
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShaoshan, China Like visitors at George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon, Va., people come to Shaoshan village deep in the heart of China to remember and teach their children about their national hero. He launched the Long March, an estimated 3,750-...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Pearl S. Buck, Rivers, New Products, Bodies of Water
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Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke takes new approach with '24 City.'
Special to The TimesCANNES, France -- By necessity, Jia Zhang-ke is a filmmaker who responds to current events with the instincts of a newshound. Not only is the 38-year-old director the most prominent Chinese filmmaker of his generation, he also has come to assume the...Tags: Joan Chen, 2016 Olympic Games, Employees, Film Festivals, Career and Workplace
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Planning your trip to Mao's China
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE BEST WAY From LAX, Air China and China Eastern have nonstop flights to Beijing. Cathay Pacific, United, All Nippon Airways, JAL, Korean, Northwest and Asiana have connecting flights (change of plane). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $750....Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Changsha (China), Beijing (China), China
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Traveling in China? Have a Plan B
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWe arrived at the north train station in this central Chinese city at 12:25 p.m. on a Thursday, five minutes before our scheduled departure. The ticket lines were so long they spilled out of the building. In a similar situation in Anhui province a couple...Tags: China, Beijing (China), Mini, Chongqing (China), Transportation
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People's Party Animals
Times Staff WriterCHENGDU, China — It's past midnight on a cold, wet Tuesday and the MGM club is hopping. Scantily dressed women stand behind a large circular bar, playing dice with customers to see who will take the next drink. Disco balls twirl from the mushroom-...Tags: Motorola, Inc., Natural Disasters, Bars and Clubs, Science and Technology, The Happiest News!
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A Journey to Fill In the Blanks
Times Staff Writer"Is that your mom?" The puzzled second-grader looked from my face to my daughter's, back to mine and then again to my child's — struggling to reconcile my pale features and blond hair with Nora's tawny skin, dark brown mane and almond-shaped eyes....Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Xi'an (China), School Examinations, Nanjing (China), Adoption
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China Teeters on Edge of Civil War as Rival Forces Mobilize
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersBEIJING -- China teetered this morning on the edge of civil war, with troops presumed loyal to hard-line President Yang Shangkun in control of central Beijing but positioned defensively at strategic points in apparent anticipation of attack by rival...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Firearms, Coup d'Etat, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace
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Foreign investment guidelines for China's central and western regions issued
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkBEIJING (China Daily/ANN) -- China's top economic planning agency has revised its policy guidelines to encourage more foreign investment into the industrial upgrade of the country's central and western regions. The new guidelines, which will become...Tags: China, Media Industry, Marketing, Economy, Business and Finance, Germany
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Pinellas' idyllic beaches could appeal to China's travel boom
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Sand like sugar. Skies as blue as cornflowers. Waves of gentle turquoise. That idyllic portrait of the Pinellas beaches is one that D.T. Minich has painted all over Europe and South America. Last week the Pinellas County tourism chief introduced the...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Saint Petersberg (Russia), Gardens and Parks, Entertainment
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Windsor Mill man pleads guilty in Chinese software piracy case
A Windsor Mill man, a former NASA employee, has pleaded guilty in Delaware federal court to buying more than a million dollars' worth of pirated software from black-market Chinese vendors who themselves were indicted Wednesday in federal court in...Tags: NASA, Software Industry, Employees, Space Programs, Science and Technology
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Chinese students make pitstop at ECC on 3-week tour
TribLocal - Elgin ยป NewsThe hallways were mostly quiet at Elgin Community College last week except for the 51 energetic students from China who weaved in and out of …...
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