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bd popeye · 05-04-2009

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Originally Posted by cmb=1968

Who are they going to fine the government bureaucrats running the provinces, or the smokers?

I have no clue.

I'm just guessing like everyone else.

Woodword · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by bd popeye

I have no clue.

I'm just guessing like everyone else.

No, not everyone is confused. I am not confused

Yes, I am a Chinese, I know what is going on about that picture. Unfortunately all the foregoing explanation are wrong.

OK. Let me tell you the truth (by the way, although I have been learning English for almost ten years, I still can not avoid all the syntax errors, so please excuse me for some grammatical mistakes)

The “officials in a county” mentioned in the picture is the government of Gong An county which is a small county in Hu Bei province. On May 4th , the government announced an official order to all of its branch departments and subordinate agencies. In the order, all the departments and agencies were told to smoke 460,000 packs cigarettes ( surprising ?) manufactured locally every year. So this is the point. Only the local-manufactured cigarettes can be consumed by local officials according to the order. In the opinions of most of the Chinese, the order announced by Gong An government is aimed to beat the tobacco industry of Hu Nan province which is an adjacent province to Hu Bei and to protect its own tobacco industry. Because the cigarettes from Hu Nan are better and cheaper. In 2008, nearly 6.25% of Gong An county’s total income was from local tobacco industry. So the government thinks if everyone smokes the cigarettes from Hu Nan, they would not get money.

SteelBird · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by cmb=1968

Who are they going to fine the government bureaucrats running the provinces, or the smokers?

I clicked last page of this thread and got confused. So, I clicked the page before last page to see what happened.

cmb, I really don't mean to criticize your English, but you better punctuate correctly, or it really confused. As I tried to understand you, your sentence should be: Who are they going to fine ? the government bureaucrats running the provinces, or the smokers?

Best regards,

A joke in Chinese for punctuation:
A mark says: 此路不通行不得在此小便
and somebody changed it like this: 此路不通, 行不得, 在此小便

Woodword · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by SteelBird

I clicked last page of this thread and got confused. So, I clicked the page before last page to see what happened.

cmb, I really don't mean to criticize your English, but you better punctuate correctly, or it really confused. As I tried to understand you, your sentence should be: Who are they going to fine ? the government bureaucrats running the provinces, or the smokers?

Best regards,

A joke in Chinese for punctuation:
A mark says: 此路不通行不得在此小便
and somebody changed it like this: 此路不通, 行不得, 在此小便

This reminds me another Chinese joke:
One day, while I was walking along the street, suddenly I saw a Chinese slogan “坦白从宽是犯罪”. I was shocked, but after I turned on the corner, I saw the rest of the slogan “分子的唯一出路”

bd popeye · 05-05-2009

Thanks for clearing things up woodward.. hard to imangine a government condoning cigatette smoking.

T-U-P · 05-05-2009

according to the media they decided to back down from the order
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China cigarette order up in smoke

even if it's for the sake of economy, the government shouldn't be making people smoke, locally produced or not. instead they should be setting good examples for a smoke free environment.

bd popeye · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by T-U-P

according to the media they decided to back down from the order
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China cigarette order up in smoke

even if it's for the sake of economy, the government shouldn't be making people smoke, locally produced or not. instead they should be setting good examples for a smoke free environment.

Agreed.^^.But I have to say in all of Asia no matter where you travel people smoke like chimneys.

Way too many photos on line of the China Vs Mexico row over the swine flu..

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05.04.2009 Hong Kong. Journalists wore masks as they waited behind a fence outside the Metropark hotel in Hong Kong where more than 300 people have been quarantined after a guest from Mexico became ill with swine flu.

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A convoy of vehicles carrying eight Mexican travelers depart from a sealed-off hotel to the airport after they were held under quarantine in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. A chartered Mexican plane arrived in the first of several Chinese cities Tuesday to collect about 70 Mexicans quarantined over swine flu fears in what their president denounced as discrimination and one stranded traveler compared to a kidnapping.

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Two Chinese men wait for a special ariplane to take them back to China due to the influenza A (H1N1) (swinw flu virus) epidemic, at Tijuana's airport in Baja California, Mexico, on May 5, 2009. A jet from Mexico arrived in China on Tuesday on a mission that includes stops in four Chinese cities to bring home dozens of Mexicans quarantined under strict swine flu measures. China, meanwhile, also sent a plane to Mexico to fetch 200 of its citizens stranded by the flu crisis there, China Southern Airlines said in a statement, after the two countries agreed to a repatriation deal

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Silver medalist Wang Liqin, gold medalist Wang Hao and bronze medalists Ma Lin and Ma Long (L-R) from China pose after the men's singles final match during the World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, south of Tokyo May 5, 2009.

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Guo Jingjing of China showers after diving at the women's 3m springboard diving semifinal at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 16, 2008. The world's most successful female diver Guo Jingjing will represent China during the upcoming FINA Diving Grand Prix, her first appearance since her gold medal performance at the Beijing Olympics, according to a report on May 5, 2009. Guo, 27, will appear at the Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale in the US from May 7, the China Sports Daily said, despite earlier reports that she planned to retire after the Beijing Games in August.

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Wei Yunfeng (top R), 66, a retired worker and pupils hold candles to mourn victims of the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake in front of a board commemorating the one-year anniversary of the disaster, at his home in Yuncheng, Shanxi province May 4, 2009. Wei made the board with more than 3200 bottle caps. The Chinese characters read, "China Wenchuan (epicenter of the earthquake)". Picture taken May 4, 2009.

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Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, of China, right, looks to make a pass while being defended by Los Angeles Lakers' Trevor Ariza during the first half of Game 1 of a second-round NBA playoff series in Los Angeles on Monday, May 4, 2009. Rockets won, 100-92.

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"The Best Job in the World" competition finalist Clare Wang of Taiwan poses after snorkelling near Hamilton Island, about 950km (590 miles) north of Brisbane, May 4, 2009. Wang is one of 16 finalists from 15 nations in the tourism promotion competition aimed at attracting visitors to Australia's northeast tropical state of Queensland. The winner will earn A$150,000 ($110,000) in the role of "Island Caretaker" on the Great Barrier Reef for six months. Picture taken May 4, 2009.

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CHENGDU, CHINA - MAY 5: (CHINA OUT) A dog injured in the Sichuan earthquake drinks water at the Home of Love Little Animal Protection Center on May 5, 2009 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. The Home of Love has organized a volunteer rescue team for excavation night days after the earthquake. The team has rescued over 150 dogs and cats in a month, and also the center housed over 300 little animals which were sent by quake survivors. Over 50 dogs without owner have been adopted from the center and others are being taken care at the home. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 4: (CHINA OUT) Ying Yeh, former vice-president of Eastman Kodak Company, talks as she is appointed as vice-president and Greater China chairman of water treatment and process improvement firm Nalco Company on May 4, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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CHENGDU, CHINA - MAY 4: (CHINA OUT) A child who was injured in the Sichuan earthquake, receives functional rehabilitation training at the rehabilitation centre of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital on May 4, 2009 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Around 226 people wounded in the earthquake have received medical care at the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital's rehabilitation centre, where 59 of them are still undergoing treatment. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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TAIWAN, CHINA - APRIL 30 Rosdenton spokesman Rosamund Kwan promotes a Rosdenton watch on April 30, 2009 in Taiwan, China. (Photo by Hu Zhiqin/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

Woodword · 05-05-2009

oh my god. Is this Rosamund Kwan the famous actress Guan Zhilin (I don’t know her English name) . She is so old.

bd popeye · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by Woodword

oh my god. Is this Rosamund Kwan the famous actress Guan Zhilin (I don’t know her English name) . She is so old.

Woodward , thank you for your comments in this thread.

How old is she? How old is "old" to you?

Nem116 · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by bd popeye

Woodward , thank you for your comments in this thread.

How old is she? How old is "old" to you?

according to wikipedia, she was born september 24, 1962. that makes her 46.

bd popeye · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by Nem116

according to wikipedia, she was born september 24, 1962. that makes her 46.

46? That's still young by todays standards. I'm 55..I ain't old..

Woodword · 05-05-2009

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Originally Posted by bd popeye

46? That's still young by todays standards. I'm 55..I ain't old..

I am sorry, I mean, maybe because of lights, angle or something else, in the picture she looks much older than I imagine, especially her cheeks.

bd popeye · 05-06-2009

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Originally Posted by Woodword

I am sorry, I mean, maybe because of lights, angle or something else, in the picture she looks much older than I imagine, especially her cheeks.

No big deal. She looks ok to me...

bd popeye · 05-06-2009

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Taiwan's top negotiator on China policy, Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman P.K. Chiang, speaks to reporters before a session on cross straits issues at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei May 6, 2009. Chiang, the architect of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's detente policy with long-time political rival China, has offered his resignation, saying his work of bringing peace to the two sides is done, a spokesman said. Chiang, 76, who met counterparts from Beijing three times since taking office a year ago and signed nine types of trade and transit deals with China, told the president on Monday he wanted to quit.

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'Best Job In The World' finalist Yao "Phoenix" Yi of China catches up on correspondence hours before the winner is announced on Hamilton Island in the Whitsunday Islands on May 6, 2009. The final 16 short-listed applicants for the position as caretaker of Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months come from 15 countries, range in age from 20 to 38, comprise 10 men and six women, and include students, journalists, TV presenters, photographers, a receptionist, radio DJ, teacher, charity event manager and an actress.

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Students practise playing musical instruments in preparation for a performance to mark the first anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake, at a temporary primary school in Qingchuan County, Sichuan province May 6, 2009. China will mark the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2009.

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Victims who lost their limbs during the Sichuan earthquake last year wait to receive free treatment at temporary site in Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 5, 2009. China will mark the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2009. Picture taken May 5, 2009.

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A group of criminals stand trial for tricking young Chinese girls into prostitution, in Beijing on May 5, 2009. Basically stamped out during the puritanical Mao Zedong era, prostitution flourishes in today's more open China, with estimates of the country's sex workers ranging as high as 10 million or more.

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Chinese police parade a group of drug traffickers caught with 82 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as ice, estimated to worth 1.86 million yuan (273,000 USD) in Yunnan, southwest China's Yunnan province on May 5, 2009. The traffickers were disguised as construction workers as they drove a bulldozer in from Myammar loaded with the drugs.

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A Chinese policeman checks a suspected device planted at an automated teller machine to record password numbers of bank customers, in Beijing on May 5, 2009. Economic experts fear a crime wave as China's 1.3 billion people struggle with the consequences of the global meltdown.

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A Russian World War II veteran and a Chinese businessman drink a toast to mark the upcoming Victory Day, in a Chinese restaurant in Vladivostok, Russia's Far Eastern port about 9,300 kilometers (some 5,750 miles) east of Moscow, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Chinese businessmen invited Russian World War II veterans to celebrate the anniversary of the World War II victory in a Chinese restaurant. Russia celebrates the anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.

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A woman exits a McDonald's fast food restaurant in Hong Kong on May 6, 2009. The former Hong Kong managing director of fast food giant McDonald's was jailed for four years and five months on May 6, 2009 for taking almost 300,000 USD in kickbacks from a supplie

Woodword · 05-06-2009

This guy is very very bad. His name is Weidong Hu (figure 2), and he deceived young grils by telling them he could make them be famous actress, but actually tricked them into prostitution (grils in figure 3 are two of the victims). His assisant Qiaoyi Sun (first on the right in figure 1) forced them to take video tapes when they "work", and threatened if grils called the police, they would spread the tapes on internet.

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