Tuesday, December 4, 2007

8.19m affected in SW China flood

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 26
people and left 17 missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province since
Monday night, the local government said on Saturday.

July 8 - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at
least 26 people and left 17 missing in southwest China's Sichuan Province
since Monday night, the local government said on Saturday.
The disaster has affected 8.19 million people in 43 cites and counties
across the province, it said.
Over the past week, more than 44 reported rainfall volume exceeding 100
millimeters, with Nanjiang County the highest at 542 millimeters.
In Guang'an, a city in eastern Sichuan, the rain volume topped 200
millimeters, swelled local rivers and caused flooding of urban area.
In Quxian County, two-third of its districts were flooded, cutting water,
electricity and gas supply for 183,000 downtown households.
So far, 320,000 people in the flood-hit areas have been evacuated to safe
places and the rescue and relief work are still underway.
The flood also destroyed 20,000 houses and 3.6 million mu (240,000
hectares) crop land. Meanwhile, traffic was cut on 76 highways and 441 km
of electricity supply lines were damaged.
The total economic loss is estimated at three billion yuan (US$395
million).
The provincial meteorological bureau has forecast further rainstorms in
the next week in Bazhong, Guang'an and five other cities in eastern
Sichuan as well as some areas on the western plateau.
The neighboring Chongqing Municipality has also suffered from heavy rain
since Wednesday. The municipal meteorological bureau warned the public to
be aware of flood, landslide and mud-rock flow risks.
Meanwhile, forecasters have warned that the upper reaches of the Huaihe
River, which runs through east China, had reached critical levels.
So far, floods in south, east and central China had caused more than 200
deaths and destroyed over 110,000 houses while droughts in the north had
left at least 7.4 million people short of drinking water, according to
the flood and drought prevention authorities.

Monday, December 3, 2007

About Wind - Untitled Document

I met Maria at Modern English in Huai��an. And she was the only aged
woman I met who was still young at heart. As a young girl, I was
determined to become a woman young at heart, even when I became old. So
Maria could be the only person I should learn from. In China, it seemed
too hard to find a woman of this type. According to my observations, in
China, men or women would become very low-spirited after retiring from
their work. Most of them do not want to live actively, simply focusing
all their attention on their children. At least that was the state of
living of my own parents. Then what was the attitude of this Canadian
woman?

Maria was very open hearted. This was my first impression toward her. She
was dressed in a very comfortable style and had put on some cosmetics.
She always looked at me smilingly and encouragingly.
I seldom saw any old women putting on cosmetics. I thought they were too
old to use them. Though I was much younger, I was very fearful of getting
old. I even thought the day when I turned old, I would break all of my
mirrors to pieces, so that I would not see my wrinkles!
And how amazed I was! Maria had confidence in herself! And to tell the
truth, Maria looked more charming after putting on perfumed powders. I
even ignored her wrinkles and white hair!

Maria was born in London and she worked in Greece and Portugal as a
teacher. However, she spent most of her time in her home country, Canada.
In Canada, she used to live a mobile life. She said she loved the nature,
and she liked to camp in the wild forests. She would live in a gloomy
tent alone, watching the snow and listening to the lonely roars of the
beasts. As an aged woman, she remained a good traveler. With her strong
legs she traveled thousands of miles to China. Maria said that her next
destination could be Western China. She would keep on traveling, until
the day she was too exhausted to move a single step. To some extent, I
really admired Maria very much, because one of my relatives (also an old
woman) told me very decidedly: ��I just stay at home herding the cows all
my life! Nothing much outside! Everywhere is the same!�� However, in my
opinion, someone traveled around the world and someone just traveled
around her own house. How could these two kinds of lives be the same!

I really admired Maria very much. She told me she became a college
graduate at the age of 35. You know it sounded so strange in China. The
Chinese girls would be somewhat depressed if they were 27 or 28 years
old, because they were going to reach the age of 30 very soon. Thirty!
What a horrible number for a woman! And what if she was in her thirties?
She must graduate, find a good job and marry, or she would feel very
humiliated. Even me, an optimistic girl, would feel a little anxious on
my 25th birthday. But Maria, she told me she graduated at the age of 35!
Maria said before she went to college, she was a secretary. But she hated
that kind of monotonous life. So she made a determination to change the
course of her life. She said the most important moments in her life were
the day of commencement. And I was deeply moved. Why must women always
follow worldly prejudices? It is never too late to pursue dreams. Youth
is precious, but cannot be preserved forever. Only mature thoughts are
the life long treasures.

I could not find a single trace of unhappiness in Maria��s expression.
There was truth in her smiles. Maria��s philosophy of life was very
practical and simple. The point was she treated people well. And if
anyone did not treat her well, then let it be. She would never keep
grudges. Sounded simple but very hard to put into practice. It was hard
to be considerate and harder not hating anyone. Countless women were
involved in worldly struggles. Innocence and happiness are only for the
women who are truly open-minded.
There were also secrets in Maria��s success: ��Do what you want to do,
and never let failures stop you.�� It sounded simple but hard to follow.
Some people dislike their daily jobs. They might be very rich but they
never enjoyed the happiness of success. Some people never insisted upon
their ideals. Maria said now she was very happy, because she was
successful in her work. She was helping so many students to learn English
well.

I have met some obstinate old people. When I was standing by them, I was
always very respectful, never daring to speak out my own opinions. But in
my mind, I never appreciated this kind of authority. Maria was different.
Her expression was very lively and she seldom made any conclusions
absolutely. Maria liked China very much and she said China would change
the world. It was great for a westerner to look upon China this way! Many
other westerners revealed their arrogance when I spoke to them. Even some
Chinese look down upon China. But Maria said, she had visited some
Chinese families and she really admired them very much. Though these
families were not very rich, they were very happy. She said in the
western world, many people were not happy at all, though they had a lot
of money. They did not have harmonious families and they felt lonely all
the time. Then she added jokingly, as a foreign teacher, she did not earn
much money, but she was satisfied because her students loved her very
much.
This was Maria, an aged woman young at heart. When I get old, I will
remember her, so that I will be a woman young at heart, too.

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Barkhor, a circular street at the center of Old Lhasa, is the oldest
street in a very traditional city in Tibet. It is a place where Tibetan
culture, economy, religion and arts assemble and a place to which a visit
must be paid.

It has been said that in the seventh century Songtsen Gampo, the first
Tibetan King (617 - 650) who unified Tibet, married Chinese Princess
Wencheng and Nepal princess Tritsun. Later Princess Tritsun built Jokhang
Temple to accommodate the twelve-year-old Jowo Sakyamuni, brought to
Tibet by Princess Wencheng.

Barkhor is the road which pilgrims tramped out around Jokhang Temple
through centuries. Buddhist pilgrims walk or progress by body-lengths
along the street clockwise every day into deep night. Most of Lhasa's
floating population is comprised of these pilgrims. The pilgrims walk
outside four columns on which colorful scripture streamers are hung, a
custom which began in the Tubo period (633-877) as a way to show respect.

To the west of the north street of Barkhor, in front of a juniper hearth,
the annual ceremony to hail Maitreya (Buddha of the Future) is held.
Tibetans pray before the hearth to expect fortune in the next year. A
yamun, which used to be the office of a Lhasa magistrate, squats nearby.
A small lane leads northward to a nearby market, the oldest market in
Lhasa. The pantheon of the three story temple built during the Tubo
period retains its Tubo architecture after many renovatioins. It was said
that characters used in Tibetan writing were invented in the temple.

Barkhor, the sacred pilgrim path, is also a marketplace where shaggy
nomads, traders, robed monks and chanting pilgrims join together.
Clustered shops and stalls sell printed scriptures, cloth prayer flags
and other religious vessels, jewelry, Tibetan knives, ancient coins and
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Jokhang Temple
At the center of the old Lhasa.
Jokhang Temple is the spiritual center of Tibet.  Pictures

Norbulingka (the Summer Palace)
Norbulingka, meaning "Treasure Park", was first built in the 1740s.
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One of the three largest monasteries of Gelugpa, sits at the foothills of
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Heavenly Lake Namtso
Located near Damxung.
It's the highest saltwater lake in the world and the second largest
saltwater lake in China.  Pictures

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Ngari Region

Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarova
Mt. Kailash and Lake Manasarova in the region of Purang are the "Sacred
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Ruins of Guge Kingdom
The ruins lie on a hilltop near a river and cover 180,000 square meters.
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Originating from a glacier on the northern Himalayas, is the highest
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Samye Monastery
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Palkhor Monastery
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Built as a Tibetan monastery, its structural style is very unique.
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Mt. Everest
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General Introduction

Acquired as the largest and most advanced airlines in China, Air China
Limited was first set up in 1988 and the present company was formed in
2004 by amalgamating with China National Aviation Company and China
Southwest Airlines. The logo of Air China is a red phoenix in the shape
of ' VIP'. Phoenix is said to be a lucky bird in Chinese legendary which
will bring good luck and brightness to the land it flies to. Recognized
as the most valuable airlines brand in China, Air China is the only
airlines in China that is permitted to carry a national flag on
airframes. In addition, Air China is responsible of providing services
for foreign visits of Chinese national leaders and special planes for
important foreign guests. Headquartered in Beijing, it has seven
branches, two bases and several subordinate factories in China. In
August, 2004, it was appointed to be the only airline partner of 2008
Beijing Olympics. By the end of December, 2005, Air China has owned 176
Boeing and Air Bus-styled planes which reach 22 countries and regions in
the world, including 36 foreign cities and 70 domestic cities with 4,160
scheduled flights every week.

International Services Operated by CA

Asia

Country Short form City
Japan Japan Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka
The Republic of Korea Korea Seoul, Pusan
The State of Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait City
The State of Mongolia Mongolia Ulan Bator
The Union of Myanmar Myanmar Rangoon
The Kingdom of Nepal Nepal Katmandu
Palestine Palestine Karachi
Singapore Singapore Singapore
The Kingdom of Thailand Thailand Bangkok, Phuket

Note: China Airlines operates scheduled flights to Hong Kong and Macau

Oceania

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Australia Australia Sydney , Melbourne

North America

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Canada Canada Vancouver
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The Republic of Austria Austria Vienna
The Kingdom of Denmark Denmark Copenhagen
The Republic of Finland Finland Helsinki
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The Federal Republic of Germany Germany Frankfurt
The Republic of Italy Italy Rome
The Kingdom of Sweden Sweden Stockholm
The Swiss Confederation Swiss Zurich
The Russia Federation Russia Moscow
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United
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Extensively distributed computer systems and adequate cargo planes make
your goods arrive at the destination timely and safely. The freight
computer system has a wide coverage from offices in Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Dalian and Tianjin to offices in New York, Tokyo, Singapore,
Frankfurt, and Rome etc. Having four 747-400 passenger-cargo mixed
aircrafts and 60 B74, B767, A340, the company is sufficiently able of
taking your cargo to the destination universally. Furthermore, the
company has the management rights of some international cargo air routes
from Beijing, Shanghai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago,
Portland in the USA, Frankfurt in Germany, Paris in France and London of
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2. Unaccompanied Children

This is a new kind service by Air China which enables children travels
without accompanies. Any child from 5 to 12 years old can choose this
service which greatly relieves worries and burdens of their parents.
Every summer and winter holiday, a large member of children benefit from
this service.

3. Phones on the Plane

Inserting the SIM card into the phone on the plane, you can get through
anywhere in the world. The charge is counted automatically by a computer
system. Designed particularly for airborne use, this kind of phone will
not disturb the Hertzian waves when flying.

4. New First Class and Business Class

In order to cater to different customers' needs, Air China has improved
the first and business class on Boeing 747 and Air Bus 340. With
independent cabin shielded by boards, the first class provides you more
private space. The seat, can be leveled, presents you a 190
centimeter-long and 70 centimeter-wide bed for rest. Business Class seat
boasts an angle of incidence as high as 170. New entertainment system on
both classes includes 10.4-inch TV sets, over 60 films, 98 CDs and series
of online games. Besides, you don't have to worry about your notebook PC
because 100W-multiple-system power connections make it possible to use it
on the plane.

Customer Service

Toll free hotline: 8008101111(only in Beijing
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