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  • in reply to: Apartment Recommendations? #42900
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    I would say for that much try Ascott Raffles City.  Beautiful serviced apartments .

    http://www2.the-ascott.com/en/china/chengdu/ascott_raffles_city_chengdu.html

    in reply to: Looking for Retro Game Consoles #42860
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    I spent yesterday afternoon in bed playing RE4

    in reply to: Hiring English Teachers in Chengdu #42793
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    Aston English 100rmb an hour…. must be the lowest payer in Chengdu.

    in reply to: Looking for Retro Game Consoles #42756
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    I have a n64 emulator on my wii via homebrew. I only play Golden Eye and Wayne Gretzky Ice Hockey.

    in reply to: YouTube Video Thread #42629
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    Don’t play this in work

    in reply to: Astrill Connection Problems? #42533
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    Just wondering which servers people connect to?  I find Taiwan HK1 HK2 and Romania are the best for me.

    in reply to: Collecting Old Photos of Hemp House #42335
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    Just add to comments and I will copy them. Thx

    in reply to: The Clubhouse – International Sports Club #42308
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    Bourbon & Gambling

    Starting to remind me of a certain club in Atlantic City

    in reply to: Quarantine and Airport Control in Chengdu #42307
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    Apparently it’s the PSB policy not Sichuan Uni, but I know how the Uni loves their BS.

    in reply to: Quarantine and Airport Control in Chengdu #42289
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    I got the same email this morning I thought it was a joke at first.

    How on earth are they going to lock people in their apartments? Police on the doors.. Imagine if the other tenants in the building find out.

    They might pay you for three weeks…So that’s the only benefit.

    Typical China quarantine a whole continent.

    in reply to: Thousands Fleeing the United States #42094
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    I posted the above to prove a point that most crime stats are either false or manipulated and that there is so much conflicting information on the internet. Look at the work Mark Fazlollah did regarding crime stats. Every city has it’s rough areas. Also governments love stats and surveys. In the city and country I grew up Liverpool/England. I would say that crimes like burglary etc have gone down, but the crimes that are committed seem to be more violent especially among the youth. Also a lot of people nowadays don’t even report minor crimes.

    in reply to: Problems Getting Petrol for Motorbikes #42074
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    If you want to buy a Petrol Can you have to buy it from the police station with your license. The reason is because of the amount of self immolations,suicides on buses and the old Xinchang problem.

    in reply to: Thousands Fleeing the United States #42070
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    #1) The city of Detroit, Michigan literally looks like a war zone and violent crime is thriving. So far this year in Detroit, car thefts are up 83%, robberies are up 50%, burglaries are up 20% and property destruction is up 42%.

    #2) Lawmakers in Illinois say that violence has become so rampant in Chicago that the National Guard needs to be sent in. In just one night last week seven people were killed and 18 were wounded – mostly by gunfire. In fact, there have already been 113 murders in Chicago this year.

    #3) The city of Phoenix, Arizona has become the car theft capital of the world as millions of illegal aliens who can’t get work have found that stealing cars can be very profitable indeed.

    #4) There are approximately 12 million crimes committed in the United States every single year. That is by far the worst in the world. No other nation has more than about 6 million reported crimes per year.

    #5) In New York City, the number of homicides in the first quarter of the year had shot up by approximately 22 percent compared with 2009.

    #6) U.S. prisons are already bursting at the seams. As you read this, there are over 2.2 million people in prison in the United States. In fact, America leads the world in the number of prisoners and in the percentage of the population in prison. The United States has 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population.

    #7) U.S. law enforcement authorities claim that there are now over 1 million members of criminal gangs inside the country. These 1 million gang members are responsible for up to 80% of the crimes committed in the United States each year.

    #8) There are over 100,000 rapes in the United States every single year. That is the highest number for any of the countries in the United Nations.

    #9) According to USA Today, 58% of state and local law enforcement agencies in the United States reported that violent criminal gangs were active in their areas in 2008. That was up from 45% in 2004.

    #10) Every year, one out of every five people is a victim of a crime in the United States. No other nation on earth has a rate that is higher.

    in reply to: Problems Getting Petrol for Motorbikes #42069
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    The only way to get petrol can now is via the police station with your license.  I definitely think it’s more than two weeks.  They have been confiscating motorbikes everyday on the road from Longquanyi and Flower Town.

    in reply to: YouTube Video Thread #41993
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    I just realized this is The China Dream
    http://youtu.be/rGnH6JPsv7E

    in reply to: Problems Getting Petrol for Motorbikes #41964
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    Sorry I meant plates not license.  I have had no problems for four years until this week.  I also met a guy yesterday at the mechanics who has also had the same issue.  I got refused opposite Sinopec Wanda 2nd Ring road south,  Yulin Xi Lu and another one towards flower town.

    in reply to: Chengdu Alleycat — Free bike race #41954
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    They got MJ’s colour right.

    in reply to: Smart Air Workshop, Sunday @ Bookworm #41929
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    in reply to: Beer Nest II Opening: August 15-17 #41924
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    Nice one Dieter

    What kind of food will you offer?

    in reply to: Disk Golf Courses in Chengdu? #41660
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    We do usually have a couple of Frolf tournaments every year, not linked to the Chengdu frisbee team.  I’m sure we will have another one around September, but beware it involves a lot of beer.

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