Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Can you read Chinese?

The 57 ru!e$ for the 0LYmp!c$ are published today. Interesting though, you need to learn the native language in order to understand them. The English website does not have the equivalent; I guess someone has forgotten that only less than 1 billion people can read this hieroglyphics. Maybe there will be a translation tomorrow; but this publication with one-language only really makes foreign newspaper having fun to yet another blunder of the commies. I am reading this hieroglyphics, very interesting rules. These rules at times are in a Q & A form. For example: Can foreigner hire a Chinese lawyer? Answer: yes, a foreigner can hire a Chinese lawyer. OK, so where do I find one? Another one is, Which group of people are not allowed into China? Answer: (the website has provided a list, an example is:) People that has mental illness, leprosy, TB or STD. Ummm... since everyone needs to apply for a visa, wouldn't applicants be screened out during the Visa application process at the consulates around the world? Another one: If your passport is lost, you must first go to the area's police station to report the lost, then to the Immigration office or the city's resident monitoring office to do a second report. You have to provide the time, location, how you lost it, passport number, expiry date. Well, if I lost it, do you think I know how I lost it and the location? Better have your passport number and expiry date memorized! Most rules listed are pretty much the same as existing rules anyway. So, no big deals.

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