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According to the morning report, he construction of plazas at the entrances of the phase one stations on Beijing Subway Line 10 will complete in early May.

It is reported that because of the plaze construction, eight bus station will be relocated.

The 21 station plazas will center on one of four functions: transit, shopping and commerce, travel and leisure services, and residential.

The subway line’s phase one plan also includes the construction of parking lots at four stations that will accommodate a total of 377 cars. The Bagou Station parking lot will have room for 150 cars, Anzhenmen Station’s 100 cars, Shaoyaoju Station’s 50 cars and Shuangjing Station’s 77 cars.

In addition, all of the line’s stations, excluding Chuhujialou Station and Guomao Station, will have a bicycle parking area.

Wang Jianshuo’s blog is one of the most popular in China, attracting some 50,000 visitors a day.
He’s been running his blog for the last three years, and has been featured in the New York Times, the BBC and MSNBC.

Formerly a Microsoft employee, Wang says the popularity of his blog has turned him from an ordinary person into a reporter. “It’s just like a daily newspaper. Every day it should be updated, because tens of thousands of readers are expecting it, and you just can’t stop.” So every day when he finishes his work at around midnight, he spends at least half an hour writing his Blog.

Wang says making the Blog keeps him attentive during the day. For example, during SARS in 2003, he kept up to date on the SARS crisis by quizzing taxi drivers about what they had heard, and he says the experience forced him to keep on thinking, exploring and recording what he experienced. He also says his blog has brought him into contact with interesting people from all over the world who have in turn given him ideas for his blog. A reader from the USA suggested he visit every Starbucks in Beijing and report about the experience, which is exactly what he plans to do.

The first Blog dates back to 1998 and the first pages were generally reviews of other websites. But blogs have come a long way since then, and now includes links to other websites, comments, news, diary, photos, poems and fiction.

It is estimated there are between 500,000 and 1 million bloggers today worldwide, and although still insignificant compared with the 300 million internet users, the bloggers’ influence has already exploded.

Wang Jianshuo’s blog has been running since Sep, 11 2002. He writes in English, and targets foreigners who he thinks has little access to information in China.

“In China, its rare to find information about daily life that foreigners can understand. In my Blog, I attempt to provide this kind of information, from the viewpoint of a local, which will attract these people.”

Wang says communication is more important than everything else, and says he once posted an article and several pictures about Shanghai Pudong Airport, which attracted a large number of visitors. He has also put up posts on taxis in Shanghai, SARS, the new train from Beijing to Shanghai, and trips to Beijing. And wherever he goes, he brings his digital camera with him. According to Wang, being personal in your blog is the key to success. Among his readers, he gets most responses from an old lady from California. She once told him that without his blog, she would never care about problems in Shanghai. But now as everything that happens in Shanghai influences someone she knows, she feels very differently about the city and its challenges.
(Source CRI)

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Very soon, the greetings we exchange with each other may actually change from “How are you today?” to “Have you blogged today?”. That’s how some people are describing the speed at which Internet blogging is invading our lives. And now, the trend has even gone on to infect celebrities. Today, let’s follow the footsteps of China’s most popular celebrity blogger, Xu Jinglei. CRI reporter Wang Jing has more.

Xu Jinglei is regarded by many to be China’s most intellectual actress. From acting to directing and writing, it seems she’s always finding ways to speak out on what she wants to say. And she’s certainly been successful in attracting enough listeners. Her internet blog on sina.com has received a reported 10 million clicks, only 4 months since her entries began being posted.

So what exactly does Xu Jinglei write about in her journal online? Well, sometimes she writes about her daily life, sometimes about her work and her new film, and sometimes about showbiz news, for example, the recent dispute between director Chen Kaige and digital video maker Hu Ge. She updates her online diary everyday, sometimes even posting pictures of herself, most of which are not about the glamorous actress on stage, but about her ordinary life. She says she doesn’t want to make a distinction between the online diaries of celebrities and ordinary people.

“I don’t make a distinction between photos from my celebrity life or my very normal personal life. Because I don’t think I’m any different than anyone else. Sometimes I like to take a picture of myself with my mobile phone. Sometimes I’ll capture my friends around me. I upload them all on to the internet.”

Perhaps lured by the celebrity’s personal world, or maybe touched by her candid way of writing, web surfers are flocking to read Xu Jinglei’s blog, and each article is receiving thousands of comments at least. Xu Jinglei says she didn’t expect her blog to be so popular, but those comments are exactly the reason why she loves blogging so much.

“I love to read the comments to my articles. Not because they’re all positive, but because they’re true. For example, if an acquaintance tells me he loves my movie, he might just be flattering or comforting to me. But people tend to be very straight-forward on the internet, because we don’t know each other.”

Xu Jinglei’s strength in writing is a big reason why her blog has been so popular. And a celebrity commenting on the show-biz world is another great attraction. But some internet analysts say the biggest reason for her online popularity is that there’s no pretence in her articles, and that unlike some other famous people, she tries to be true to life and to herself.

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I lived here before the Spring Festival in 2008. I rent this house.

According to the news, Fast food chain KFC will increase its prices. The increase will be about  0.5 to 1.5 yuan for its certain products such as hamburger, beverage and breakfast in China.

This is the first time the fast food chain has raised its price this year. Another major fast food chain, MacDonald’s, raised prices of some of its product in January following another round of hikes last October.

Do you think its worth for a hamberger cost 13.5 yuan? Maybe for most of the peopele, its not, so do i.

But the truth is that all the food price have been increased. The National Bureau of Statistics in January said the consumer price index went up by 4.8 percent in 2007. Food prices, which went up 12.3 percent, are the main reason for the overall high inflation rate. Food prices last month rose by a whopping 23.3 percent.

The below photos are about the first snow in Beijing i took on 2007-12-10.

For a traveller, the most important thing for him is  not the money or luggage, it is the passport. Am i right? Unfortunately, if you lost your passport, what should you do? Don’t worry, the text below will help you:

1. If you lose your passport, you should report the loss to the consulate at once. (TEL: 86-10-6532-6775~6)

2. Report the loss to the security police.

3. The consulate will confirm your identity and report to you.

4. You will have a simple interview with the consulate, and you will be informed of a re issuance date.

5. Finally, your passport will be reissued. Required documents: – An application for re issuance of your passport, 3 applications referring to your identity – Identification,

6 passport photos It is best to keep your passport in your pocket and use care in handling this document, as it can be very time consuming to have your passport reissued. The rise of crime in passport transactions makes their re issuance more and more difficult. Students with verifiable identification may be able to have their passports reissued in a shorter time. Even so, it usually takes 2 months!

There are so many interesting things in the Chinese market, do you want buy something as gift for your family members or for yourself? I think the answer must be yes. Then do you know how to bargain in Beijing? May be the answer is no this time. If you want to buy something in Beijing, learn how to bargain will both save your money and accumulate your shopping experience. Below is the answer for the question in the title. You can take for a reference.

Bargaining is the rule here in Beijing. At least, at the many markets and back-street clothes stalls. Bargaining is an art and if you are unfamiliar with it we’d like to offer you some advice. The tips here are Beijing specific but may help you at any place in the world where bargaining is practiced. DO NOT say how much you want to pay for an item unless its near the end of the process. Always try and drop the seller’s offering price as much as possible before opening your mouth with a price. DO throw out really low prices like 10 RMB as long as you have a big smile. DO keep smiling throughout. The seller is much more likely to continue bargaining with a happy smiling face. Getting angry rarely gets you the price you want. BE AWARE the initial price offered by the seller is usually at least 40% over the general price acceptable. It can be up to 500% over. DO have an idea of what the item is worth. You can ask Chinese friends, hotel staff, ex-pats or look at our rough guide below. This is very general and is based on a market like Xiu Shui. You may not be able to get the lowest prices stated at Xiu Shui, especially on a weekend when there are lots of tourists around. DO walk away once you’ve given them your final price, even before. If you get called back, you know you are close. If you do not get called back, go to a similar stall and try again with a slightly higher price.