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	<title>Qingdao China Journal &#187; Life &amp; Living Essentials</title>
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		<title>Living In Qingdao &#8211; June 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Qingdao has changed over the last decade, from a quaint local tourist destination, to an international coastal business mecca.   Although the environment as a whole is definably cleaner and more suitable to the western lifestyle similar to Beijing and Shanghai, industrialization does take its toll and can be seen in the annual green-blue alga bloom that started in 2008 prior to the Qingdao sailing events of the Olympic games; its causes include excessive raw sewage and pesticide/fertilizer run off.
The city has grown rapidly in recent years, the small town ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Train That Never Stops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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A brilliant new Chinese train innovation &#8211; get on &#38; off the bullet train without the train stopping.  No time is wasted.  The high speed train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Qingdao, Beijing and Guangzhou, just stopping and accelerating again at each station will waste both energy and time.   A mere 5 minute stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) will result in a  total loss of 5 minutes x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!
Useful Links:
Qingdao ...]]></description>
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		<title>Four Seasons Shopping Mall</title>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2010/05/four-seasons-shopping-mall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 03:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Four Seasons Shopping Mall from Hong Kong will enter Qingdao in 2011.  Yongchang Group, the development company, has signed a contract with the Four Seasons Group of Hong Kong.
Qingdao now has three Hong Kong-owned shopping malls&#8211;Lifu International, Damuzhi Square and Four Season, the first one was purchased and the second has been under construction. The Damuzhi Square will be completed in 2012
The Four Seasons Shopping Mall will be located in Jimo World Trade Building, which is part of the World Trade Business Center project.  In the first quarter of 2010, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Qingdao Marina City &#8211; Shopping Plaza</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qingdao International Marina Shopping Plaza (Marina City), located adjacent to the Qingdao International Marina &#38; Olympic Sailing Center (OSC), will open April 16th, 2010.  Opening events will include Ice Skating, Ferrari, and Harley Davidson Motorcycle exhibitions.
Useful Qingdao Maps:
Medical &#38; Dental Care
Restaurants, Cafes, &#38; Bakeries
Bus, Ferries, &#38; Train Stations
Bars, Clubs, KTVs
Sailing  in Qingdao
Popular Businesses in Marina City:
Dairy Queen (DQ), Starbucks Coffee,  HeLv Rotary Sushi, Watsons, Coodoo, Tong Ren Tang Medical Store, Mcdonald, BHG Market Place, SIYO Rink, Broadway Cinema City, H&#38;M, ZARA, Hush Puppies, Harley-Davidson, Lenux and Replay.
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		<title>Significant increase in A/H1N1 cases</title>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2009/12/china-h1n1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese mainland saw a rapid increase in A/H1N1 cases that resulted in death in the past few weeks, according to the Ministry of Health.
Disease experts predict the A/H1N1 virus will peak in the coming months.  The Chinese government has expanded its A/H1N1 vaccination priority group to include pregnant women, migrant workers, and high risk professions such as butchers/veterinarians who may be in contact with infected dogs or pigs.
As the A/H1N1 virus continues to infect a growing number of animal species, the disease becomes more wide spread and increases the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas shopping on the cheap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home sickness is setting in the closer an expat gets to Christmas.   You wake up one day, realizing the Qingdaonese are celebrating, and you haven&#8217;t even cleaned your flat yet.   The big department stores including but not limited to Jusco, Carrefour, Sunshine Plaza, Hisense Plaza, and Metro are selling some Christmas items at sky high prices.   Jusco has a nice supply of Christmas Cards on the second floor.   Sending a Christmas card from China means a lot to those loved ones back home.  Qingdao has ...]]></description>
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		<title>IMAX banks on China for growth</title>
		<link>http://blog.qingdaochinaguide.com/2009/12/imax-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMAX Corp, Giant-screen movie operator, said on Tuesday that it was in talks with at least five film companies in mainland China as the company moves to make its presence in Asia permanent.
&#8220;The U.S. has 300 million people with 35,000 screens. China has 1.3 billion people and 4,000 screens, the opportunity speaks for itself,&#8221; chairman and president of Filmed Entertainment Greg Foster told Reuters in an interview.
IMAX announced a film deal with China&#8217;s biggest studio (Huayi Brothers), for IMAX&#8217;s first foreign language flick, &#8220;Aftershock,&#8221;  which is scheduled for release ...]]></description>
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