"'There are perhaps 38% men to 62% women here [Vladivostok],' says Viktoria, a translator who speaks exquisite English. 'Many girls go to China and Korea to look for husbands. Chinese men come here, too, looking for wives. It is a kind of necessity,' she adds.
"According to my old pal, the Moscow TV journalist Vladimir Pozner, 'Russians and Americans had a certain feeling that each was the great "Other," if only because you had the Wild West, and we had the Wild East.'
Note:
(a) Vladivostok http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok
(situated at the head of the Golden Horn Bay; The name Vladivostok loosely translates from Russian as "Overlord of the East", a name similar to Vladikavkaz which means "Overlord of the Caucasus")
One has to see a map to know Golden Horn Bay, which connects with Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan.
Note:
(a) 悠仁 親王 Prince Hisahito http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hisahito
(the third child of the Prince [ 文仁 親王, second son of the Emperor Akihito 明仁 天皇] and Princess Akishino, and their only son)
(b)眞子 内親王 Princess Mako of Akishino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mako_of_Akishino
(born 23 October 1991; the older daughter of Prince Akishino (Fumihito) and Princess Akishino (Kiko))
内 親王 nai shinnō (n): "imperial princess; royal princess"
Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionary
(c) 藤村 修 Osamu FUJIMURA
(d) 皇室 典範 (pronunciation: koshitsu tenpan): Imperial Household Law
My comment: According to Indian news media,
(a) The border talk between China and India was to be held Nov 27-28.
(b) World Buddhist Conference will be held Nov 27-30 in New Delhi. The Dalai Lama is scheduled to deliver valedictory address at the closing ceremony on Nov 30.
(c) Sandeep Dikshit, Dalai Lama's Delhi Programme Behind Border Talks Postponement. The Hindu, Nov 27, 2011
("The Chinese, said [India's] government sources, wanted to avoid a repeat of the incident in March 2008 when a group of Tibetans entered the compound of their embassy here around the time the Dalai Lama was visiting the national capital. The Chinese embassy in Vienna was the only other mission that was breached in near-simultaneous attempts to enter in many national capitals.")
(d) The talk was "postponed" or "put off."
However, both VOA Chinese (above) and English say the talk was "off" (title) or "canceled."
Note: 里海 Caspian Sea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea
(the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area; has a salinity of approximately 1.2%, about a third the salinity of most seawater; The word Caspian is derived from the name of the Caspi (Persian: کاسپی), an ancient people that lived to the south west of the sea)