Los Angeles Times (3)

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(1) David Pierson, China's Embattled Cabbies Highlight Working Class Struggles. Los Angeles Times, Aug 26, 2011.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/08/woe-is-the-taxi-driver-in-chinathe-roads-are-clogged-with-about-40000-new-cars-a-day-the-price-of-gasoline-has-doubled.html

Quote:

"Beijing taxis charge about $1.50 for an initial three kilometers (1.86 miles). Fuel surcharges of about 30 cents are added after a certain distance. By comparison, New York City cabs start at $2.50 for the first one-fifth mile before entering a byzantine pricing matrix.

"The problem for Beijing drivers is that they make their money on distance, not time. Sitting in the capital’s choked roads stifles their profits. * * * Fuel prices in China have more than doubled in the last five years to $4.63 a gallon

(2) Barbara Demick, Hospital in China fFends off Angry Mob. Los Angeles Times, Aug 26, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-hospital-20110825,0,3651747.story

My comment: Please read only the first and last three paragraphs; nothing new in the rest.

(3) Barbara Demick, China's Uighur Petitioners Face Abuse in Beijing. Los Angeles Times, Aug 22, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-uighurs-20110812,0,7870194.story
("Uighurs in Beijing are unable to stay in hotels or lease apartments in Beijing because of local regulations, unpublished but widely known, that prohibit renting to people with Xinjiang identity cards")

Note:
(a) For flatbread "nan", see naan 南饼
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan  
(section 1 Etymology)
(b) Hucheng River/ the Second Ring Road  护城河/ 二环路
(c) Bureau of Letters and Calls  国家信访局

(4) Jonathan Kaiman, Golf Construction Is Booming in China, Though It's Banned. Los Angeles Times, Aug 19, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-golf-20110819,0,7806897.story

Note:
(a) Citee Golf Club  西谛桃源俱乐部
(b)
(i) kelly green (n; from the common Irish name Kelly; from the association of Ireland with the color green; First Known Use: circa 1927):
"a strong yellowish green"
www.m-w.com
(ii) variations of green
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_green#Kelly_green
(section 4.16 Kelly green: illustration)


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