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Randy Cassingham s Blog: China Archives Enter your search terms ThisIsTrue.com Web Submit search form Randy Cassingham s Blog Historical Details and Author s Notes from This is True® - the First For-Profit E-mail Publication (and Still Going Strong). China Archives China: And Away We Go! Almost, at least: we leave Friday, but I wanted to get the itinerary posted for those of you who want to follow along. Kit and I leave for Hong Kong on Friday -- a bit early since Kit has some meetings there (hey: may as well while we re there!) and so I can meet our guide early and be sure everything will go as smoothly as possible. Continue reading "China: And Away We Go!" » Posted October 1, 2007 8:00 PM | Comments (6) Hello Hong Kong I ve never been to Asia before. One s first trip to the other side of the world can be pretty disorienting (no pun intended), but Hong Kong is a nice way to stick your toe in the water: so many people speak English, though our local guide says the younger someone is, the less likely they speak it very well. Too bad! Continue reading "Hello Hong Kong" » Posted October 8, 2007 8:00 PM | Comments (31) How to Spell Macao Kit and I (and quite a few other hotel consultants) took the jet ferry from Hong Kong to Macao, another "special administrative region" of China. As Hong Kong used to be a territory of the U.K., Macao was run by Portugal (for over 400 years), and it was also handed back over to China (in 1999; Hong Kong was handed back in 1997). Macao has long boasted one special feature: gambling -- so much so it was often known as "the Las Vegas of China", but it really fell behind the decadence of Las Vegas. Until recently. Continue reading "How to Spell Macao" » Posted October 10, 2007 10:30 PM | Comments (11) Health Care, Chinese Style A previous post mentioned Hong Kong s terrible smog (a word the Chinese don t seem to know, but they understand "air pollution". Another reader says...