Posted on 06/09/2006 8:01:12 AM PDT by BJungNan
U.S. Citizens Living in China Warned of Possible Terrorist Threat
GoGov.com - June 9, 2006
In what has generally been considered a safe place for Americans overseas, U.S. citizens living in China are being warned of possible terrorist attacks by the U.S. State Department.
SNIP...
The most serious past warnings were issued when the U.S. bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. The U.S. called the incident an accident but many Chinese believed it was intentional, leading to open hospitality towards Americans
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China was sharing intel with the serbs and thought the US would do nothing about it. They thought wrong.
Your post was cut off. Are you in China?
Sorry...No, not at present. I'm in the U.S.
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Methinks the weblogger is not a native english speaker. Or a really bad typist.
Undoubtedly intended to say the Embassy bombing led to open hostility towards Americans.
Substantively, this is unusual in its timing. Is the Chinese secret police being tasked with whipping something up against us? Does anyone have a clue what's going on? Despite numerous covert links between Beijing, Saddam's Iraq, Iran and Bin Laden, the country itself isn't a hot-bed of Al-Queda after all.
The State Department is conducting terrorist attacks?
Methinks some reporter needs to work on sentence structure.
As I have coworkers travelling to China tomorrow, I'd like to find something on the State Dept website but seem unable to find anything current.
Do you or anyone have the official announcement from State?
Methinks you need to learn to type faster!
Shades of the Big STick!!
"Walk softly & carry a big stick"
Like abstinence, works everytime!!
gogov? What a name for a website. Do they have cheerleaders?
Anyone traveling to China should make a point to register with the consulate when they get to China.
This will get into the notification system whereby Consulate Wardens assigned to each city will be able to get information to U.S. citizens living in China.
In the event something happens or a notice like this goes out, it will get to you. If local assistance is needed, the consulate warden will know where to find you.
Also very important, anyone traveling to China needs overseas medical insurance and evacuation insurance. Your U.S. policy will not cover you overseas in most instances.
There are many Western run medical care facilities in China. You should know where those are. If you become sick or injured, they can help you get the care you need.
Always carry a minimun of US $1,000 cash when in China. I see too many people carrying what amounts to less than $50. Stupid. If you need an emergency cab ride, you better have cash.
FReepmail me if you need more information. Let me know what city your co-workers are going to and I will get you the consulate contact information and western medical facitily contact information in that city.
I've spent quite a bit of time in southern China. Hong Kong/ShenZhen/Shekou and areas within about 2 hours drive of there. We have local representatives, company drivers(Chinese) and insurance to take care of any emergencies.
Never did anything with the consulate warden. I won't(very unlikely anyway) be going back as my contribution(IT infrastructure and data comm) is done.
I also only carried about 500 on me. $4000RMB will get you one hell of a cab ride!
That is an absolute minimum. You are not leaving yourself much to get checked into a hospital.
I didn't find any place that deals with Westerners that didn't also take Visa. Including the hospital when a member of our group got dysentery. We have locals that can help also with language and travel, so it's never that big of a deal for us.
And I saw a friend in the waiting room of a hospital not getting treated until I plopped RM3,500 down on the admitting clerks desk. And yes I got a fapio, it was for the hospital bill and I got my change after they had treated him for the difference).
He was sitting there in near shock asking why no one was treating him and none of the other guys in his group had much more than beer money between them.
You need to carry cash in China. That is a fact, especially if you are not experienced traveling there. You sound like you are and know the ropes. Others need cash.
What Chinese hospital takes visa?
And I saw a friend in the waiting room of a hospital not getting treated until I plopped RM3,500 down on the admitting clerks desk. And yes I got a fapio, it was for the hospital bill and I got my change after they had treated him for the difference).
He was sitting there in near shock asking why no one was treating him and none of the other guys in his group had much more than beer money between them.
You need to carry cash in China. That is a fact, especially if you are not experienced traveling there. You sound like you are and know the ropes. Others need cash.
What Chinese hospital takes visa? We are not talking about Hong Kong. We are talking about Mainland China.
Couldn't tell ya except that it was in ShenZhen somewhere. The only reason I know is that we had the same concern...did we need to pool money. Our driver told us he could use his Visa card, no problem. We also have a policy that covers us in China. It's written in Chinese, I couldn't tell you what it says. heh, might say "Let this Gwai lo suffer a horrendous death"
Hey, take advantage of the translation tool on the internet. Great for reading those contracts. Of course, they are still enforced in Chinese court and there in no figuring that system out.
I'll have to tell you about the civil case I was in in China sometime. You can imagine, I'm sure.
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