Funny!!!!!!
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Notes africaines: Lune de miel avec les Chinois
Notes africaines: Lune de miel avec les Chinois: "Comme l'a signalé dans nos colonnes notre correspondante au Nigeria, Virginie Gomez (lire article), les Chinois prennent d'assaut les marchés africains par la bande. On aurait tort, en effet, de croire qu'ils se contentent d'investir dans les champs pétrolifères dans le golfe de Guinée ou au Sud-Soudan pour alimenter en énergie leur formidable croissance économique. Dans de nombreuses capitales africaines, les étals regorgent de produits "made in China" à des prix défiant toute concurrence. De la cuvette multicolore au parfum bon marché, du vélo aux ustensiles de cuisine, on trouve de tout, de Kampala (en Ouganda) à Lomé (au Togo). Dans la capitale togolaise, l'an dernier, un entrepreneur français évoquait devant nous le dynamisme des Chinois en ces termes: "Quand nous mettons sur le marché local un nouveau parfum, quinze jours plus tard, les Chinois proposent le même à un tarif moindre."
Pour la clientèle locale, c'est tout bénéfice. A priori. A Bamako, au Mali, les motos chinoises font un malheur. Il faut dire qu'elles sont deux fois moins chères que les engins japonais... Les importations chinoises ont ainsi permis à une large fraction de la population de la capitale malienne de s'équiper, et partant de réduire ses temps de transport et de gagner en autonomie... Qui s'en plaindrait?
Mais dans d'autres secteurs de l'économie, le revers de la médaille est patent. Dans le textile, les productions locales sont étouffées par la concurrence asiatique, et pas seulement chinoise (indienne, sri-lankaise, etc.). Dans le BTP, notamment en Algérie, les entreprises chinoises débarquent avec leur propre main d'œuvre. Pas sûr, donc, que l'arrivée massive des Chinois permette de réduire les taux de chômage sur le continent.
T. H. Rédigé le jeudi 27 avril 2006"
'Dynamic Yunnan' to stage world tour
Xinhua - English: "'Dynamic Yunnan' to stage world tour
2006-04-29 08:14:24
Beijing, April 28 -- China's large-scale dance drama 'Dynamic Yunnan' will stage its world tour beginning this September.
The outdoor dance musical has been seen as an outstanding innovation on the Chinese stage in recent years.
China's entertainment giant, Pegasus & Taihe Company, has allied with the biggest performance companies in the United States and Europe to promote the world tour of the dancing musical.
There will be more than 450 performances conducted during the European Tour in September. Between 2006 and 2010, over 1000 performances will also be staged around the world.
'Dynamic Yunnan' illustrates the richness of Yunnan minorities' culture by blending the essence of traditional songs with folk dance.
The original ethnic dance musical masterpiece was created by Chinese dancer Yang Liping, who became an overnight success in 1986 after performing her solo dance 'The Spirit of the Peacock' in a national contest.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
Editor: Yang Lei"
2006-04-29 08:14:24
Beijing, April 28 -- China's large-scale dance drama 'Dynamic Yunnan' will stage its world tour beginning this September.
The outdoor dance musical has been seen as an outstanding innovation on the Chinese stage in recent years.
China's entertainment giant, Pegasus & Taihe Company, has allied with the biggest performance companies in the United States and Europe to promote the world tour of the dancing musical.
There will be more than 450 performances conducted during the European Tour in September. Between 2006 and 2010, over 1000 performances will also be staged around the world.
'Dynamic Yunnan' illustrates the richness of Yunnan minorities' culture by blending the essence of traditional songs with folk dance.
The original ethnic dance musical masterpiece was created by Chinese dancer Yang Liping, who became an overnight success in 1986 after performing her solo dance 'The Spirit of the Peacock' in a national contest.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
Editor: Yang Lei"
Friday, April 28, 2006
Transfer from Hong Kong airport(HKG) to Shenzen Airport (SZX)
Trying to get to Kunming from France, I found a cheap ticket from paris to Hong Kong (HKG) (on Internet, 565 euros everything included).
But plane tickets from Hong Kong to any China cities doesn't seem to be considered as a domestic flight: for example, HKG-KMG is more expensive than SZX-KMG although SZX is not so far from HKG (40km)
I thought there must be a way to use this opportunity to go to Kunming...
Of course, doing that is time consuming but it can make you save some money.
So there are several way to do that. And I could find lots of info about this on the web. direct ferry is an option. Subway to Hong Kong "border", then bus is another one.
Finally I took a direct coach. it costed me 206 Hongkong dollars (which is almost same with RMB) so about 20 euros.
Funny how we had to pass different borders... First for getting out of the airport. Then, to pass from Hong Kong to Shenzen, we had 2 checkpoints. one out of hongkong (the bus where waiting for us during walking through), and another one to enter "mainland china" if that's how they call it.... there, we changed bus. we were only 2 persons going to shenzhen airport but we had a bus for ourselves.
We just had a traffic jam at the end, when arriving to SZX. it took me 2 hours 30 min. but i guess it can take much more time if anything goes wrong.
Concerning looking for plane tickets on Internet:
Tickets from France: Mobissimo.fr or Easyvols.org
In China: Elong.com
But plane tickets from Hong Kong to any China cities doesn't seem to be considered as a domestic flight: for example, HKG-KMG is more expensive than SZX-KMG although SZX is not so far from HKG (40km)
I thought there must be a way to use this opportunity to go to Kunming...
Of course, doing that is time consuming but it can make you save some money.
So there are several way to do that. And I could find lots of info about this on the web. direct ferry is an option. Subway to Hong Kong "border", then bus is another one.
Finally I took a direct coach. it costed me 206 Hongkong dollars (which is almost same with RMB) so about 20 euros.
Funny how we had to pass different borders... First for getting out of the airport. Then, to pass from Hong Kong to Shenzen, we had 2 checkpoints. one out of hongkong (the bus where waiting for us during walking through), and another one to enter "mainland china" if that's how they call it.... there, we changed bus. we were only 2 persons going to shenzhen airport but we had a bus for ourselves.
We just had a traffic jam at the end, when arriving to SZX. it took me 2 hours 30 min. but i guess it can take much more time if anything goes wrong.
Concerning looking for plane tickets on Internet:
Tickets from France: Mobissimo.fr or Easyvols.org
In China: Elong.com
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